Evening star., 1916-12-03
MORTON TOP TANNER
Led American League in One
Game Strike
outs.
Whitfield Thirteen MACKS
BY ERNEST J. LAN1aAN.

Turn about being fair play, a west
ern pitcher, right-hander achieved
the greatest strike-out feat in the
| American League in 1915. the author of
| 1873 banner stunt in the younger or
ganfzation having been a southpaw
! identified with an eastern team. Guy
Morton OF the Indians breezed thirteen
Of the Athletics Sunday, June 1.-THE
star strike-out performance of the year
The year before. Sunday. August %.
Hubert Leonard of the Red sox moved
down fourteen of the St. Louis Browns
on strikes-red letter exploit of that
campaign.
| Morton. when he was setting the
years mark in strike-outs, turned a
| trick that the Boston left-hander did
not have in his repertory the day he
was battling the Mound City pastimers,
striking out four men in one inning.
The inning which held this freak per-
formance was the sixth. Witt opened
1t by striking out, the last strike being
| a wild pitch, on which he reached first.
Pick then was called out on strikes,
McInnis famed.
To strike out four men in an in
ming is not novelty for a major
league pitcher, though the occurrence
| does not often crop up. Tillie Mitchell
| men in one round. his opponents mean
while gathering four runs. The Sardis
| singer claims to have done this in
1908. for San Antonio against Houston.
| Mitchell's catcher that day was Dolly
Starke. one-time Superba shortstop,
who. according to Mitchell. had about a
dozen passed balls.
Only Four Escaped.
The day Morton had the Athletics so
| thoroughly on his star only four of
| the thirteen Mackmen who participated
| in the game escaped being whitfield. the
| members of this quartet being "Rube"
oldring and Btlley Meyer. who lasted
through the controversy; Tom Sheehan,
who was in 1t only one inning. and who
did not bat against the Alabama ar
row, and Bill Stellbauer. who ripped off
single when he clouted for Jack Ma
Strunk three times. Lajoie twice. Witt
twice. McInnis once. Walsh once, Myers
once, Nabors once, Pick once and
Schang once. The only chapter in
air was the seventh. Walsh. Oidring
md Meyer being the batters therein.
This is how Morton cut down the AS:
! First inning-Fanned Strunk.
Second innins-Fanned Lajoie and
Walsh.
Third inning-Fanned Myers and
Witt.
Fourth inning-Fanned Strunk.
| Fifth inning-Fanned Nabors.
! Sixth inning-Fanned Witt, Strunk,
| Lajoie and McInnis.
| Eighth inning-Fanned Strunk.
| Ninth inning-Fanned Schang.
| Prior to the game Morton complained
1 IF a sore arm. and it only was about
! week later that he did have to walk
out of the box. not because he was
| being hit freely. but because of kink
n his salary wing. 1t was practically
! he last good game he pitched for Fohl
| n 1916, though in August Guy did
manage to hold the Athletics safe.
! Only one other American League
| game of the year contained thirteen
| strike-outs and this fray contained
| overtime as well. May 25, in the four
.een-innins contest with the Nationals.
thirteen of the White Sox hit nothing
out the air. Harry Harper. who work
ed in seven rounds, breexing seven men
| and Walter Johnson. who toiled in four
and a third, six. Joe BoehlinR. Wash
ngton's other pitcher that afternoon,
famed no one.