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Show PICKS BEST FEAT OF HIS LONG CAREER By WALTIOR JOHNSON I What do you regard as your best pitching porformanco? Moat pitchers when asked such a I' question would probably refer you to L some no-hlt gamo thoy had worked, ! If fortunate enough to have broken j Into that class. I made my debut In tho American 9 league In 1907. It was not until 1920 that I was hn:k enough to turn a no- j hit game. When I say lucky 1 meas I It. In tho long stretch betwen 1907 and t 1920 I had many times threatened to break into tho no-hlt class, only j to have my record spoiled at the last moment, a couple of times after two ! men wore out In the ninth. j However, I do not regard that no-hit ! game as my best pitching perform- J It la a rather Interesting fact, that I pitched my no-hlt game after 1 had I been on the shelf for several weeks with a soro arm and a few other all- nu-nts In fact the no-hlt game bobbed up i at a time when a lot of experts were ( predicting I was through. j In 1912 Joe Wood and I hogged j the limelight for a considerable part I of tho season with strings of 1 straight victories, which bi the way is an American league- record. j I pitched good ball during that long ( run. but was favored by the breaks i and excellent assistance from my j teammates. It really Is rather hard for mo to dei nit- what I regard as my best per j formancc 1 I am in doubt between the 56 score leas innings I pitched In 1913, when 1 l started the opening game of the sea-OO sea-OO on April 10 with a shut-out and went to Ma 16 before being scored j On, I r when I pitched threo shut-oul games on successive days against the New York club In 1908 j |