Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-05-10
NEW BALL RECORDS
HUNG UP IN april
Month Set High Marks in
the Grand Old
Game
WEIRD PLAYING
SERVED THE FANS


Rube Marquard. of the Giants, when
he hurled his no-hit game against the
superbas on April Is. came through
with the earliest hitless contest on
record in the major league though
on opening day Of 1903 Leon kalahiV
Ames. OF the Giants, set down the
team Maruuard abused without a sal
CIV for nine innings. only TO De mex
cd for some swats in the tenth anu
10 lose the combat in the thirteenth.
Previously the early season no-hit
marx was held bv Addie Joss. Of the |
Mans. who held the White Sox IN
check all the way along. on April 20 /
1910. Minor league pitchers nave been |
known TO dedicate campaigns by rid |
ding their system of hitless games, !
Doc Amole. of the Buffalo Americans, !
turning the trick against Detroit on |
April 10. 1900. and Higgins, OF the
Binehamton. New York State Lea
rucrs. duplicating the performance
against Utica on April 80, 1914,
killing on the Tigers.
The team that produced something
new was Detroit The Tigers on
April 81, smashed into five double
plays in their passage ai-arms win
The Browns for whom Grover Low
dormilk, Cardinal and Cub discard
WAS pitching. Now. major league
teams in the past have been doubled
up FIVE times in games, but II never
has happened before. as II happened
on april n last, that the five duplex
transformations should came in i've
successive innings. Cobb hit into a
double play in the first inning, Veach
in the second, Covelcskie in the third'
Crawford in the fourth and kavanagh
in the fifth. The Tigers then stopped
being wiped out two at time and
won the game in the sixth by gath
ering two ITALICS.
II is very seldom that a major
league team makes FIVE double plays
in a game. The Athletics, OF the
American Association, did so against
Cincinnati in 1899. and 50 did the
Tigers against Boston in 1904 and the
Superbas against the Braves I'm 1918
Napoleon Lajoie. of the Mackmen,
went after one American League re-
cord-that for errors-on April %
and almost equaled Il. tie quit after
bobbling five times. Tip O'Neill III.
an athlete who got into the worlds
series Of 1906 briefly because Eddie
Hahn. of the White Sox, had his nose
smashed by one of the Cub pitchers,
SET the individual highwater mark for
misplayes when. on May 2l. 1904. at
tempting TO play shortstop for the
Boston Red Sox. he fooled no less
than six times Charley Hickman
Washington second baseman; Charley
Babb and Phil Lewis, Superba short
stops. and Kip Selbach. Oriole left
fielder. arc some Of the major lea
guers who. since 1900, have made five
errQrs in games.
&lnnie Mack. rising 10 Lajoios dc
A &c says that Napoleon the Groa
IN lid have been charged with onl!
4 misplay by the Boston scorer
that ~ don't know Of any secon'
|& seman that could ever have HANDLED
chances. but. OF course. that
y my opinion. I don't profess 4
wv much about baseball"
Rletlc Pitchers Pass 10.
The pitchers of this same Mac
anne through with the widest eN
loit OF the month when, on April Il
4hey franked IL OF the Yankees.
Xxthis game Donovan's demons hung u
y Van early season haserunning recor
fby sharing nine sacks on Jack Lopl
"A Fritz Maisel procuring four Of III
81 fhefts and beating his way from FRI
70 the plate in the ninth spasm. Chal
man, of the Indians, stole three bast
in the game with Detroit on April
and a week earlier Mollwitz. Of n
Reds, did the same thing in a conto
with ST. Louis.
Two triple steals were pulled q
ia the American League during Apr
Ia a..
April Is against ST. Louis, and Il
Tigers the second on April 2S again
4 the same team. Eddie Collins al
Tyrus Cobb led these stealing stunt
Buck Weaver. of the White Sox, ma
clean theft of the plate against :
II Louis on April 10. Rickey's pitche
u and catchers having been caught
their guard no less than three tim
In the first II days of the campaif
Three National League players du
Ing April managed to assemble Fl
hits in controversies Larry boy
of the Giants, had two doubles a
three singles on April IA. Max Car,
OF the Pirates, FIVE singles on April
and Wilbur Good. of the Cubs. 70
singles and a double on April
Athletes who produced four wallc
in games were Gowdy. of the Brave
M Safer, of the Cubs; Killifer, OF
Reds: Faber. OF the White Sox; Oh;
man. of the Indians; Strunk. Of
White Elephants. and Veach. of
Tigers. These men scored four run
Cobb. Of Detroit. in the AmeriS
League. and Doyle. OF New York;
lifer. of Cincinnati; Gather. OF Bost
and Murray of New York, in
National
Runt Walsh Some Twirler.
Hank Gowdy. of the Braves. was
one major Lacquer 10 hit for the
cult with the bases densely populs
In April He touched MarQuard.
rat no-hit hero. for a homer on A
o. Wonder If Hank remembers
FIRST cleanup drive he made in
National League. If he doesn't, +
Walsh. OF the Baltimore Terra
does. The Lima boy. in 1911. was
Phnlies Observation-Disclosures.
backstopped for the Quakers toy
the end Of the season. and then ID
decided TO try him as a pitcher.
Runt was showed in when the
were filled and the first bali he p
ed Gowdy lit on for a triple. "
fingered on the slab a short
longer. but never officiated in anC
game in the box for the Pennsyl
ians.
The hero of April among the y
hurlers was undoubtedly Bernard
thony Boland, of Detroit He !
his dQhuf on Anril II against q