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Show 1 1I -I I - IDANrc DANrcD D 1RCE 1 C DANrc / CmANDCE /mAND//CE mAND CE mANDCEever , R/CE R CE RCEWHAT / ? / / WHAT was the best ball game gameever gameever ever pitched when you con conI cons cone coni s e der ller the combined qual ty of pitcb pitch pitcbing pitching pitching ing on both sides9 sides ? Thu ThIs query came cameup cameup cameup cameI I up recently when we were wIShing wIShinggood wishinggood wishinggood good luck to such sucb war zone travelers travelersas as Carl Hubbell , , , Mel Ott Ducky DuckyMedwlck DuckyMedwick DuckyMedwick Medwlck Medwick Dixie DlXle Walker Paul Wa Waner Wanor Waner ner nor and Paul Derringer Derrmger None of ofthem ofthem ofthem them went back far enough to offerany oilerany offer oiler _ . any complete check checkon pi- pi checkpi piF pion : ; - t F ton on the intricate mtncate s t tli tuation li \ . : ' " ualion uation The only onlycand only'y onlyy r ' SCy . } cand canddate date for the theI Y , honor present wasab was wasCarl 1 ab abCarl Carl Hubbell onegr one onej 7 -gr gr - > j | of the great pitch pitchers 4 4ors / ers ors of all t me who whoinnocently whoinnocently f fers / Innocently became becamer1 I ' ' * -w w i- i is & - - * thew . jt ? * s ' " Involved in theargument the - VAfirta ' ' ( S argumentgLa4 argument argumentv theI I v ] - gLa4 . : y . As I * fieure figure It " Ita a . ar . * M . there ( ngre were threeCarl threeCarl three threeCarl Carl Hubbell Dubbell such soch games that belong belong be belong long ; in m one onc compact compactand compactand compactand and select group The first took look tookplace lookplace tookplace place m 1B in 1908 190 $ when Addie Addle Joss of ofCleveland ofCleveland ofCleveland Cleveland beat Ed Walsh of the Chi Chicago Chicage Chlcag-o Chlcag o cago cage - White Sox 1 to 0 In this came game cameleau gamelean gameloan leau lean and lanky Joss a c-reat c reat great creatpitcher greatpitcher - greatpitcher pitcher badly overlooked pitched pitchedone pitchedone pitchedone one of the few Cew perfect games 10 an 10baseball anbaseball inbaseball baseball Not a White Whtte Sox reached reachedfirst reachedfirst reachedfirst first base ba.se ba.seAgamst baseAgainst baseAgainst . Against Agamst this flawless exhibition Ed EdWalsh EdWalsh EdWalsh Walsh struck out 15 Cleveland hit hitters hittens hitters ters tens and allowed only two hits And Andin Andin Andin in those now forgotten days Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land had a mighty slugging sluggmg team teamheaded teamheaded teamheaded headed by Nap LajoieNo Lajoic Lajoie LajoicNo No Hit Hzt Hut GameThis Came Game CameThis This was a p tching tchmg thr thriller ler that thatnone thatnone thatnone none who saw it will ever forget forgetI I was talking talkmg about this tbls game re recently reGently recently cently Gently with Charley Hughes of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Detroit Athletic club who also alsocovered alsocovered alsocovered covered the big arm contestThat contestThat contest contestThat That game is my pick Char Charley Charley Charley ley said Except for one WIld WIldthrow wildthrow wildthrow throw neither team would have havescored havescored havescored scored against agamst Joss and Walsh be before before before fore nightfall mghtfall There is no greater greaterthrill greaterthrill greaterthrill thrill than to see a perfect game gamepitchedno gamepitchedno gamepitched pitched-no pitched no - no one to reach first-espe first espe firstespeclally firstespecially first - espedally clally cially when the other p tcher is al allowmg allowing allowing lowmg lowing only two hits and fanning fanmng 15men 15men 15 15The men menThe The next all star double pitch pitching pitchbig pitching ing big entry we recall was the meet meetmg meeting meeting mg ing between Fred Toney of CmclD Cincin CmclDnati Cincinnati Cmcmnati nati and b g Vaughn of the Cubs on onMay onMay onMay May 2 1317 1917 In that game these thesetwo thesetwo thesetwo two p tchers turned in m a double ex exlub extub exhib lub tub t on that has never been beenequalled beenequalled beenequalled equalled At the end of nine nme In Inmngs innings innings mngs nings neither had allo ailo allto ved a hitA hitA hit hitA A double no-hit no hit - - game in 10 one onl . ' aeter after aeternoon afternoon afternoon noon was somcthuig somethrug something for the rec rec- Tee- Tee record Teeord record - - . ord No hit het nine inning Inmng games are arerare arerare arerare rare enough and when you get two twopItchers twopitchers twopitchers pItchers offering oCTefing the same fare on ona ona ona a single smgle occasion you yoo get close tothe tothe to | the limit limitWhat What about the game Mel Melasked Melasked Melasked asked that Carl HubbeU Hubbell pitched pitchedagamst pitchedagainst pitchedagainst agamst against the hard hitting hJttmg Cardmals Cardinals CardmalsJuly CardinalsJuly CardinalsJuly July 2 1933 ' ? Hurling Hurlmg 18 Innings Inmngs InmngsHubbell InningsHubbell InningsHubbell Hubbell promptly blushed blushedI blushedIll blushed111 I Ill 11 tell you about It Ott said saidCarl saidCarl saidCarl Carl beat the Cardinals Cardmals one to tonothmg tonothing tonothing nothmg nothing after 18 innings mnmgs Tex Carle Carleton Carleton Carleton ton worked the first 15 innings mrungs for forthe forthe torthe the Cardinals Cardmals and Jess Hames Haines Hamesthe Hainesthe Hamesthe the last 3 They also pitched reat great reatball greatball : greatball ball You have to allowing allowmg only one onerun onerun onerun run in m 18 mmngs'But innings'But innings mmngs But 'But ' ' that isn isa t all of It If H you youpitched youpitched youpitched pitched perfect ball through 18 IS In Inmngs inflings Innings mngs flings only 54 men would come to tobat tobat bat Well as I recall it only nly 51 57 51men 57men 51men men came to t * bat hat ae-ainst ae ainst against - Carl that thatday thatday thatday day Maybe lIIaybe only 56 Now It s reat great reatto greatto : greatto to pitch 9 D , fine innings But think thinkwhat thinkwhat thinkwhat what it means to pitch 18 great greatInnlncs greatinnings greatinnings Innlnc-s Innlnc s innings - How 'How ' ' about it Carl ? ' ' I asked askedCarl askedCarl askedCarl Carl changed the subject slIght slIghtly slightly slightly ly The best game I ever pitched pitchedwas pitchedwas pitchedwas was against agamst the Dodgers be he besaid hesaid hesaid said That was Memorial Memonal day 1940 1940They 1940They 1940They They got one rut hit . , . but that day I bad had badmost hadmost hadmost most of my stuff workingBetter workingBetter working workingBetter Better than your 18 inning mnmg game gameand gameand gameand and your no hitter ? I asked askedI I think so he be said But that that18 18 inning thing thmg v was . < as a long after afternoon afternoon afternoon afternoonHere noon noonHere Here s a funny angle Mel Ott Ottsaid Ottsaid Ottsaid said again agam Later on we beat Dlzzy Dlz Dlzzy Dizzy zy Dean and the Cardinals Cardmals one to tonothmg tonothing tonothing nothmg nothing in the second game that thatsame thatsame thatsame same day-27 day 27 day - 27 ninless runless inn.ngs innngs lxmngs . for forthe forthe torthe the CardinalsAnyway Cardinals Cardmals CardinalsAnyway CardmalsAnyway Anyway we have bave offered you youthree youthree youthree three of the greatest pitching con contests contests contests tests of all time hme slipping on back backI backa I ' a mere matter of 36 38 years There Therethey Therethey Therethey they stand on their own records- records recordsThe recordsThe records recordsThe - The Joss-WaIsh Joss WaIsh Joss-Walsh Walsh Joss - - Wahsh gem of 1908 1908The 1908The 190SThe The Toney Vaughn jewel of 1911 1917 1911The 1917The 1917The The Bubbell-Carletro Bubbell Carletro ubbell-Carleton ubbell Carleton Hubbell-Carleton Hubbell - - Halnes Haines flames mas masterplece masterpiece masterpiece terplece terpiece of 1933 18 Innings Innmgs InningsIt InnmgsIt It would be interesting Intere.Ung IntereUng . to get a avote avote avote vote from those who follow baseball baseballas as to which was the top master masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece piece of the three . e . e . eAll All Around Fighters FightersHow How many know that in 1D an addItion additionto to football ability thiS thia thi navy team teamhas teamhas teamhas has set a new record in the way of o1 o1fighting offightmg offighting fightmg fighting or boxing boxmg talent ? Here they arCapt are-Capt are Capt are _ - Capt Ben B n Chase Chaseguard Chaseguard Chaseguard guard was the re regimental lmentlll heavy heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight weight champion m in 1843 1943 and the therunner therunner therunner runner up in 1944 Leo Bramiett Bramjett Bramiettcrac Bramjettcrack Bramlettcrack crac crack ! . end is heavyweight beavyweight cbamplon champion championof cbamplonof of the academyClyde academyClyde academy academyClyde Clyde Scott from Arkansas won wonthe wonthe wonthe the middleweight championship championslup of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Plebe summer tournament ofI I |