The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-30
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBET.r

Tn lsso Brooklyn winning all three, 1o-s, 5-2 and S-4 Baltimore Nationals vs. Lou isVllle, 1s9b; Baltimore winning all three i-3, 9-1 and 12-I
 Most stolen bases in one inning: By oieVeiand s, 1915, against Washington
 1reatest number of runs scored in sin ele game; 4S-BrooRiyn A. A., p, Syracuse A. A, T, in 1890; Chicago Nationals 8, Louisville ', in 1S97 American league record: 26-Athletics q, Tigers ?, in 1912 Minor league record 56-Corsicana CTexas league) 54, Texarkana ?, July 14 l902 Corsicana made 19 home runs, F triples, io two-bassers and 13 singles in that game.
 Most runs in one inning: IS cored by cups In seventh inning against Tetroit Nationals in 1883.
 No-hit games: Since 1876 A no-hit games have been pitched in the National
 league and 29 in the American. Since 1900: The best single season record of no-hit games is 5, made in 1917, in the American
 league; is the best single season Ma tional mark
 Consecutive shutouts: The major league record is held by the Pirates of 1903, which whitewashed it's foes in 6 straight games-a total of 54 innings. The worlds shutout record is S2 consecutive innings, g full games and extra innings-made by Portland, Ore, (Pacific Coast league) in 1913. Sacramento was shut out in four straight games and Los Angeles in the other five games and the three extra in nings. Gene Krapp scored of the shut outs for Portland Vean Gregg 5, Bill Steen and Garrett she other.
 Largest score in shutout games: Provi- dence 2S, Phillies o, 1883; American league, Detroit 21, Cleveland O. 1901.
 Longest scoreless game: Tigers vs Sen ators, IS innings, July IS, 1909; game called on account darkness, o-0.
 Longest tie game in majors: Cincinnati vs. Chicago Nationals, 20 innings, IT, 1892.
 Longest games: The longest major league ball game on record was played on September 1 1906, between the Red Sox and Athletics. It went A innings. the Athletics winning, to l. They scored a run in the third inning and the Red Sox tied it up in the sixth. In the twen- ty-fourth inning the Athletics score tal- lied times. Jack Coombs, now with the Brooklyn Dodgers, pitched the entire game for the Athletics and Harris was the only Red Sox hurler. Coombs al- lowed f5 hits and Harris 16. Coombs struck out IS men, Harris 4; Coombs gave bases on balls, Harris allowed ?. The games lasted hours and 47 minutes; at tendance 1S,000.
 The longest game ever played in the National league was on August 2, 1917. between the Dodgers and Pirates. It was won by the Dodgers. 6 to D. Cadore, Cheney and Marquard pitched for the Dodgers and Cooper and Jacobs were the Pirate pitchers.
 The longest professional game on rec ord was played on May 31, 1g9 It went innings, the Decatur, H., team defeating Bloomington, H., to l.
 The longest game of modern times was played in Brookside Park, Cleveland, be- tween two semi-pro teams, the Brooklyn Athletic club and the East End All Stars It was played July 4, 1907, and lasted 90 innings. The final score was Brooklyn 4, East End 1.
 The shortest game on record: The shortest complete major league game on record was that between the Giants ana Phllies. played on the Polo Grounds, New York, October ?, 1913. It required oniy 33 minutes to stage tht combat, which a went s1s inriingss&it it being necessar ry ior the Giants to take their turn at bat, as they were ahead at the time. The pro fessional record for short games was es- tablshed September l9, 1910 by the Mo bile and Atlanta clubs, playing i'll At lanta They played complete innings Tn exactly 32 minutes. Mobile won to l, scoring the only run in it's half, of the ninth.