The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-08
NO-H|T FINGERS
NOT So SCARCE
Five of This Brand on Cardinals
Hurting Staff for 1914
Season.
SUGGS AND NlEHAUS LEAD
Each Went Eleven Full Innings
Without Allowing Single
Safe Swat.
sUGGS AND NlEHAUs LEAF

There will be on Wow In the major
leagues this coming season a whole
flock OF no-hit heroes. for many OF the
prominent hurlers IN the Johnson,
Tener and Gilmore organizations denied
ihci, opponents hits when they were
working in class y, II, G and u leagues.
on the Cardinal pitching staff for cS-
ample, there are FIVE men who have
wirled games IN which their adver-
saries failed 10 garner n bingle. booth
Hopper. the young man Roger Bres-
nahnn traded for hunting doC. having
two hitless performances 10 his credit.
Both. incidentally. were against the
same club-Pit,steld. Of tho Eastern
Associa;ioa-and they came close to-
Eether, one on April 27 and one on May
il. Joe Willis pitched TWO no-hit af-
fairs when no was III tho Three Ego
League. and George Franklin SuEgs,
hinstcn. y. C.s, best known citizen.
once went for eleven innings without
permitting any safeties. This was on
September 5. 1906. when he was with
Memphis. nnd his victims were the
Nashvilles SuErs was an iron man
that afternoon, fer after getting this
no-hit combat out of his SYSTEM he
turned in and hlankcd his opponents IN
the afterpiece OF the double header,
then allowing seven safetics.
Nichnus n IIitIesS Wonder.
Sichaus. another Cardinal curver,
equaled SuEgss record OF not permit
ting n safety for eleven innings when
lIo was with Charleston. OF the Noun
tain states League In 1911. Ito won his
game, to Q. striking out sixteen men,
aud by an odd coincidence tho man
who opposed him was George Baum
gardner, Of the Browns. The American
4 wit Ift.nfipptnn lSpnt
pace with Niehaus FOR Ten rounds and
Weakening In tho eleventh. allowed
three hits Baumgardncr's strike out
victims totaled fourteen.
Brant, OF tho Boston led Sox, when
lie WAS with tho beaumont. Texas
League team in 1872, was the author OF
n longer nc-hit game than either Susgs
or Niehaus. lie travelled twelve tn
n.ngs without allowing n safety, and
was returned winner on the basis OF
. 10 ! through Il hoinc-run clout made
BY his backstop.
Bert Hunphr!es, OF the Cubs Harry
Covaleski. Of tho Tigers, and Gene
Packard, who will ue with tho Fed
erals this year. turned the John Mont.
Eomery Ward, J. Leo Richmond Don-
ton j. Young, Adrian &. Joss feat Of
not allowing first base To be reached
while they were twirling no-hit games
wonderful no-hit contest for Charleroi,
OF the Pennsylvania-W West Virginia
League against Fairnont In 1905. and
IL followed right IN the wake of Il
game In which he had used the white
wash brush and allowed only ono safe
~. packarG's celebrated combat came
the same season out IN the oklahoma
Kansas League. Covaleski picked 1909
rs tile year in which TO keep tho bases
IT.. y Fg s,..-ft .f,vr,
the Trinity College boys.
Covaieski pitched Il no-h!t game IN
which Ills opponents were victorious,
other men "ho have had the uisfor-
tune 10 10 tho same thing being pfeGer
al The Superbas. anc WoifgaaE, OF the
White SoX- one Of the no-hIt games
credited 10 Jack Warhop. OF the Yam
KEGS, was reeled on on his birthday,
July i. The no-hi games pitched By
the major leagues when they were in
tho minors are enumerated below.
pitchers who will be with the Federals
mis- year being placed with their
former clubs:
American League.
Observation-Disclosures, for Hunting
ton. W. Va, In 1910.
Naps-Grcgg. Tor Portland, Ore. in
1910; Mitchell for San Antonio. Tex, in
1903
Red soI-w@gu, TO. kansas city. so.
In 1905: M-..el:. for Youngstown, o.,
in 1919. Braut. for Beaumont, Tex, In
1872. Crwclve innings.)
Senators-Groom, for Portland Ore,
.n 1907.
Tieers--Covsleski. for Lancaster. IA.
IN JsoS (eiglt inn!uesl: tor Philadcl.
rllia, IA. In 1902, no one reaching FIRST.
:nd for Chattanooga, Tenn, III Iala
seven iunings)-lost .his last game.