The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-25
'HURlERS ARE Slowly !
BECOMING EFFtcIIy
FOUR TwIRL No-HIT OoNrnsx
Hughes, Foster, Bush and IAn
Carve Their Names IN Han q -
During Scas0n-St. Louis HEUW
Pitchers Show Good F0em.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-Major leon,n
pitchers are slowly subduing the 49,
men, az the dope Of this season shnI1
by comparison with that Of INA
Part of this is due to the increo11
tendency Of managers to yank q 49,
man, even II he be a star. 1t the -
sign that the other fellows aee -
ginning to get to him. StilI. in1lvld.|
ual performances in holding teams Il
few hits demonstrate that the huraosd
are becoming more effective.
In four games this year . pitches
blanked his antagonists without Z snfs
hit. There were three no-htt cAMa1
in the American League and one r.
the National Last year there Vee2
only two no-hit shutouts. both Of theo1
In the National.
Foster, Leonard and Buah.
George Foster and Dutch Leonae11
OF the Red Sox. and Joe Bush, az TT
Athletics were the American Leagad
pitchers who added their names q
the tablet of no-hit gameA -
Hughes. of the Braves. was the DnlJ
National Lacquer ITO attain that loot1
ing fame this year.
More pitchers held their oppon4qtl
TO one or two hits In tho mn1n1
leagues last year than In 1914, 6a(
the number of eight-hit games tha}
were delivered this season outnu1nI
bered those of the previous campai3d
by considerable.
Altogether there have been A0ls
thirteen no-hit games pitched aance
1909 in both major leagues and four
of those were registered In the 1915
campaign, leaving only nine for tAe
previous six years. The teams Wh1cG
were blanked without a swat In 1914
were New York. Cleveland and ii,
Louis in the American. and Ptttsouf3
. in the National.
Hitieas Hurting Fest Datss.
The chronological list OF hitIaoa
hurting feats follows:
June 1s-Hughes tBoston) VS. Rita.
burg.
June 2l-Foster tBoston) vs. N0V
York.
August 2s-Bush 6Phladelphia) ~
! Cleveland
August 3O-Leonard fBoston) W. Ct
4 Louis.
Only four American League siahmen
held their opponents 10 one hit in min
innings this year. by comparison witt,
twelve such performances in 1915.
Three of this seasons feats were
credited to St LOUIS Brown~-pttCh9EN
Groom. Davenport and Plank. To-
other was achieved by Cicotte, OF the
white Sex.
In the National League there were
! eight one-hit games this season ana
nine in 1915. Half the 1915 games In
which only n single swat was allows
were pitched by Cubs. Mcconnell.
Lavender, Packard and Hendrix quail
fed In this class, At the same tim >
Hendrix qualified as champion hard
luck Finger Of the decade. He he'll
the Phtllies to one base hit in nifn
innings, August /, but WAS beaten.
+ 3 to .. That one swat came with the
bases full II scored two runs and
/ put the other where II came 10 on
/ tho next out.
/ Babe Adams. Of Pittsburg. whose
wing gave out completely before the
season was over. held st. Louis to one
I hit the first game he pitched this year.
Coombs. OF Brooklyn. and Schupp Anti
Benton. of New York. were the o4hAr
! slabmen to register in this seaoo0'o
/ list of one-hit games.
There were forty games this yoaF
| in which a team made only two htts
| in nine innings. Twenty-three "
| these occurred in the National Lea94e
| a nd seventeen in the Americas. h
seven Of the forty battles the taaMa
that made only two hits were viOee-
rious.