The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
NO-HIT GAMES ARE RARE HAPPENINGS IN NATIONAL CAME


 It is a rare feat for hurler to register two no4hit games in a sea son. The feat has never been &C., complished in the major leagues. In the minor leagues, there are 10 au- thentic records of this achievement. No doubt there are more, but only 10 can be accounted for and verified.
 These are not authenticated. but baseball history tells that a certain Nick Handibee, while pitching for the famous Henley club of Richmond, Ind. in 1885, pitched successively four no-hlt games. Of course. these games were against semi-pro teams. Then again, back in 1Ss6, a hurler named Watson. pitching for the zanesville team. is duly credited with pitching four no-hit games, and they came In a row. This performance led to al berth In the big show for Mir. Wat son. but he didn't stick.
 There are two records that are bona fide of hurlers -who pitched four no-hit games in one season. Justus. pitching for the Lancaster club of the P. 0. NJ. league in 1908, held the following teams hitiess; Mansfield, July 1s: Portsmouth, August 2; Lima. September 8; Marion,
 
 ments were in successive games. so he shares the honor with Wright and Cassidy as the only hurlers who pitched two no-hit games In success sion in organized baseball. In ool- lege baseball certain Jack High lands, pitching for Harvard in 1892, held Williams. Wesleyan. Tufts coll lege and the Manhattan Athletic club hitless
 Addison Gumbert, pitching for the Lima club of the Ohio State league In 1888, pitched two no-hit games against the Mansfield team. There was no mistake about Gumberts hurling, for his work was perfect Wright, giant hurler with the Day ton club of the Western association, in 1901, is one of the few hurlers in the history of the game to pitch two hitless in organized ball. September 1, Wright held the Columbus Ieam hitless and on the fourth he hurled hitless game against the Grand Rapids club. Pitcher Cassidy, of the Williamsville sclub of the Eastern Connecticut league, on September l4 and Is. 1913, prevented the Wauke- gan and Dayviile teams from getting base hit. These are the only records of hurlers pitching two mo- hit games successtvely.
 Sitton's Record
 Phil Sitton, pitching for the Augusta club of the South Atlantic league in 1908, made a remarkable record. August he held the Colum- bia team hitless: August he pitched a double header against the Jackson vile team. shutting them out in both games. Sitton came back with an- other hitless game on August Is. .z4 EA 3afi iVN1Q On August IS he pitched runless which made five successive no-run games. with his two no-hit games intermixed. No runs and allowing only IA hits in five games is some hurling, even in a minor league. Norman Gibson, hurling for the Kansas City club of the Western league in 1902. had many remarkable pitching records that season. among which were two no-hit games. On July he held the Omaha team hit- less, and again. on August 25. the batsmen of the St. Joe club failed to make safe hit
 Nicholas Maddox. pitching for the Wheeling club of the Central league | In 1907, registered two no-hit games, and this remarkable work earned him recall to the big show by the | Pittsburgh management. In his third game against the batsmen of the big league. which took place Sep l tember 20, he prevented the batsmen 1 of the Brooklyn team from making | hit Maddox's work in this respect was marvellous from the fact that of 1 the three hitiess games he pitched that season one was regis0red against the batsmen of the big 1 league.
 J. Hedgepeth. pitching for the Petersburg club of the Virginia league. on August T and 13 held | Roanoke and Richmond teams hit- I less. Hedgepeth did remarkable pitching that season. In his last ten games of the season only 34 hits were made off his pitching. Of | course, in the list were the classics | mentioned.
 Paddock. of the Vancouver club of l the Northwest league. In 1908. created a sensation in that circuit when he registered his second hitless game for that season.
 Yes. even In the minor leagues, the acquiring of one of these classics is a rare achievement.