Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-01
.CH|SOX KID HUR[S
PERFECT CONTEST
Robertson, Unknown, TwirIs
No.Hit, No-Run, No.one-to-
Reach-First-Base Game
LOCAL TEAMS DEFEATED

Cnarley RoDefts0n, ChlcagO American
League recruit hurler, virtually an un.
known. startled the baseball world yes
tcrday afternoon at Navin Field when
he pitched perfect game against the
Tigers.
Robertson held the home Team with
out a hit or run and, in addition to thus
feat. did not pass q man and not a
single Tiger player reached first base
during the entire game. The White
Sox won by the score Of /? to 0.
Robertson, who placed himself in the
hall Of fame. which membership includes
and Joss, Is serving his first season as a
member of the ComIskeE club.
He pitched for the Minneapolis club.
Of the American Association, last sea
son. He is right handler. weighing
1GJ pounds. twenty-five years old.
stands five feet ten inches in height and
was born in Sherman, Tex.
Opposed to Robertson in Yesterday =
fray was Pillette, another recruit, who
also pitched n mastery game and had
one bad inning, the second, in which the
duo Of tallies were registered.
In the long history Of major league
baseball since 1875 but five other per
fectly pitched games in which no batter
reached first base safely have been
turned in.
The first Of these was pitched by G.
". Bradley. Of st. Louis. against
Hartford in the old National League on
July 10. 1876. On June 10. 1880, J.
l.. Richmond. pitching for Worcester.
turned the trick against Cleveland in
the National League. and in the same
year. on June u, John NJ. Ward. late
manager Of the Giants, while pitching
for Providence. defeated the Buffalo
National League Club in like fashion.
"Cy" Young Turned Trick
Then followed n stretch Of twenty
four years before another hurler was
able 10 duplicate these performances.
II was the pitcher Of pitchers, Denton
T. cCED Young. who performed the
feat. He was pitching for the Boston
Red Sox. Of the American League,
against the Philadelphia Athletics, and
Thus but two other pitchers besides
Charles Robertson have been able to
cont rihuto such an excellent piece OF
work to baseball history under modern
rulos--,Ioss and Young. When Bradley,
Richmond and Ward succeeded in pitch
ing perfect games the old rules were IN
force
It was tho same old story concerning
the local ball clubs. The Macks took a
holiday trip to tho capital and were on
the short end OF p TO 4 score when tho
nIne innings were terminated, while the
phils foil at the hands of Vance, q
Brooklyn recruit, who shut them out
with six hits. The final score was i
to q,
Rollie NavIov vas tho Athletic hurler
and be breesed along IN great style for
The hrst three innings, rs he slwaya
does. but then came the fatal fourth
IN this round three hits, mixed In with
two misplays and two walks. gave the
'ritmen six runS--enongh IN win the
BAH game then and there.
Ring Is Loser
Jimmy Ring insi his first start of the
year to the EobIn, S'rcntnru thousand
tans turned out to witness tho game,
and saw DoIzy Vance, the home team {
recruit pitcher. set the rhils' batters or
their heads during the entire game. lie
famed The side in two innings.
King pitched good ball for the frs,
| three innings, not allowing the Robin,
hit, but IN the fourth two hits and sI
inheld out accounted tor the first Rob
ms run.
! Two moro were made off him in ths
/ sixth and he WAS yanked for q pipcl
! hitter in the enghth. and Belts finished
| the game.
The st. Louis Erowne and New Yorl
Yankees are tied for the lead in tn,
American League ss the result Of th,
games yesterday. The Yankees, befor,
a Sunday crowd in Gotham, bowed !,
the Red Sox for the second straish
time by the score Of 2 to ]. II wa,
Pratt's home run in the eighth inntn,
which broke up a splendid pitching bat
tie between Bob Shawkey and Herl
Pennock.
The Browns and Cleveland staged ,
slugging bee in the Mound City and th,
home team came out on top after min,
innings Of good, bad and indifferen
baseball, by the score of II to q.
/ Grover Alexander. Chicago Cubs
+ pitching ace, had his clean slate smeare,
on his home lawn when the CARDINAL
went on batting rampage and pounde,
his offerings to all corners of the fielt
and won by the score Of 10 to 0. Jef
Pfeffer was the Cardinal htirler, and h,
pitched excellent ball during the entir,
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