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Show assppRg Evans Recalls Two Bi& Games in Career of Famous Pitcher 1 BY HI l.l IF I. ANS t Ed Walsh as a pitcher was one of the greatest the gjme ever produced. I Walsh was a specialist, a spltball pit. her. Unquestionably he had the greatest control of the spltball of any itwlrler who has ever used the moist 1 delivery. The spithall is difficult to ronlrol , yet I never heard anvone say they saw Walsh have a streak of wlldness. It was uncann the way he could make the spltler behave With the count three balls and two strikes few pltrhers who have ever used the spltball would resort to that style in the pinch It Was on surh occasions oc-casions Walsh . insisted on using it "No cripples to pick on In a pinch" was his slogan, and he religiously herded to it. TWO FAMOUS CONTESTS While Walsh has twirled scores of remarkable games, two contests ataild out from his point of view. One of the games was a 1 to 0 af-fair af-fair he losl t Clveland back in isus. The It'--- Addle Jess plched against him. WalBh stru-U out K men. but JO - vu' ev-'n belter He didn't allow ;i run hit. and not a Chlcirro player reached flr:f base It wi a perfect exhibition of pitching on the part of Joss. 'fh other game was staged back bl L9.U .airinst the Boston club. Walsh won lb- frame. 5 to p, Hi did i not alow ! run or hit and stru k out I eight men. Only one man reached first base to ; Jnar .! perfl 1 I exhibition of pitching, j I umpired bal's and strike.' n tbut game tin '.I recall the situation as well as If it wjs happening today. NLV ONE REACHES FIRST Clyde Rngle was the only man to ! reach first base In the fourth in-l in-l nine: With two down, he worked the count to three balls and two strikes, ! fouled off a couple and then walked on a fourth ball that was wide of the plate. I Outside of that one man Walsh 1 plti hed perfectly and was equally well ! supported. I he fourth ball on Engle was so wide of the p'u'e there wasn't even th-- sllrhte.-i protest After the game was over and it I was discovered Engle was the only j man who reached first huc I was I might v glad the ball on which I walked walk-ed him was 90 bad that no one quefl- tloned my judgment. Had it been i ciosr 1 miffht have been accused of -foiling a perfect pitching record Al'alsh was in great form that day. His spit ball was unhlttable and his control perfect. Engle was really the only bitter he was in trouble uith Thf Red Sox were a hard hitting club which made the feat all the more noteworthy. For a pitcher to SO handle a lineup including Speaker, I-rewls, Carrigan Wagner. Terkes, Gardner, Kngle rul Hendricks-, n w,i corfulnly going some |