Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1915 — TWIRLED A LONG GAME [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWIRLED A LONG GAME

lack Coombs Won 24-Inning Contest From Boston. • i Former Pitcher of Champion Athletic# Enjoy* Honor of Pitching Longest Game In Major Leagues— Score Was 4 to 1. Jack Coombs has the honor of pitching the longest game ever played in the majors. On September L 1906, he worked 24 innings against Boston and came oat on top by a score of 4 td 1. The year 1910 was a big one for the “Iron Man” of the Athletics. He won 31 games out of 40 starts, a percentage of .776. In 13 of these games be whitewashed his opponents. At one stretch daring the season he went for 46 consecutive innings without allowing a run to be scored on his delivery. On August 4 he worked a sensational 16-inning game against Chicago, Ed Walsh opposing him for the White Sox. Neither team was able to make a run in the 16 innings, so* masterly did both pitchers work. Coombs was the more effective of the two, allowing only three hits in the 16 innings. On September 21 he pitched an 11-inning 0 to 0 affair against Cleveland, only three hits being made by the Naps. In the world’s series of 1910 he worked three times in six days

against the Chicago Cubs and scored a trio of victories over Chance’s great team. He has yet to lose a game in a world’s series. After being out of the game practically three years, Coombs is getting a chance to “come back” with the Brooklyn Nationals. Those who have watched Coombs in action say that he has the old-time pep and that his curves are as puzzling as ever. Fans will watch closely his career with the Brooklyns this season.

Jack Coomba