Show carruthers WORLDS PITCHING reat FEAT OBBY carruthers way back in 1886 performed a feat which has never been surpassed and all things con considered considene d has seldom been BOBBY quoted equaled other pitchers have bare hurled two hit bit games in a world seri eurlea es D they were not compelled however to work against the heavy bettera it era carruthers faced october 19 of at that year when he pitched a norun no run two hit game against the slugging chicago white stockings Stocking 1 baseballs historic legion of pitchers who have hurled one hit bit and twos two hit games in post season series comprise an imposing array there was waa charlah radbourne who held the old metropolitans itans of new york to two hits in the worlds series of 1884 there wu was ed walsh who performed a similar feat in 1908 1906 there was edward Ruel bach who won similar glory in the same came series in which walsh came into the spotlight carruthers feat equals equal any tf of these when every phase la is considered A two base hit was made mad off walsh and both radbourne and brown were pitching to light hitting feairs te airs carruthers held one of the heaviest batting clubs that ever dona donned ed a uniform to a pair of scratchy singles still other pitching feats in worlds series have been recorded that must be mentioned mccormick McCorm lck pitched a two hit game in 1885 but bui against alight a lighter bitting team than the old white stockings and two runs were scored off his slab efforts that day lovett performed a similar feat against a club of at comparatively mediocre batters in 1890 reulbach pitched the only one hit game of all time in a worlds series in 1906 but he be was liberal with his posses passes handing banding out six free tickets to first base Roul reulbach bach also hit one batter end and one run was scored off his pitching considering the character of the batsmen batsman appearing against carruthers Carrut bera and the fearful handicap under which belabored be he labored none of these performances surpasses ees his shutout shut out victory over cap anson and his heavy beavy hitting legion that autumn day in chicago tip onell oneil helped immortalize himself as a batsman in this game but ne was compelled to share honors with carruthers Carru therB who was among the heaviest hitting pitchers of the early days onell oneil drove the ball into the carriages carrl ngee lining the field in the first inning tor for ft a homer scoring carruthers who bad singled ahead of him carruthers Carr uthera tripled with the bases populated in the seventh but it was his bis pitching that was making a record that was destined to stand as a one of the best feats of its kind for more than a quarter of a cea century tury gore singled in the first inning but after that inning after inning was wai toled cal without a safety until this same batter came up tip in the eighth inning again he singled but that was all for chicago an anson son kelly rid the rest were powerless before the wonderful speed and control of ct the browns brown is pitcher and when the last batter faced the st louis twirler in the last inning and bowed in defeat he paid tribute to one of the greatest hurlers of the early days carruthers was the first pitcher to stop the heavy batting chicago white stockings ills his achievement came in the series in which he helped dethrone anson and elevate comiskey to the proud pedestal which be has haa occupied in baseball for nearly three decades copyright 1912 by josph B bowles Bowl ta |