Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — PITCHERS HAVE SET NEW NO-HIT RECORD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PITCHERS HAVE SET NEW NO-HIT RECORD

The four no-hlt games hurled by major league pitchers during the first month of the 1917 season have established a new record in this department of professional baseball and created an unusual amount of interest ampng close followers of the game. The records shows that on April 14 Cicotte of the Chicago Americans, shut out the St Louis Browns without a hit. On April 24 Mogridge of the New York Americans performed a similar feat against the Boston Red Sox. Toney of the Cincinnati Nationals added his name to the list at the expense of the Chicago Cubs on May 2. On Sunday, May 6, Bob Broom of the St. Louis Americans, held the Chicago White Sox hitless for a full nine innings. In addition Vaughn of the

Chicago Nationals pitched hitless ball for nine innings against Cincinnati, and Toney on May 2, when the latter made his record, and it was not until the tenth period that Kopf broke the big Cub twirler’s string with a single. The major league annals for the past 17 years show that the greatest number of no-hit games pitched in any one season was in 1908 when there were four in the American and two in the National league. In 1900, 1905 and 1916 four such feats were recorded. With virtually four months of schedule play ahead it would appear as though the 1917 corps of twlrlers had an unusual opportunity to establish new figures In this direction since three more no-hit games will surpass the total made in 1908.

PARTICIPANTS IN REMARKABLE PITCHING FEATS.