The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-18
IS AFTER
WALSH'S HONORS
Johnson Also Effective in Weld
ing the Whitewash Brush


Ed Walsh, once called Comlskey's
man of steel, will have to come back
strong this year If he desires to retain
his title of Monarch of the American
leagues whitewash brigade. Another
Eddle-Plank of philadelphia pres
sing the Sox pitcher closely for the
honor of having oftcncst used the
whitewash brush ON weak hitting .op-
ponents. the big Highlander now haV-
ing SO kalsomming jobs To his credit,
and the far-from- burly lcfthander 49,
1t would be well for Edward Arm
strong also To keep an eye on Walter
johnson, for the Chalmers car winner
is nearing the registration of his nf-
ticth shutout. Sir Walter welded the
brush l. times during 1913, kalsomin-
ing all his opponents. except Clevc-
land Walsh had a dozen shutouts to
his credit i'm 1908. the year he almost
pitched the Sox to third pennant
but John Wesley Coombs beat his
mark in 1910, when he distributed 10
sets of ciphors.
The other leaders i'm shutouts in the
American league from 1901 on were:
Clark Griffith Of Chicago in 1901,
with five.
Addie Joss of Cleveland, in 1902,
with five.
Cy Young of Boston, in 1908, with
seven.
Cy Young of Boston, in 1904, with
ten.
Ed Killian of Detroit, in 1905, with
eight.
Ed Walsh of Chicago. in 1906, with
ten,
Eddie Plank of Philadelphia, in 1907,
with eight.
Ed Walsh of Chicago, in 1909, with
eight.
Walter Johnson of Washington, and
Eddie Plank Philadelphia, in 1911,
with six.
Joe Wood of Boston, in 1912. with
ten.
Walsh and Plank are the only Am
erican leaguers who have passed the
half century post in whtcwashes.
RUDE Waddell had AZ kalsomnings 20
his credit when he was sent to the
minors. and Harry White who goes -
the Coast this year to manage Venice
rctires from Ban Johnson's urganiZa-
ton with "A record Of denying his OPP
poncnts runs i'm f5 controversies. That
also is Walter Jomson's record. Adj
die Joss pitched a shutouts for the
Maps ere he passed over to the great
majority, and Cy Young used the
brush 43 times before he returned TO
the National league. GEORGE Mullins
American league shutouts numbered
"a, Jack Powell's 81. Bin Donovan's %.
Frank Smiths 20, Tom Hughes "a.
Eddie Killian's %. Barney Pelty's %,
Bill Dineen's 22 and Al Orth's 20.
Chief Bender has kept his adversarics
away from the plate in 80 conflicts,
Jack Coombs in 2S and Joe Wood in 81.
The longest runless battle in the
American league was played in De-
troit on July 16, 1909. between the
Tigers and the Nationals. II lasted IS
innings, Kickapoo Summers pitching
for the home forces and Dolly Gray
The record shutout score for an Am
crican league game is II to o. made by
Detroit against Cleveland on sept Il,
1901, when George Stallings was man-
aging the Tigers and Jim McAlccr was
bussing the Clevcands
The shutout victims of Walsh,
Plank, Johnson, Bender, Coombs and
Wood are enumerated below:
WALSH--56
over Boston Is, Washington, .;
Philadelphia, s; Detroit, I; ST. Louis,
= Cleveland, g. New York, 4.
PLANk-55
over ST. Louis, II; Detroit, 10; Bos
ton, S; Chicago. s; Washington, I;
New York, 6; Cleveland. 4; Milwau-
kce, /.
JOHNSON-i5.
over New York, II; Philadelphia, !
Cleveland, g. st. Louis, 6, Boston, :;
Chicago. - Detroit, s,
BENDER-3O.
over st. Louis, .; Chicago, ;; New
York, 3; Cleveland. 4; Detroit, 3;
WASHINGTON, 3; Boston, /.
COOMBS-2S.
over Washington, 4 St. Louis, 5;
Cleveland, 4; New York 4; Boston, 3;
Chicago. 3: Detroit, >.
WOOD-2l.
over New York, s; Chicago, I: st.
Louis, 4; Washington, 3; Cleveland.
.; Philadelphia, >; Detroit, /.