Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-10
Team 1.
TANNED FOUR IN INNING
Morton Only Major Leaeuer to Do
 Trick Last Season.

Guy Morton of the Cleveland Amer jeans, who pitched for the Waterbury club in the Eastern association two years ago, was the only major league pitcher of 1916 to strike out four men in one inning. The former Eastern association star performed this unusu- al feat in the sixth frame of the game of June II, against the Athletics, the victims being Lawton Witt, Char ley Pick, Napoleon Lajoie and Jack McInnis. Witt reached first because his third strike was also a wild pitch.
 To strike out four men in one ses- sion is not a novelty for a major league pitcher, though the occurrence does not often crop up. Willie Mitch ell, who started the season an Indian and finished it a Tiger, says he once famed seven men in one chapter his opponents meanwhile gathering four runs. He claims to have done this in 1909 for San Antonio against Hous- ton. Willie says his catcher that day was Dolly Starke ,one time Superba shortstop. Mitchell says Dolly broke the record for past balls and that this was the reason he was able to fan seven.
 The day Morton had the Athletics so thoroughly on his staff only three of against him escaped being whift. They were Reuben Oldring ond Billy Meyer, who were in the controversy from start to finish and Bill Stellbauer, who riped off a single when he batted for Jack Majors in the eight. StrOnk famed three times. Lajoie and Witt each famed twice and McInnis, Walsh, Majors, Pick and Schang each fan ned once.
 Prior to the game Morton com plained of a lame arm, and it was just about a week later in a contest with the Yankees that he had to walk out of the box, not because he was being hit freely but because of a kink in his salary wing. When Morton gave up he was pitching to Frank Gilhooley. The game of June Il was practically the last good game Morton pitched for Fohl in 1916, though in August the southern youth did manage to hold the Athletics safe.
 Denton Young (Cy D probably per formed a feat unequa1y by any one when on April g, 1900, pitching for the Cardinals against the Pirates he scat tered his nine strikeouts so that one came in every inning.
 Another major league strikeout feat that never has been duplicated was reeled off by Rube Waddell the day he was pitching his first game in Phila- 1elphia for Connie Mack, July 1. 1902 On that afternoon the lamented Geo. famed the same three men. Billy Gilbert, Jack Cronin and Harry Howell in three different innnigs, the third, sixth and ninth
 The feat of striking out three men n one inning was accomplished 27 times in the American league last sea- son, men who did it more than once being Claude Williams Urban Faber, Willie Mitchell and Walter Johnson The first named had three such per- 'ormances to his credit the others each two.
 Darting to Ed K1epfer's recue in he ninth inning on June 12. Stanley Coveleskie of the Indians whift three 1ackmen and saved the day. Willie Mitchell was subpoenaed to keep a hree run lead safe for the tribe in the | .ighth in Chicago on May ' and fan led three men the first round he toil- d, not getting his strikeout whip In- I o operation, however, until two bat |