No Hits

Samuel Pond ("Sad Sam") Jones of the New York Americans pitched a no-hit game against Philadelphia.

Three days later Howard Ehmke of the Boston Americans duplicated Jones' feat--also against Philadelphia.

In Jones' game, only two members of the opposition reached first base --one on a pass, one on an error by shortstop. Jones struck out no man.

In Ehmke's game, three men reached first--one on a pass, one on a fielder's choice, one on an error. The " error "was committed by Outfielder Menosky, who fumbled a line drive that might well have been recorded as a hit.

These acts of Jones and Ehmke caused sports writers to point out:

P:That Cy Young (retired), Addie Joss (deceased) and Charlie Robertson (still of the Chicago Americans) are the only men in modern baseball who have pitched not-a-man-reached-first-base games.

P: That early this season Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn held Cincinnati without a hit until two men were out in the ninth. Then Sammy Bohne got a Texas leaguer.

P:That in 1917 Hippo Jim Vaughn (Chicago Nationals) pitched nine innings of hitless ball against Fred Toney (Cincinnati), while Toney pitched ten innings of hitless ball and won the game.

P:That in 1917 Ernest Koob and Bob Groom of the St. Louis Americans pitched hitless games against Chicago on consecutive days.

P:That since 1900 50 no-hit games have been pitched in the big leagues.