Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1920 — TWO ODD ONE-BALL RECORDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWO ODD ONE-BALL RECORDS

First Ball Ed Walsh Pitched tn Game Crawford Knocked Over Fence for Home Run. Here are two records recalled by a baseball statistician some time ago: In a game between Chicago and Detroit years ago, with the bases filled and Sam Crawford at bat, Ed Walsh was sent to the mound. He pitched one ball and “Wahoo Sam” slammed

It over the fence for a home run. Four rims scored off a pitcher on one pitched ball is hard to beat. In 1910, at Portsmouth, a relief pitcher was put in with two men on bases. He pitched one ball, and the batsman hit into a,triple play. Thus the twirier secured credit for pitching an entire inning when he only delivered B solitary bsavt ' 1

Sam Crawford.