The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-25
FORM REVERSALSM
PITCHING RECALLED
Eller's No Hit No Run Game
Similar to Performances Of
Bush and Leonard.
FIRST SENT TO COVER
In Next Appearance Each
Pitched Invincible Ball and
Held Opponents at Mercy.

Hod Eiler Of the Reds when he
pitched his no hit game against the Car
dinals on May IL got into the Joe Bush
Hub Leonard Society--that Of the pitch
ers who show remarkable reversals Of
form.
Eller's last appearance in the centre
or the diamond prior to the day when
ne became mound immortal was on
Monday. May s. against the Cubs. Hor-
ace Owen then issued ciphers for eight
rounds and then. possessed Of q six run
lead. blew In the ninth. He was taken
out when two hands were retired. when
two Chicagoans were on the bases and
when his opponents needed one run to
tie. They got this run Immediately off
Ring, Eller's successor. when Max F1ack
ripped OF his second single of the in
ming.
Eller yielded eight safeties in the
fractional part of the ninth he pitched
on May and was not called on to do
any more box work until Sunday, May
IL, when he travelled nine full rounds
and refused to allow the Cardinals any
thing that looked liz a safety.
Started again by Pat Moran in Brook
lyn on Thursday, May 10. Eller pitched
three hitless innings against the Robins,
Lee Magee. first up in the fourth, OPEN
Ing that inning with a single to centre
Like Feats OF bush and Leonard.
The no hit games pitched by Joe Bush
against the Indians on August &c, 1915
and by Hubert Leonard against the
Browns on August 80. 1915. followed.
like Eller's master effort. In the wake Of
severe gatherings.
The present Red Sock had been nomi-
mated for mound duty against Cleve-
land In the twilight portion of the bar
gain bill of Friday. August IS. 1916, by
Connie Mack. Leslie Joseph stuck
around Shibe Park for three innings.
curing which time the Tribe acquired
six hits and five runs. two of the latter
earned. Then tho lean leader let Joe
on for the Afternoon. Another pitcher
went In and the Indians, getting Ave
more runs. won on the basis Of 10 to 2.
Mack sent Bush back against the
Fohlmen the next afternoon and he held
them hitless. He issued only one pass,
and won 5 to o.
There was a bargain bill in Boston
on Tuesday, August 20, and Bill Carri-
gan picked Leonard to operate on the
rubber In the curtain raiser. The Lew
iston mans box choice suited the
Browns properly. for Leonard demon
strated that he was not in form and
had to be derricked before the first
inning ended. Hub started well. max
ing Bert shotton ground out. Then
no passed Ward Miller George Sislcr
singled and Derrill Pratt doubled the
two men in. Armando Marsans wa,
hit In the ribs with a ball, and after
LEONARD wild pitched the colleEian and
the Cuban along base Carrigan
yanked hin, and sent Babe Ruth in. The
final score OF the game was 5 TO 3, with
the Misseur!ans possessed Of tho high
est numeral.
Leonard Held Browns Hitters.
Carrigan pitted Leonard against the
browns again on the next dav--wednes s.
day. August 30--and Sir Hubert did
what Bush had done to the Indians four
days before refused to give them
either hit or run. He was a little bit
waooly at the start, Harry Hooper rob-
ping George sisler of triple or homer
py one or his remarkable running
catches. Thereafter the chances offered
the Red Sox were easy. Leonard ranked
two men. The score was 4 to 0.
In subduing the Cardinals by n tally
OF 6 to Eller countersigned two mora
passes than Bush and one more than
Leonard. Bill Rariden cancelled the
value of two of these Gifts by throwing
the recipients out when they tried TO
steal.
Recalls ktIroy's Pitching.
a tale told by the Old timers about
stunts like those pulled by Eller, Leon
ard and Bush, in coming right back a =
ter bestings and pitching hItless hail
has for its hero Matty Kilroy. one OF
the greatest OF the early left handers
kilroy. who lives in Philadelphia now.
was terribly beaten UP by the Allie
Fhenys OF the American Association
(present Pittsburgs OF the National
League) on October s. 1885. At his own
request he was sent back against the
Smoky City crew the next day. and this
time they could not get one solitary
safety off him.
The last team retired by a Cincinnati
pitcher without q hit prior to Eiler's
banning OF the Cards was PHILADELPHIA
on July -, 1900. The Phils recovered
their batting eyes over night. They
moved out OF Cincinnati on the night OF
July IL. and on the afternoon OF July
Is. in Pittsburg, strewed the lawn at
Exposition Park with base hits, collect
ing twenty-four knocks OF Sam Lever,
Jack Chesbro and Hans Wagner Honus
pitched the ninth and was less rudely
treated than his predecessors.
Harry Wolverton Jed in the Quaker
attack with Ave hits, three OF which were
triples.
To go hitless one day and saw of two
dozen blows the next is a reversal OF
OF Eller against ST. Louis. OF Bush
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