Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-23
CY Y0UNC's RECORD
YOUNGER PITCHERS UNABLE
TO SKATER OLD-TIMER
Pitched nty-'rhrec Inning. OF Hit
Less Hall In April.
1904.

Tom Hughes. of the Boston Nation
ais. recently did some neat pitching
when lie worked In sixteen ccnsecu-
tive ipninEs without allowing base
hit to DO made off his delivery, but
II Is hardly big enough to be a ma jor
league record. although many papers
published tho feat az being the best
record in this line. There are many
records in baseball which have the per-
Torrance OF Long Tom" faded. In
minor leagues tho mark OF pitching
sixteen consecutive innings of hitless
ball is by no means common. but It
mas been accomplished on Il dozen or
more occasions. In the majors the
real holder Of this record ia no less
parsonage than the Hon. Denton
Tecumseh Young OF blessed memory.
MIR. Young, better known AS "Cy.' ia
the holder of several oihe- records in
unusual feats in the pitching line.
II was back IN April. 1904 that
Young proceeded to shattcr all figures
IN this line and before lie got through
ne mad created a new record i'm hurting
hitless ball and one which stands to-
day clean cut and without n spot or
blemlsh and without a doubt the great
est piece Of pitching tho game ever
witnessed
on April 30. against the Washington
team, Young took Winters place I'm the
,hird inning. u" one out. aud pitched
out the game. retiring the next twenty
one batsmcn in order. Young's next
game took place May 3. against tho
Athletics. in tho days when Connie
Mack Sported rcal ball club. "Cy''
pitchcd the best game of his long
ana honorable career that day and
retired twcnty-sevem Of those famous
swatsuen Of Mack I'm a row In
I,et
ton T. pitched his famous fifteen In
ming I" game against the Tigers
ana IN me FIRST seven innings Young
set them down without n base hit.
rms would give 10y" twenty three
innings II hirless bali or. I'm othor
words. as'far as tho records show. six.
ty-eight batsmcn stepped to the plate
ana We're retired in succession In
that same period tho big Ohioan pitch
ed forty-e'ght consecutive innings
wherein his opponents failed to get a
run across the plate. After his great
no-hit, no-run game against the AthIe-
tics he pitched fifteen innings of run
less ball. as mentioned, against the
liGers. with Ed killian opposing him
IT was battle royal and the clever
killtan met defeat by IA score of to o
Just ono pitcher 'n the history of
bRseball that Is hurler who was
wording In league of recognized
standing and class is credited with
p,tch'nS two complete games i'm sue
cesSion wherein tho opposing batsmcn
rallied TO register n base hit A hir
pitcher sailing under tho name Of Gone
wright, who hurled for the Dayton
nun or Inc western Association back
in 1901, on September Of that season
pitched no-hit. no-run game against
columbus Hc followed up this fea,
ny turning the same trick against the
Grand Rapids team on Septcmhe,
.hddie Joss and George Mullen mad.
,h''r respective regulations in that
league. Wright and Joss were sjpned
by the Cleveland team and Mullen was
taken over by the Detroit Club. Wright
~ spit' Of his brilliant record in
the western Association. didn't hold a
candle TO Joss and Mullen when under
IRE by the big league batsmen.