Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-30
CockereU and Gallagher
Pitched Two Perfect Con.
! tests During Season; Many
! One.Bingle Tits
KEPNER SETS RECORD
BY BILL DALLAS

lVl recorded in the annals oi tnc SEMI
,,o baseball tossers during the last
.ssson. On sevcn occasions games
we're played in which the winning
hurlcr BANKED the opposition without
bit or run and two pitchers wcr" twice
srcditod with no-hit performances.
The outstanding hurler in this respect
4. phil Cockrell. the king Of Ed Boil
So,'s HillJalc staff. Twice he repulsed
onnonrnts with no hits. turning the
trck ngainst the Paterson silk Sox
and tho Chicago Giants, of Chicago.
both Oh alien soil.
lin Gallagher. another Philadelphia
nroduct, twice turned the trick in II
single week. He entered the Hall Of
Fame on July % in n game against
Greenwood Post and on July ~ re-
peated against klauder- Weldon.
What probably was the greatest
ntching duel Of the season occurred at
Sork. Pa. September T. in Class u
.,iminntion game Of the Philadelphia
p,soboll Association between American
Chsin and Chester. Feeder, pitching
Sor thc Accos. hurled eight sessions.
allowed only single hit and did not
issue one pass. lie was taken out in
tbe eighth for n pinch hitter and was
reIieyed BY Lefty York. The latter
walked three men and famed two in
<be one inning. piersOn, who pitched
Tor Chester, held Acco to two hits,
canned thirteen, walked eight, but the
York team was unable to score and
Chester won 10.
This same Lefty York also figured IN
another pitching feat. On August -
American Chain was scheduled to play
Baltimore Black S"x double -hrnd'r
York was the pitcher selection OF FRANK
Dessau in til" opener and all \" dla
was to blank the Black SoX wit thout a
. hit or run. lie than went in and
pitched the second game ana AGAIN Shn,
out the Baltimorcans, but they secured
Two scratch hits off his delivery.
No. hit Games
The first nc-hit game Of the scnson
Sos on June -. Phil torkrcll Of
HillLalc. won over Paterson Silk son.
TO o. On July ~ Krcpps. Of the
South Phils. shut out Camden City, :
10 o and then followed the tw" E"tahI"
performances of Bill Gallagher. OF st.
Barnabas. On july - i" won over
Greenwood Post, to u. and ON July
60 triumphcd over Klaudcr- Weldon, Of
Jenkintown, to U.
Cockrci scored hiso second no-hit
Triumph ON IIilldal"'s Western trrp.
Phil won over the Chicago Chants. " tn
B. Lefty York. Of American ''hnin. ON
August 80 woT over Baltimor" Slack
FOX. i to 0. and on S"pt"mhcr I"l ,hl'
of the S0uth Phils. entered the select
class against paulsbUr". the South Phils
winning, - TO q. IN all ih" n"-hil
games tho losers were unable I" score.
There wcrc II number Of notable no
bit performances and these nearly al
resllted in Shutouts also. On May -
Lefty Vann, of the South Philadclphin
Hebrews, blnnkod Nisros", ! to u. On
July ! Fill IIo"konbury! of fl"ish"r'
handed Stonchnrst u coat ct Whlt"-
wash. : to u. and on" week later. on
July $, Flynn. Of Shnnahan. shut ont
tho lngrrs"ll- Rand Cub, Of Philips
burg. q t" q.
Four other onc-ht performances w"r"
terord"d during the season in cases
where the records Wrr" arHlIablr. NNi
August : "Pud" Flournoy. "f llilldal".
defeated the SphaS. : to o. On August
:. Leslie, Of Bridcsburg. Nhitcwarhrd
Wildwood. OF Frankford. 1 I" =.
Feeder, of American Chain. CAV" 'hcs =
Ter one hit. which was sufficient i"r
lriS Lord : aggregation to score II
to.O triumph. and on September ~
Bill ricrSon, of Chester, won over
Bridesburg, > to |.
According to the figures Of th" teams
who held pitchers for any great length
Of time, Ray K"pn"r, Of Hrid"sburs
WAS III" best. with An aNerng" of ~
and Ray Steinadcr. OF the North Phl'S
finished with .S.i. Both are schedule"
20 so 10 ,h" big leagues this year
Eteinodor returning to pittsburgh
where he pitched some few years ago.
Mckenty Is Rest
Pitchers come and pitchers go. an'
the fans rave over their performances
for n while. but taking tn" s"ns"n rs
& whole Willie Mck"nty. Of Fl"lshrr
was the best in tho independent ranks
u" had percentage of .G3S in forty
games, and Lefty Stiely, of Rrid"sbnrg
ranked second with .Gl5 III forty -"n'
games, Stcly has been signed hl
Branch Hickey, Of the Cards. and vii
50 South with them in tn" spring.
Ray kepner, of Bridesburg, scorc'
the largest number Of consecutive wins
with fifteen TO his credit. and II team
inatc, Lefty EtelN, followed with thir
teen. The Ililldalc club played in in"r
games than any team outside OF III
majors. having participated in l62 con
tests, scoring 9G2 runs against G3l f"
their opponents. giving the DnrbNiir
an average of five per game.
Extra inning contests wcr" few. o'
May Il Lit Brothers and Dobson battl"'
for fourteen innings, tn" stur" boy
winning, to !. Champion hurled f"
I.its and Grunsbach for Dobson, O
Jun" - Ardmore won from Stent"
fleld club. s to ., in eighteen innings
Mitchell hurting for the winners am
Griffin for the losers.
!, The Fleisher Nurncrs participated il
the two other extra-innig contests
On July they played n rhirtr"n. inmin
lie with Wilmington. Mrehan hurlin
for the locals and Nichols for the Della
wareans. Two days later, on July !!
Fleisher defeated IansdaIe. : to q. i
eighteen sessions. Mechan being iii
winner over Larsen and Allen.
Following are the records Of hurlcr
who participated in twenty gaines q
moro for one club:
., 6. ". l.. r. Pt
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