Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1916 — ONE PITCHED BALL WON GAME [ARTICLE]

ONE PITCHED BALL WON GAME

It Resulted |n triple Play and Substitute Pitcher Achieved Most Unique World’s Record. One man in baseball history placed himself im the hail of fame by delivering just one ball —calling for probably only a few seconds’ actual participation in the game. He was Manager Childs of the Portsmouth (O.) team. In a game with' Marion June 20, 1910, Childs went into the box and pitched one ball. It resulted in a triple play, and Childs got credit, of course, for pitching an entire inning with one heave, the only time it has been accomplished.