The Washington herald., 1922-05-08
ONLY One RUNNER
REACHES BASE ON
VETERAN TWIRLER
Free Gift Robs New York
MOundsman of Perfect
Game Fame.
By WESTBROoK PEGLER.

NEW YORK. May Just a week
after the widely bruited feat Of
pitching perfection achieved by
Charley Robertson. the inveterate
recruit who tolls in the hand-me-
downs of the White Sox. Jess
Barnes, the Giants aged right
handler. likewise joins thai exclu-
sive guild tof those who have
pitched the no-hit. no-run ball
games in the major leagues.
Barnes, now in his eleventh sea-
son in the profession. faced only
twenty-seven batsmen of the Phil
lies OF today's game at the Polo
Grounds. and. although he allowed
Cy Williams to reach first base on
walk in the fifth inning. this
fiaw in the record was remedied in
some degree by a double play.
Aided by Perfect support.
Barnes has a curve with a hair
bend. and he struck out five Of
Kaiser Wilhelm's princelings. but
he also received highly artistic sup
port for the million-dollar infield
which John McGraw hired and
trained to play one million dollars
worth. The stalwart graduate of
the Three Eye League is the first
Giant pitcher to pitch a no-hit. no.
rum game since Rube Marquard hu-
inflated the Dodgers of Brooklyn
about this time in 1914. The same
phenomenon was last accomplished
on the Polo Grounds by Slim Cald-
well. who shut out the Yanks with
out allowing a hit in 1919
It's a question whether Barnes
great performance will rank with
those of Robertson, G. W. Bradley
of the ancient st. Louis National
League club who pitched a perfect
game in 1876: ]. Lee Richmond. the
Worcester club who did the same
in 1880: John NJ. Ward. of Provi-
dence, the same year: Cy Young in
1904 and Addie Joss of Cleveland
against the White SoX in 1908
These are all the perfect games on
record in the majors and in none
o fthem did a man reach first But
the fact remains in Barnes favor
that he faced only twenty-seven
batters and no fewer could any
f'NS'Nl AoNS IN n pa
game.
Only three plays went to the
Giants outfield and all three were
putouts by Ralph SINNERS in CEN
ter. Ross Young and Emil Meusel
had nary putout or assist all af-
ternoon. Bancroft, Rawlings and
Groh had a strenuous time. how
ever. and but for their faultless
work Barnes might have been
charged with a hit or two for some
of the chances they accepted with
out error were so difficult that a
lenient scorer might have given the
batter the advantage
XIII Lively Ball Argument.
Barnes and Robertson have added
serious complica tions to the arsu-
ment about the lively ball this sea
son and they have been supported
by Bill Bayne. the lefthander Of
the Browns, Carl Mays. of the
fanks and Alan Sothoron. Of the
lndianas. Bayne went into the
NTH inning at Detroit the other
day without having allowed a hit
and then was nicked for two
smashes and one run. Mays was
charged with a hit by Bing Miller
of the Athletics in Philadelphia
yesterday 1t scuffed Home Run
bakers glove in passing and had
some OF the characteristics of an
error. Mays allowed the same
Miller another hit in the eighth
however and these two were all
the Athletics got. Sothoron held
the White Sox hitless for seven in
nings couple of days ago in
Cleveland while the recently i'm
mortalized Robertson was being
knocked for the hot and cold rum
ming water in six innings.
Phila Ab.HPo. A New York AhHPoE r