The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-23

WI which give the outstanding features as regards baseball records. The first story printed some weeks ago, concerned rec ords established by clubs. The second story recorded achievements in batting, base running, etc. This story concerns pitching records The next will deal with records made by felders in the various positions.)
 Baxter Sparks, pitching for the Yazoo City (Miss.) team in the Delta flater Cotton States) league, established the worlds record for consecutive pitching victories in 1904 when he won 21 straight.
 The major league pitching record 19 straight, established by Tim Keefe in 1888 while with the Giants, and tied in 1912 by Rube Marquard, who then was with the Giants.
 The accomplishment of Charlie Rad bourne while with the Providence Ma tionals in 1884 is perhaps the most re- markable in the pitching line that baseball history records. The great twirler won IS straight games for his team. He didn't enjoy rest of two or three or four days between games as is' the case nowadays. He pitched every day that his team played. He began his l freak on August when he defeated New York, to ?, and didn't suffer de- feat until September ' During that l time five shutout voctorfes were includ- l ed in his string. His eighteenth tri- | umph was 3 to 0 victory over Cleve- | land.
 l tie exists for the consecutive win ] ming record in the American league be- tween Walter Johnson and Joe Wood Both have a string of 16 to their credit. and, peculiarly enough, both made the record in 1912. Johnson began his streak July and ended it on August 23; Wood started July s and was stopped September IS.
 Here are other records in the pitch ing department First no-hit, no-run, no man reach first game pitched by J. L. Richmond of Worcester Nationals against Cleveland on July 12, 1880
 Greatest no-hit game on record pitched by Fred Toney, now with Gin cinnati, while with Winchester in Blue Grass league. On May Is, 1909. he held the Lexington, Ky, team hitless and runless for IT innings, his team win ming, 1 to 0.
 Four major leagues have pitched no-
 
 nings. They are:
 Thirteen innings: Mcintyre, Brook lyn. vs. Pittsburg. August 1. 1906; won by Pittsburg on errors.
 Eleven inning: Kimber, Brooklyn, vs Toledo, October 4, 1884; game called on account of darkness.
 Ten innings: Wiltse. New York vs Philadelphia. July f, 190S won by New York, 1 to o.
 Ten innings, Toney, Cincinnati, vs. Chicago, May 2, 1917 won by Chicag go, to O. In the same game. Vaughn. the Cub twirler. held the Reds hitless for nine innings.
 Best pitching percentages; .Ss9 turned in by Al Spauiding, who pitcher 63 games for Boston in 1875, which was in the days before the National league. American league mark: .S72. established in 1912 by Joe Wood of the Red SoX, in 43 games; National league, .S3S, made in 1884 by Radborune, who worked in "A games that year.
 Greatest number of strikeouts in a season; 505, Matt Kilroy, Baltimore A. A.. in 65 games, in 1886 (pitching dis tance, 50 feet); American league. S43 by Rube waddell Athletics, in 4S games, 1904 tpitching distance, 60 feet, 6 inches; National league, 259, by Christy Mathewson. Giants, in 56 games, 1908. The worlds record at the present pitching distance is held by Vean Gregg whom, in 1910, struck out s67 men in s95 innings, while pitching for Portland, Ore
 Greatest number of strikeouts in nne-inning game: 20, by Hugh Daley, pitching for the Chicago Unions against the Boston Unions. in 1884; National league record 19, by Charlie Sweeney pitching against Boston. in 1884. On | xxxr&1-- 1tt n r vile A. A., famed F Cleveland bats men under the four-strike rule. That is equal to 22 strikeouts under the mod ern three-strike regulation. Waddell and Bobby Glade are tied for the American league record. Glade, pitch