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Died. Fred Toney, 63, National League pitcher (1911-23); of a heart attack; in Nashville, Tenn. Tall (6 ft. 4 in.), lumbering Righthander Toney made major-league history in 1917 by pitching a ten-inning no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds while Chicago Cubs Pitcher Jim Vaughn pitched nine hitless innings, let in the Reds' winning run in the tenth...
...Hitless in the first three games, Joe talked his troubles over with Old Slugger Lefty O'Doul. O'Doul told Joe that he was taking his eye off the ball and swinging high. Joe changed his stance, and the Yankees began to roll. In the fourth game, DiMaggio exploded with a single and a homer. In the fifth, he connected for two singles, setting the stage for Rookie Infielder Gil McDougald's grand-slam homer, and smacked a two-run double that completed the worst World Series rout in 15 years...
...baseball game provided an equally crowd-pleasing finish. The 'Poon grabbed a pair of runs in the top of the first and held the CRIMSON scoreless and hitless for eight and two thirds innings...
Louis F. Fieser, Sheldon Emory Professor of Chemistry, led the Chem 20 Cooks of the Organic League to a hard fought 10 to 8 victory over a strong Analyst team from Chem 40 on Soldiers Field Saturday. Though Fieser went hitless and fielded unsteadily, he was a constant source of inspiration and encouragement to his teammates...
...Allie Reynolds pitching brilliant, two-hit ball, the 66,222 fans had seen some of the tightest precision baseball since the days of Christy Mathewson and Chief Bender. But there was no delirium in the stands; coming as it did after cliff-hanger finales in both pennant races, this hitless brand of play was not the kind to inspire frenzied cheering. In the second game, the story was almost the same, in reverse. Brooklyn's skinny, curve-balling lefthander, Preacher Roe, gave up only six scattered hits while his teammates babied the one-run lead they had acquired...