The Washington times., 1934-09-22
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer


Times Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.-The
amazing Dean Brothers, Dizzy"
and Paul, have the baseball world
by the ears today.
For the moment, the rush of the
Tigers, the dilemma OF the Giants,
and the tribulations of the Griff-
men are forgotten. Baseball fans
thrill to a new sensation.
Paul shut out the Brooklyn
Dodgers without a hit, passing
only one man. Dizzy blanked them
with three hits, and after the game
shame-facedly admitted that he
hadn't known he had a hitleSs
game in his grasp until Ralph
Boyle had beaten out a bunt.
Then a great light burst upon him.
The Dean boys have won IS of
the 88 games credited to the
Cards, and, of course, you recall
that they were out of action for a
while during their famous two
man strike.
Paul's hitless victory was the
first pitched in the national
League since 1929, when Carl Hub
bell blanked the Pirates on May 8.
Wesley Ferrell received credit for
pitching no-hit game against the
Browns in 1881 at Cleveland, but
it has always been contended that
the scorer made gift of the game
to Wes by robbing Rick Ferrell of
clean infield single.
Bob Burke. of the Griffmen,
shut out Boston on August
of 81.
In the absence of authoritative
records the writer cannot say
whether Paul Dean is the first
yearling to pitch a hitless game
in the majors, but veteran base
ball men do not recall any other
first year man to perform such
feat.
Record for Brothers
Allowing three hits and no runs
in a doubleheader certainly estab-
fishes an enviable record for ef-
ficiency in the majors. Unques-
tionably no similar feat ever was
performed by two brothers.
Away back in 1883 Tim Keefe.
of the old New York Nets, al
lowed only three hits in double
header. One hit was made off
him in the first game and two
in the second. The records do
not state whether Keefe shut out
his opponents in those games. 1t
may be said that in 1883 the
pitchers box was only so feet
from the home plate.
In two separate games, Howard
Ehmke, then with Boston, al.
lowed only one hit. He pitched
a hitless game against the Ath.
letics and held New York to one
hit in his next start. 1t was a
scratch hit that Whitney Witt
made off Ehmke in New York.
RueIbach'S Feat
Ed Ruelbach is the only man
who pitched and won shut
out doubleheader. He beat Brook
lyn in 1908. S to 0 and to 0.
Lowdermilk, of the Browns,
pitched a 2-to-O shutout against
the Cards in the 1917 city series,
and carried a scoreless tie until
the game was called.
Pitching in general in 1884 has
swung back to the peaks of the
good old days. There have been
nearly a dozen one-hit games, and
young pitchers have figured
prominently in these classics.
Schoolboy Rowe held Chicago
to a single blow on August 3 up
to the time he was relieved with
the score IA to 0 in his favor.
Buck Newsom of the Browns
turned in a one-hit game for 10
innings. losing to to the Red
Sox. Hockett of the Red Sox also
hurled a single hit game.
DiggS Pitches Today
The Griffs will give young Reese
Diggs a chance to enter the list
of the elite today. He is slated
to pitch one of the games of a
double-header against the Ath.
leticS, who right now are bowling
along at a furious clip with seven
consecutive victories to their
credit.
DiggS pitched a fine game
against Cleveland few days ago,
and thinks he will improve on his
performance today.