Evening journal., 1916-09-26
No BIC Series
COIN FOR Them
Fans Not ClamOring for Bat
tie Between WhitewaSh
Brigade Teams
SENATOR'S AND
PIRATES LEAD

ANN - 49,
No one as yet has suggested a fall
series between the Pirates and the
but If these two clubs we're
to clash IL would be a meeting be
tween teams that lead their respective
leagues in being dipped into the white
wash bucket Also II would be meet
ing between teams whose leaders are
old friends and associates. Jimmy
Callahan and Clark Griffith having
been together for a long space OF
time in Chicago.
Calls team has been blanked %
times and Grif's II. The Cincinnati
Reds have run into ~ kalsominings,
and the Arising Athletics and the ST.
Louis Browns each into H. so with
the campaigns in their closing stages
il is not likely that the present dis
tinction enjoyed by the Pittsburgh and
Washington clubs will be gained by
any other combinations.
Only one OF the 16 major league
clubs has been blanked less than 10
times this year. That club is Chicago.
in the American. League, the White
Sox having been kept away from the
plate in eight contests. In six Of these
games left-handers did the pitching,
the only sOuthpaws to get runless de-
cisions over the Rowlandites being
Fred Beebe. Of the Indians and Joe
Bush Of the White Elephants The
frst-named hurled his shutout the day
he was making his debut in the Amer
lean League. June 26.
Orioles Don't Like Brush.
In the National League the teams
hardest to blank have been Brooklyn
and New York. the combinations led
by those ex-Orioles, Robinson and
McGraw. each having been presented
with II strings OF ciphers. Thus far
there have been IS more wihtewashes
IN the National than in the American.
the number Of times each club has
been kalsomined being given below:
22-Pirates.
19-Reds.
17-Nationals. Cubs and Cardinals.
14-White Elephants and Browns.
t3-Braves and Phillies
YANKEES.
t1-Red Sox, Indians. Tigers. su-
perbas and Giants.
S-White Sox.
In four Of this years Chicago games
neither team was able TO get a run
the Boston clubs figuring in all these
controversies In the American League
the Red Sox and the Browns went II
stanzss on July "a without getting a
tally and on September s Carrigan's
men and the Senators didn't sully the
plate in ? six-inning fracas. The Ma
tional Leagues runless draws lasted
Is and rounds, respectively. and
we're between the Braves and the
Reds on June t3 and between the
Braves and the Phillies on Septem-
Der 5.
The record major league shut-out
score Of 2S to o has not been seriously
threatened by any incident or the 1916
campaigns. ONLY three times have
clubs run up double figures while de-
nying their rivals tallies. all three Of
these games being reeled off in the
younger league. The White Sox down
ed the White Elephants on May 20. II
to 0. and that also was the score of
the Browns victory over Cleveland on
August H. The Indians on July %
took a 10 In fall out Of the Senators.
Detroit In the Cold.
There has been a raft of 1-to-o
games in the majors this year. Sc cron-
ping up in the National and II in the
American. Every club except Detroit
owns one OF more Of this variety OF
victories.
Only one major league hurler will
finish the year with a record OF havine
whitewashed all seven of his oppon-
ents. Said hurler is Grover Cleveland
Alexander of the Phillies. who al
ready owns such a record. Three
men-Joe Bush of Philadelphia. and
Hubert Leonard of Boston. in the
American, and Dick Rudolph OF Bos.
ton, in the National-now have blank.
ed FIVE clubs. Washington and Boston
escaped kalsominings at the hands oi
the White Elephant. the Red Sox fail
ed TO decorate the White Sox or tn,
Indians and the Braves have been IN
able to blank either Of the metropolis
tan aggregations.
Pitchers who have whitewashec
four clubs this season number six
three in each league. The Tenerjte,
with records OF this kind are JEFF
Pfeffer and Larry Cheney OF tn,
Robins. and JEFF Tesreau Of the Gil
ants; the Johnsonites. Babe Ruth o.
the Red Sox; Reb Russell Of the Whit,
Sox and Bob Shawkey OF the Yankees
The greatest number of shut-outl
pitched against one club by one mar
is four Alexander Of the Phillies. ha,
kept the Reds away from the plat,
four times this year-on Nav tS. Jul,
20. August Q and August rs.
Seem To Like II.
Joe Benz Of the White Sox. has fet
the White Elephants on hen fruit
three times this year. the dates o.
these performances being May 20. Jul,
is and August 2s.
The Tigers have been blanked b,
Babe Ruth of the Red Sox. thrice dur
ing the present campaign, the Balti
morean's shut-outs Of the Junglemer
having been accomplished on MAY "a
July 81 and August "a
This is a list OF the pitchers who
have registered a pair Of shut-oui
wins over the same club during 1916
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Ruth. Boston, against Washington.
Russell. Chicago. against Boston.
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