The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-24

Considered merely AZ a pitchers
duel. The, most remarkable game l. ev-
er saw and IA Of the most sensa
tional ever played. was the battle 1T
October 2. 1908. in Cleveland between
Ed Walsh. Big Moose Of the White
sox.. and the late Addie Joss. then
star Of the Maps slab staff. says /. r.
Ssnborn. That was the combat in
which Joss blanked the White Sox
without letting a man reach first
base, and in which Walsh would have
shut out the Maps with three hits IL
Il passed ball had not let in q run in
the third inning just before the third
III struck out.
When II is recalled that these pitch
ers and the teams behind them were
playing for tremendous stakes that
among h greatest in history. because
the strain under which the rivals
We're working made their perform
ance more remarkable. 1t was. the
fifth day from the end Of the cham
picnshtp season. and Detroit, Chicago
and Cleveland still We're in the race
for the American league pennant. De-
feat for either team meant the losers
would have to win all four of their
remaining games to cop the bunting.
Victory. therefore. meant practically
doubling the winners chances to cut
in on the worlds series receipts by
nosing out. Detroit.
Wine OH Passed hall.
incidentally, Clevcland's victory.
won OH that passed ball. may have
cost the White Sex the championship,
for the Chicago men yer ahead and
Won three Of their remaining four.
games. only. to he beaten by the Tig.
ers In the final contest m the sched-
ule.
The performances of the two slab
men In The battle Of October 2 We're
brilliant in different ways. Joss was
remarkably effective. deceiving. the
batsnlen into giving the f1elders easy
hances most of the time. Walsh was
wonderfully effective in striking out
opponents. fifteen OF them falling be:
fore him by the Whit route. although
he pitched only eight innings. II
Cleveland had had to play its ninth
walsh might. have hung up a new
tanning record. Joss had a puzzline
curve which the Sox could not hit
safely at all. Walsh's spithall was
breaking so wcirdly that the Maps
could only touch 1t occasionally. It
was 80 good that tIssie 'Schreckengost,
new to the White Sox. at the time. had
much trouble in handling It. and an-
ally. in the eighth inning. one of the
weirdest breaks of the splitter broke
the index finger Of Ossie's right hand.
compelling him to retire.
Bily sullivan was in Chicago re.
covering from a split hand. Billy was
at the Auditorium. where the game
was being reproduced play by play,
and when the announcement Of
Shreck's injury was made he hurried
out OF h hall. caught Il train. and
reported to Manager Jones next morn
ing IN Cleveland. demanding to he. al
lowed to catch the rest Of the games.
although the bandages still were on
his throwing hand. He did, but that's
another. story.
joss Begins Historic Feat.
Joss began his historic feat by dis
posing Of Hahn, on a roller. which
the catcher fielded. and getting rid of
Jones and Isbell on easy flies to short
and LETT. respectively. Walsh respond.
cd by striking out Good and fielding
RradleN's bounder to first. Uinchman
hit hard to Isbell, who knocked il
down and tossed to Walsh for the
third ont. ~. ..a,..'
In the second innins Toss threw.
loousherty out at first, got rid Of Da-
Wis on a fly to left. then had a narrow
q Ferring, after fielding Par.
ent's bounder. threw. wildly to. first.
Stovall made 9 swell catch and rot
the decision. Walsh struck out Iajcte.
disposed OF Stovall on q. bounder TO
Parent. and whitfield Clarke
In the third chapter Shrek popped
out. and Tannehill and Walsh we're
thrown out at first by Lajoie. Rig