New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
MUST DISCOVER
MEANS TO CURB
PITCHING Skill
Major League Records
Show 1916 Twirlers More
Effective Than 1855

Chicago, Dec. %. Nsjor leagu. ,,,..
ers are slowly subduing the ba,.,..
as the dope Of this season .bov,
comparison with that Of 1915. p,,,
this is due TO the increasing tens..
Of managers 20 yank a slabman a.,
If he be a star. at the first sim g..
the other fellows are beginning to s.,
70 him. Still, individual Performance.
in holding teams % few hits d.no,
strate that the hurlers are b.coni,.
more effective.
In four games thi. year a p,x,..
blanked his antagonists withou, . ,,,.
hit. There were three no-hlt gsm, 4
the American League and one In ~.
National. Last year there wer. orl,
two no-hit shutouts. both OF them /,
the National.
Foster, Leonard and Bush
George Foster and Dutch Leonard a,
the Red Sox, and Joe Bush, Of the Al.
letics, we're the American League p,.h.
ers who added their names to III. TAI.
let Of no-hit games. Tom Hughes. a,
the Braves, was the only Nation,
Lacquer TO attain ths. lasting fan,
this year.
More pitchers held their oppon.u.
20 one or two hits in the major league,
last year than in 1916. but the nun,bs,
of eight-hlt games that were delivered
this season outnumbered those Of tbt
previous campaign by considerable.
Altogether there have been only thir.
teen no-hit games pitched since 1909 Ia
both MAORI leagues, and four Of tho.,
were registered in the 1916 campaign.
leaving only nine for the previous siS
years. The teams which we're blank.s
without a swat in 1916 we're New Yors
Cleveland and st. Louis in the Amer.
can and Pittsburgh in the National.
Hitless Hurting Feats Dates
The chronological list Of hitless hurI.
ing feats follows:
June 16-Hughes Boston, vs.. Pitts.
burgh.
June 24-FOster Boston, vs.. N.r
York.
Angus. 26-Bu,h Philadelphia "
Cleveland.
August 3O-Leonsrd Boston, vs.. S,
Louis.
Only four American League slabn.n
held their opponents 70 one hit In nire
innings this year, by comparison with
twelve such performances in 1915
Three OF this seasons feats we're cred
tied 20 st. Louis Brown pitchers
Groom, Davenport and Plank. III.
other was achieved By Cicotte, Of ths
White Sox.
In the National League there were
eight one-hit games this season sns
none in 1915. Half OF the 1916 games
in which only single swat vas allowed
we're pitched by Cubs. Mcconnell, Law.
ender, Packard and Hendrix qualified
in this class. At the same time Hsr.
dirk qualified as champion hard luck
finger of the decade. He held the Phil.
lies TO a one-base hit in nine inning,
August |, but was beaten, 20 .. Thai
one swat came with the bases full. L
scored two runs and put the other
where il came IN on the next out
Giant Pitchers Prominent
Babe Adams, OF Pittsburgh, WHO.
wing gave out completely before the
season was over, held ST. Louis TO on,
hit the first game he pitched this year
Coombs, Of Brooklyn, and Schupp snc
Benton, OF New York, were the other
slabmen 20 register in this season
list Of one-hit games.
American League-April 81, Groom
(St. Louis) VS.. Cleveland: June 3, Dsy-
export (St. Louis vs.. Philadelphia
July &c, Cicotte (Chicago) vs.. Ncg
York; August s, Plank st Louis v.
Washington.
National League-April 10, Adam
Pittsburgh vs.. st. Louis. April =,
Mcdonnell Chicago -. Pittsburgh
June IL, Lavender (Chcagol vs.. NeE
York; July 7, Packard Chicago vs.
Boston; August l., Hendrix Chicago
". Philadelphia; August 20, Comb
BROOKLYN vs.. Chicago; September z
Schupp New York. vs.. Boston; Sep
TENDER 80, Benton New York. VS.. Dos
ton.
There were forty games this year 10
which a team made only two hits n
nine innings. Twenty-three OF thes.
occurred in the National League snu
seventeen in the American. In seven
OF the forty battles the teams ths'
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