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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2D.
THE SPORTING WORLD
THE WORLD'S NO-HIT PITCHERS
The only pitchers who have pitched more than one no-hit game in the history of modern league baseball.
Prom left to right—Addie Joss, of Cleveland (now dead), Christy Mathewson, of the New York Giants, and old
Cy Young, of Cleveland. Each of these men has tw'O hitless games to Ills credit. Joss and Young are the
only big leagm twirlers who ever pitched a game in which no man reached first base by any method, hit, base
on-brtlls, errors, or otherwise.
Curiously enough, it seems 'that ail three of these great figures of the diamond will pass from the game
within a year of each other. Addie Jo* died two months ago. Constant report is now going the rounds of
the bis leagu circuits that Cleveland is about to release old Cy Young, whose age has at last begun to*tell on
him, and Christy Mrthcwson’s work has fallen off to such an appreciable extent that New Yorkers are be
ginning to ponder over the question as to whether their idol is just in a temporary slump or whether he has
really lost his ability.
HUHiIY 11011
Si STEEPLECHASE
m
International Contest at Ham
ilton Won by Vilhalla. Cliff
Edge Won Hamilton Cup.
Hamilton, Ont.—The International
steeplechase here today resulted in a
runaway victory for Vilhalla, who
beat St. Abe out a length. In the race
for the Hamilton cup Cliff Edge proved
something of a surprise by leading his
field from start to finish. The mile
and a quarter w-as run in 2:04 4-5, a
new track record for the distance.
Summaries.
First race, purse, 3 year-olds and
up: six furlongs: Stilly Night, S 4
(McCahey), 13 to 5, 6 to *5, 3 to 5,
won; Rockville, 102 (Musgrave), 4 to
1, 2 to 1, second; Nimbus 109 (Lof
tus) even, third. Time, 1:12 1-5.
Second race, purse, 2-year-olds, sell
ing, 5 1-2 furlongs: Camella, 102 (Ko
erner) 8 to 1, 5 to 1, 8 to 5, won; Ochre
Court, 108 (Goose) 4 to 1, 2 to I,sec
ond; Flamma, 105 (Wilson), 6 to 5,
third. Time, 1:07 1-4
Third race, 3-year-olds, mile and a
sixteenth Mounder, 102 (Byrne) 7 to
2, 1 to 3. won; Hateras, 96 (Digging)
5 to 1, 2 to 1, second. Corinth, 96
(Wingfield), even, third. Time, j
1:47 4-5.
Fourth face, International Steeple- !
chase, about 2 1-2 miles: VlTbalia, 103
(McAfee),' 11 to 5, even, 2 to 5, won;
St. Abe, 140 (Williams) 3 to 5, out,
second; Highbinder. 152 (Turkey)
even, third. Time 4.54 2-5.
Fifth race, Hamilton cup, purse sl,-
000, handicap. 3-year-olds and up, 1 i-4
Cliff Edge, 102 (Taplln) 9 to 2,
2 to 2, 3 to 5, won; Olambalam, 125
(Koerner) 7 to 10, 1 Jo 3, second; Su
perstition, 108 (McCahey), 8 to 5,
third. Time 2:04 4-5.
Sixth race, purse, 2-yoar-olds. 6 fur
longs; Aldebaren, 102 (McCahey),
even, 2 to 5, out, won', Tlpsand, 106
(Dugan) 4 to 5, out. second; Sherlock
Holmes, 103 (Henry) out, third. Time,
1:13 1-5'
Seventh race, 3-year-olds and up,
selling 1 mile on turf: Maetin Doyie,
104 (Goose), 7 to 2, 6 to 5, 4 to 5,
won: J. H. Reed, 108 (Koerner) 5 to
2, 6 to 5, second; June W., 92 (Dig
gins i, 2to 1, third Time 1:39 2-5.
Eight race, purse, SSOO, 3-year-olds
and up 1 rni!e, selling, on turf: The
Golden Butterfly, 107 (Henry) 10 to 1, j
GLIDDEN PA THFINDER CA R TO
LEA VE NEW YORK NEXT WEEK
New York.—The pathfinding car of
the Glidden Automobile Tour will
start from this city next week to map
out the route to be followed this year
between New York and Jacksonville,
Fla. The eighth contest for the GHcl
tien trophy this year will start on
October 14 and end at Jacksonville,
October 25. The route will touch the
following cities: Trenton, N. J., Phil
adelphia, Lancaster, York and Get
tysburg, Fa., Hagerstown, Md„ Win
chester, Staunton and Lexington, Va„
and other places through the Shen
nandah Valley, Winston-Salem,
Greensboro and Charlotte, N. C.,
Spartanburg and Greenville, S. C„
Atlanta and Macon, Ga., thence due
south to Madison, Fla., and east to
Jacksonville.
The following statement regarding
the tour wag made today by S. M.
Butler, chairman of the contest board
of the American Automobile Associa
tion:
“The elimination of the many tech
nical detail# and restrictions hereto
fore imposed now makts It possible
for the individual tourist, who Is the
owner of a bona fida touring car or
runabout, to go through the tour with
the minimum of expense and Incon
venience and the maximum enjoy
ment of the pleasures of real touring,
at the same time aiding the great
cause of road improvement.
“The status of any section is known
by the roads it keeps and the pas
sage of the National Tour causes a
competitive road making campaign to
be inaugurated by every community
along the line. Tho first, evidence
comes from Jacksonville, the
Duval County Commissioners have al
ready awarded the contract for hard
surfacing the highway f»om Jackson
ville to the county line, to be com
pleted before the start of the tour.
Similar assurances have been re
ceived from the varjous communities
along the line of the Nation. 1 High
way and local pride will result in
producing the best possible road con
ditions over the entire route.
"The competitive feature of the
tour is strongly impressed by the ac
tive format'on of representative
teams of three cars each to compete
for tho Glidden Trophy, not only by
towns and cities along the route, but
4 to 1, 8 to 5 won; Oakhurst, 104
(Byrne) 4 to 5, 1 to 3, second; Sand
rian, 103 (Wingfield) 3 to I, third.
Time, 1:40 2-5.
by those adjacent thereto and even
by neighboring and distant sections.
Teams may be looked for from Har
risburg, York, Baltimore, Washington,
Roanoke, Winston-Salem, Anderson,
Saulisbury and Macon,’as well as
New York, Atlanta and Jacksonville
and Detroit, Chicago, Indianapolis
and many other towns and cities.”
7 POINTS BETWEEN
COBB IB LAJOIE
Chicago.—According to figures made
public here Saturday there Is a dif
ference of only seven points between
the batting averages of Cobb anJ La
jote of the American League. The
Detroit player still is at the top or
the list with a standing of .418. More
over he has played in more than twice
as many games as the Cleveland
player.
Jackson of Boston heads the Na
tional League list. He has played in
only a few games, however. Wagner,
with a standing of .354,- is second.
REPORTED TWELVE MEN
BURIED IN A CAVE-IN
Duluth, Minn.—lt Is reported that
twelve men were buried in a cave-in
In a mine at nibbing, Minn., early
tonight. Details are missing as yet.
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1911. Leave Augusta 8:25
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time.
I HE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
A NO-HIT GAME, AND WHAT IT
MEANS TO BASEBALL WORLD
A Few of the Big League Pitchers Who Have Accomplished
the Feature. Twenty-one Stars and Three Only Have Re
peated. What Is Necessary.
New York.—"A no-hit game." The
clamor of the crowd, the hero-wor
ehippers of their idol, the star pitcher
of the "hum team,” is ever thus. Half
a dozen, two, even one hitless Inning,
and the fans are up on their toes
shouting for a column of ciphers in
the "H” part of the invaders' box
score.
And do these same fans realize the
magnitude of the task they are de
manding and tvhat it means to the
pitcher? Seldom. It means fame ami
glory to the pitcher—that his name
will go down in baseball history as
one of the greatest of them all. It
means that he will be one among the
other twenty-six who have accom
plished the feat since the advent of
the twentieth century—an average of
less than one a year in each of the
big leagues. And consider the "great"
pitchers who have never turned the
trick!
When Joe Wood twirled a no-hit
game against the St. Louis Browns in
the last series between the Boston Bed
Sox and tlie cellar champions of the
American League, many passed over
the performance with the remark:
"Oh, there's nothing wonderful in do
ing that to the Browns.” These peo
ple are mistaken. There is something
wonderful In doing that to the Browns,
or any other team for that matter.
Every year the champion clubs have
met the tail-enders. The best have
opposed the worst some twenty odd
times iach season. And yet not once
a year, on the average, has the under
dog failed to register n hit.
V/ood's Game Broke Tie.
Wood's no-liit game at St. Louis
broke a tie between the two leagues
tha has existed since May 10 of last
year, when "Chief” Bender of the
Athletics pitched hitless ball ngainßt
Cleveland. Wood's performance made
the count during tbe last twelve sea
sons eleven for the American as
against ten for the National.
Ilahn of Cincinnati was the first
pitcher of the century to be credited
with a no-hit game. He did it against
the Phillies on July 12, 1900. Next
ypar came Christy Mathewson, then
in his “teens,” who retired . the St.
Louis Cardinals without a hingle. No
National Leaguer achieved tlie feat in
1902 but in 1903 Chick Fraser of Phil
adelphia made the Cubs victims of a
perfect‘exhibiton of slabcraft. Math
ewson .repeated his 1901 performance
In 1905 and 1908 saw Billy Lush of
Philadelphia and Mai Eason of Brook
lyn enter the honor list. Tn 1907 Fred
Pfeffer of Boston and Maddox of
Pittsburg were the heroes. George
Wiltso of the New York Giants held
the Phillies hitless for ten innings on
July 4,1908, and Nap Rucker Of Brook
lyn was the performer In the last no
hit game pitched In the National
League, when he downed the then
fairly strong Boston team on Septem
ber 5, 1 908.
Callahan of American.
Jimmy Callahan, of the Chicago
White Sox was the first no-hit pitch
er of the American League. The man
who Is now hailed as the greatest
“come hack" In baseball history was
then in his prime, and he did the deed
against the Detroit Tigers in 1902.
Two years lates, grand old Cy Young
duplicated the Performance and
brought the Boston Red Box into the
limelight. Connie Mack’s Athletics
were the vanquished In this game.
After Jesse Tannehtll, also of the Red
Box, and Henley of Philadelphia had
turned the trick in 191)4 and 1905,
Young came hack in 1908 and repeat
ed. Addle Joss of Cleveland (now
dead) shared the 1908 honors with
Young and again pitched a no-lilt
game In 1910. That, same year Ben
der of Philadelphia hung up his rec-
I ord performance. It was the last nn
: hit game until Wood’s recent great
S exhibition.
Among these twenty-one stars, only
three have achieved a no-hit game
more than once in their careers. They
are Mathewson, Young and Joss, each
of whom uncorked two spotless per
formances.
Several times this year pitchers have
dope faultless work for a number or
innings, so that it seemed more thsn
likely that a no-hit game would re
sult. Exactly a month ago George
■’Hooks” Wiltse of the New Fork
Giants, held the Bt. Louis Cardinals
hitiess for six Innings.* Then Roger
Bresnahan came to bat. and cracked
out a two-bagger that spoiled an oth
erwise perfect performance. A day
later Nap Rucker of Brooklyn prob
ably the greatest southpaw in the
game today, opposed Cincinnati. For
eight innings he kept the hard-hitting
red-legs from counting a safe, clout.
In the ninth, gigantic) Larry McLean
was first at bat. He struck out. Ro
did Pitcher Frank Smith. Bobby
Pescher’s turn came 'next* arid the
Dodger fans were preparing to score
a no-hit game lor Rucker. Bencher
was all that stood between him ana
the coveted honor. What did Beecher
do? He knocked a Blow one over sec
ond base that the sluggish Brooklyn
lnflelders could not reach, and Ruck
er’s remarkable work was sot at
naught so far as getting a no-hit. game
was concerned
It so happens that all no-hit games I
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In the liig leagues have been shut-outs.
That may seem like a waste of words
—the average fan always considers a
no-hit game a shut-out as a matter of
course. Far he it from such. '■Seve
ral instances In the minor leagues can
be cited where a tenm failed to get
a single hit, but yet won the game.
Errors, hass on halls and the like did
tlie work, although the opposing fling
er was not hit safely during the en
tire game. What the above-mention
ed fan is really thinking of, although
he may not know it, is a no-man-to
first-base game.
While the no-hit game is surely a
rare enough bird, the no-msn-to-first
hase game Is almost unheard of. Fact
is, there have only been two such
performances 'in the history of mod
ern league baseball. And the auth
ors of them also have another no-hit
to their credit-—Just to show it \vas
no fluke. They are Cy Young, the
“grand old man of baseball" —long
may he live—and Addle Joss—long
live his memory. Old Cy officiated
on the mound for tlie Red Sox on
May 6, 1904, when the Philadelphia
Athletics trudged through nine In
nings without one of their number
reaching a base. On October 12, 1908,
Joss, pitching for Cleveland, suffered
not one White Sox to arrive at the
Initial sack.
What It Means.
To appreciate tlie Herculean efforts
necessary to accomplish what these
two heroes of tlie diamond did, con
template that there are twenty-seven
consecutive times that the hatter must
lie prevented from reaching first base
and that it is possible for hint to do
so by any one of nine different ways:
A hit.
A base on halls.
An error.
A third strike missed by (he catcher,
whose throw to the first basbman
does not beat the runner to the bag.
Butter hit by pitched hall.
Batter interfered with by catcher.
Fair ball biting an umpire.
First basemen blocking tlie base
line when he has not the ball In his
hands, or the pitcher doing the same.
Any pitcher using his cap, glove,
protector or other part of his uniform
to assist in catching a hall when the
glove, cap, etc., are detached or not in
their proper places.
None of these tilings must happen.
Is it any wonder then there are only
two no-man- to-the-flrst-base games
in history? Long live Cy Young; long
live the memory of Addle Joss, an
swer we.
STANDING OF THE CLUCS
City League
Clubs. W. L. Pet.
Y. M. C. A 3 0 1.000
Western Grays 2* 1 .667
Railroad 1 2 .333
K. of C 0 -3 .000
South Atlantic League.
(New series.)
Clubs. W. L. Pot.
Columbia 41 14 .745
Albany 31 22 .585
Macon 28 24 .538
Columbus 27 24 .491
Jacksonville 25 31 .449
Orphans 22 32 .407
Savannah 20 34 .370
Charleston 20 34 .870
Southern League,
Clubs. W. U Pet
New Orleans 65 42 .607
Birmingham 64 48 .571
Montgomery 59 48 .551
Nashville 55 56 .500
Chattanooga 55 57 .491
Memphis 50 59 .459
Mobile 49 61 .445
Atlanta 41 69 .373
American League.
Clubs. * W. L Pet.
Philadelphia .. ..'..72 39 .649
Detroit 69 44 .611
Boston 58 54 .518
New York 57 56 .504
Chicago . _ .. ~,,55 57 .491
Cleveland 55 57 .491
Washington ...48 65 .425
St. Louts 33 78 Ht/)7
National League.
Club*. W. 1,. Pet.
Chicago 63 £9 .618
New York 65 42 .607
Pittsburg 66 43 .606
Philadelphia 60 48 .556
St. Louis . w . . 59 49 .546
Cincinnati 47 60 .439
Brooklyn 41 65 .387
Boston 27 82 .248
MISTRIAL IN LAND BUIT.
Asheville, N. C.—Tho jury In the
case of toe U. fl. vs. HiawasSce Lum
ber Co., in which title to 500,000 acres
of land was involved in the circuit
court of the United States, after 24
hours of 'deliberation, failed to reach
a conclusion and was dismissed, the
case resulting in a mistrial.
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With Passenger, Remains In Air at Chicago Meet For 3
Hours and 38 Minutes. Brindley Went to An Altitude of
5,768 Feet.
Chicago.—\V. G. Beatty, in 4. Wright
bi-plane beat the world's record for
duration while carrying a passenger
at the international aviation meet here
Saturday. Beatty and his passenger
were in the air at the opening gun.
at ?.SO o’clock and remained up until
7.08 p. m., r total of 3 hours and 38
minutes. The former record was made
by Amerigo, at Mulhausen, Germany,
Dec. 11th, 1910, when he carried a
passenger 3 hours, 19 minutes, 37 sec
onds.
While official announcements from
the contest committee were received
with doubt here, after It had been
learned that O. A. Brindley, officially
announced as having flown to a height
of 11,726 feet, which would have been
a world record, instead bad risen onlv
5.76 S feet, there was little doubt that
the Beatty figures were approximately
correct, for his performance was
watched and timed by thousands of
National League
Philadelphia.—St. Louis spilt even
In a double-header here today. The
first game was a pitcher's battle be
tween Harmon and Alexander, tlie
visitors winning in the twelfth In
ning oil Bliss' double, a wild throw
by Alexander and Oakes' single. The
home team won the second game by
bunching hits with bases on balls by
Geyer.
Score first game; R. H. E.
St. Louis . , 200 100 000 002—5 10 1
Pliila. . . .101 000 001 000—3 11 2
Harmon and Bliss, Alexander and
Madden. Time, 1:40. Umpires, O'Day
and Emslle.
Score second game: R. H. E.
St. Louis 000 010 010—2 7 1
Philadelphia . . .000 012 02*—5 9 1
Geyer and Bliss; Stack and Spen
cer. Time, 2:00. Umpires, O'Day and
Kmslie.
Chicago Defeated Boston.
Boston.—Before the largest attend
ance at the local National League
park in more than two years, Chica
go defeated Boston this afternoon, 16
to 8. Maltern and Pfeffer were bat
ted freely by the Visitors, and Cole,
though lie kepi the hits scattered, wus
wild and at times Ineffective
Score: R. H.
Chicago 303 400 000—18 19 4
Boston 301 000 310— 8 9 1
Colo and Archer; Mattefn, PfclT r.
Thompson find Random Time »10
Umpires, Johnstone, and Eason.
Broke Even on Double-Header.
New York.—N. w York and Cincin
nati broke even on their douldc-ncod
er today before one of tin greatest
crowds that ever saw n game In New
York. Marquard, In the first gam.*,
after yielding three hits and three
passes in tho first Inning, was taken
out and Wiltse put In his place. With
men on Orel and third and none out
in the eighth, Mathewson went in
and retired the next three men In or
der. Before the defeat charged to
him today, Mathewson lied won 82
straight games iron Cincinnati Mit
chell made a single, double, triple and
home run In four times at hat tn the
second game.
Score first game: R. I f. K.
Cincinnati 260 200 000— 4 7 1
New York 030 200 00*—5 II t
Caspar, Suggs and Clarke; Mar
quard, Wiltse, Mirthewson and Myers.
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Saturday’s events were enlivened by
a number of spectacular escapades.
The hydroplane driven by C. C. Wit
mer and cruising about over the lake
approached dangerously near the
yacht Marine and caused a scare
among its passengers, but passed
ove head without injuring anybody.
The speed contest for biplanes was
taken by Eugene Ely, after a sharp
brush with Lincoln Beachey. He
made the 12 lhiles in 13 minutes, 47.2
seconds, Beachey's time being 14 min
utes, 2.2 seconds.
The fastest mile and a third lap
was made by Ely in 1.30.53.
Thomas Sopwith won the twelve
mile race for monoplanes, in 13.38.4,
Bene Simon giving him a close race,
in 13.49.4. Sopwith took the weight
carrying event without competition.
Time, 2:22. Umpires, Riglor and
Flnneran.
Score second game: R. H E.
Cincinnati 011 130 010—7 12 1
New York 110 000 002—4 6 5
Fromnte, Keefe and McLean; Math
ewson, Crandall and Myers. Time 1:6.1
Umpires, Bigler and Finneran.
Another Even Break.
Brooklyn.—Brooklyn and Pittsburg
broke even in a double-header today.
The home team took the first game,
3 to 2, Rucker being invincible ex
cept in one inning. Liefleld was bat
ted for 15 bits, but was effective with
men on bases, 13 runners being left.
The visitors had a lead of 1 0 to 2 In
tlie second game when Brooklyn be
gan Ihr ninth inning. A hot rally lor
seven hits an ! five runs sent. Adams
to tlie club house with two men out
and Barger at _bat. Steel got him
and the game ended, 10 to 7. Brook
lyn today purchased Outfielder Welch
olice from Nashville.
Score first game: R. H. B.
Pittsburg 900 020 000—2 5 2
Brooklyn 021 000 001—3 15 1
Lelfield and Gibson; Rucker and
Erwin. Time, 1:30. Umpires, Klem
and Brennan.
Score second game: R. XT. H.
PlttMbiirg 241 000 021—10 14 2
Brooklyn 000 100 015— 7 10 2
Adams, Steel and Gibson; Schardt,
Bell and Erwin. Time, 2:04. Umpires
Klein and Brennan.
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