Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1914 — JULY WAS FULL OF FREAKS [ARTICLE]

JULY WAS FULL OF FREAKS

Accidents, Extra-Inning and No-Hit Games Among Unusual Occurrences in National Game. A series of unusual occurrences marked July in professional baseball. Extra-inning, no-hit games and acci' dents on the diamond were grouped within a few days, as was the case Just about that period in 1913. - Taking these unusual features by dates, July 17 saw Clyde Milan in collision with Moellejr, his teammate, as both raced for a fly ball in the Wash-ington-Cleveland game, with the result that Milan received a badly fractured Jaw. On the same day George Weaver, captain of the Chicago White Sox, col-' lided with Demmitt under similar Circumstances and was severely injured about the head. A no-hit-no-run game and a 21-inning struggle also figured in the record of July 17. At Pittsburgh the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates played 21 innings, the New York club winning by 3 to 1. Rube Marquard and Babe Adams, the rival pitchers, twirled the entire contest. With the exception of the 24-lnning game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Americans on September 1, 1906, this is the longest game ever played in the major leagues. Three days previously the Hartford club defeated the New Haven team 2 to 1 in a 23-inning game in the Eastern association, which is the third longest game in the record of professional baseball. The 36-inning contest between Decatur and Bloomington of the Three-Eye league, played on May 31, 1909, still holds first place, and the PhiladelphiaBoston 24-inning match second position in the record of long games. Getting back to July 17 again, James Withers, pitcher of the Duluth club of the Northern league, twjrled a no-hit-no-run game against the Virginia club of the same league. This is the third hitless game of the Northern league this season. Tghe next day at Lebanon, Pa., the Lincoln Giants, a semi-professional team, varied the schedule by defeating the home club 23 to 3, and incidentally scoring eight home runs. Three players each secured two circuit hits. Moving on to July 19, the records show that the Wichita club of the Western league defeated Sioux City 3 tp 2 ih a 21-inning game which required 4 hours and 48 minutes to play. On the same day at Long Branch, N. J., Jose Acosta, the .Cuban pitcher of the seashore team, shut out the St. Louis American league club without a hit or run, winning a 3 to 0 victory, in which he did not give a base on balls and had but twelve balls called on his delivery for the full nine innings.