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:

¶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.

¶ 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.

¶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.

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

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