The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
"CY" YOUNG HOLDS
PITCHERS RECORD
Hurled Twenty-three Innings Without
Allowing a Hit.

New York, Jan. 6.-Tom Hughes, of the
Boston Nationals. recently did some neat
pitching when he worked In sixteen con-
secutive innings without allowing a base
hit to be made on his delivery, but II Is
haroly Dig enough to be a major league
record although many papers published
the feat as being the best record In this
line. There are many records in base
pali which have the Performance of Long
rom faded. In minor leagues the mark
OF pitching sixteen consecutive innings
or hitless ball is by no means common.
but 1t has been accomplished on a dozen
OF more occasions. In the majors the
real 5older of this record is no less
parsonage than the Hon. Denton Tecum-
sen Young of blessed memory. Mr..
Young, better known as "Cy." is the
holder OF several other records in unus-
ual feats in the pitching line.
IL was back In April, 1904, that Young
proceeded to shatter all figures in this
line and before he got through he had
created new record in hurting hitless
ball and one which stands today clean
cut and without a spot or blemish and
without a doubt the greatest piece OF
pitching the game ever witnessed.
On April 30. against the Washington
team. Young took Winters place in the
third inning, no one out, and pitched out
the game, retiring the next twenty-one
batsmen In order. Young's next game
took place May 5, against the Athletics.
In the days when Connie Mack sported a
real ball club. "Cy'' pitched the best
game of his long and honorable career
that day and retired twenty-seven OF
those famous swatsmen of Mack in a
row In game against Detroit on MSy
IL, Denton 7. pitched his famous fifteen
inning 1-to-O game against the Tigers
and In the first seven innings Young SET
them down without a base hit.
This would give ICY" twenty-three in
nings of hitless ball, or I'm other words
as far as the records show sixty-eight
batsmen stepped to the plate and were
retired In succession. In that same Pc
riod the big Ohioan pitched forty-eight
consecutive innings wherein his oppo-
nents failed to get a run across the
plate After his great no-hit, no-run
game against the Athletics he pitched If
teen innings OF runless ball. as mentioned
against the Tigers. with Ed Kfllian op-
posing him. II was a battle royal and
the clever Killian met defeat by a score
OF / to o.
Just one pitcher in the history of base
ball, that is, a hurler who was working
In league Of recognized standing and
class, Is credited with pitching two COM
plete games IN succession wherein the
opposing batsmen failed to register
base hit. A big pitcher railing under the
name Of Gene Wright, who hurled for the
Dayton Club of the Western Association
back In 1901. on September l of that sea-
son pitched a no-hit. no-run game against
Columbus. He followed up this feat by
turning the same trick against the Grand
Rapids team on September l.
Addie Joss and George Mullen made
their respective regulations in that
league. Wright and Joss were signed by
the Cleveland team and Mullen was taken
over by the Detroit Club. Wright in
spite OF his brilliant record in the West
ern ssociation. DIDN'T hold a candle TO
Joss and Mullen when under fire by the
big leagu batsmen.