Evening journal., 1916-12-04
MORTON SETS
A PITCHING RECORD
Achieves Greatest Strike-Out
Feat in A. L. in 1916
Season
FANS THIRTEEN
ATHLETIC PLAYER

Turn abosit being fair play, West
arm nitcher. a right-hander, achleFeu
,he Greatest strike-out feat in the
American League in 1916, the author
- 1o1Es hammer stunt in the younger
organ, ,zat.on having been a southpaW
Identified with an Eastern team. ~
Morton, OF the Cleveland lnulauS' l.lils D
breezed 13 OF the Athletics on oun-
dan. .I1ne 1.-THE best whining stunt
az 1916. The year before on Suhuas ,
August %. Hubert Leonard. OF tne
RED sox. moved down IA or the Sl'
I,ouis Browns ON strikes.
Morton. when he was settlhg tne
vear's mark in strkeouts, turned q
trick that the Boston southpaW olu
,ot have in the repertory the day ne
was haffling the Mound City pas
timers. striking out four men IN one
,nn;nr Said inning which held tnla
eresk nerformace was the sixth. Law
in Wit openod It by striking out. the
lhird serve he aimed az beng hien
and wide OF the plate and putting MN
on first. Then Charley Flch "aa
called out on strikes. Amos ouuliA
.lnrled 10 centre. and Napoleau La
ioie and lack Mclnnis missed cohneC-
lions with the third good one
M strike out four men IN an m
,ioc 4 not novelty for major
league pitcher. though the occurrence
docs not often crop up Wine Nl'cn-
ell. Tiger pitcher. SAYS mat nc one'
famed seven men In round MS W
moments meanwhile gathering ioui
runs. The Sardis singer claims 10
have done this in 1909 when ne was was
with san Antonio. Houston nelns the
clnb he victnmized. His catcher tna1
dav. Mitchell says. was Dolly Starke'
onc-tinne Superba shortstop, VINO mao
recording 10 Mitchell about ao1eh
passed balls.
-Four Escape kanning'
Getting back TO the Amer can
r.eae1,e The day Morton had the Ath-
io,ice on MS staff four of the IL Mack
man Who participated in the game es-
canod heine whitfield. the members OF
ms ouartet being Left Fielder RUDE
Oidrine and Catcher Billy Meyer, VINO
lasted through the controversy. fltcn-
or Tom Sheohan, who was in 1t only
one inning and who did not bat
AGAINST the Alabama Arrow and
pinoher Bill Stellhauer. who ripped
IN single when he clouted for JACK
Nabors IN the eighth Morton tanned
Strunk three times. LaJole ana WIZ
each twice McInnis Walsh Myers
Majors. Pick and Schang oach once
The only chapter in which no fhlla-
dolphian pounded air was the sew
enih. Walsh. Oldring and Meyer being
fho batters therein This is how MOT
ion cut down the AS
First Inning Famed Strunk.
second 1nning-Fanned LaJole ana
Walsh.
rhird Inning Famed Myers and
Witt.
Fourth Inning--Fanned Srunk.
Fifth Inning-Fanued Nabors.
sixth lnnine--Fanned Witt Strunk,
lajoie and McInnis.
Eighth Inning Famed Strunk'
Ninth Inning g-Fanned Schang.
Morton Develops Sore Arm.
Prior To the game Morton complain-
cd of sore arm. and IL was only
about a week later that he did have
la walk out of the box, not because
he was being hit freely, but because
IF n lsink IN his salary wing Wher
able pitcher. they started 10 drop.
Harry Harper working m sever
rounds. aud Walter Johnson workinl
In four and a third, broezed IL o
the White SoN in Washington on Ma
25. that game resulting In tie. Tn
eft-hander got seven strike-outs. th
iieht-hander six.
Two contests. each marked by over
lime. contained a dozen strike-outs 70
one of tie teams. In the l5-round Il
fought by the Indians and Browns q
~. Louis 90 April % Davenport Whit
ed Ave men in eight innings. Plan
seven in seven. At Chicago. ON th
afteroon of July 4. Williams, Cicott
and Russell turned back a doze
Browns on the strike-out line. th
former Tiger claiming 10 victims l
seven and one-third innings Cicoti
and Russell split the other pair {
strIke-outs. the little right-handed Ia
borinr for one and one-third round
and the massive left-hander for fou
md a third. This argument went
innings.
Pitchers who famed 10 men
nine-inning games we're Ruth, OF Boz
Ton. AGAINST philadelphia. June n
Iohnsou. of Washington. against ID
roit July II: Boland. of Detroi
against Cleveland. July 4; Cicotte. (
CHICAGO. AGAINST New York, Septen
ber %; Scott. OF Chicago. AGAIN.
philadelphia. July i5: Benz. of Ch
ago. against ST. Louis September
md Myers. Of philadelphia. again
Chicago. July IS The last-nams
ost his game. 3 to > Coumbe az
N'tchell of the Indians together
vhiffed 10 White SOx on Nav 7. Wa
cr Johnson breezed 10 Nanks c
,prl IL in II rounds and betwes
hem Leonard and Foster. OF Bosto
etired 10 ChicaeOans on strikes {