Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1916 — NO-HIT GAMES ARE SCARCE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NO-HIT GAMES ARE SCARCE

George Foster's Feat Was Eighteenth of Kind in American League—Average Only One Yearly. George Foster’s feat of holding the New York Yankees hitless at Boston, a few days ago, was the eighteenth nohit game pitched in the American league since its organization. More than two years have elapsed since the last no-hit game was twirled in Ban Johnson’s league, Joe Benz of the Chicago White Sox pitching it against Cleveland on May 31, 1914. In the National, league, there have been 40 no-hit games in the 40 years of Its career, the last one also being by a Boston pitcher, Tom Hughes, second, of'the Braves, who held the Pittsburgh Pirates hitless on June 16. That a no-hit game is a rare perform-

ance may be noted from the fact that in both National and American leagues they have averaged only one a year. Several pitchers have had the misfortune of holding opposing teams without a hit In nine innings, only to yield hits later on and be deprived of places In the No-Hit Hall of Fame. Among such performers in the last decade are Leon Ames, formerly of the Giants; Harry Mclntyre, formerly of Brooklyn, and Jim Scott of the White Sox. It is interesting to note that neither Walter Johnson nor Grover Alexander, the present pitching princes of the two major leagues, has pitched a no-hit fame, though Johnson has been with Washington since 1907 and Alexander with the Phillies since 1911-

Pitcher George Foster.