Word: dodgerism
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...rookie southpaw, who had pitched himself into baseball's Hall of Fame four days before when he won a no-hit, no-run game against the Boston Bees in Cincinnati. Practically the whole of Midland Park, N. J. (his home town) was in the stands to greet him. Dodger Pitcher Max Butcher threw the first ball, and the fans settled in their seats...
...sixth inning, the 40,000 Brooklyn rooters began to twist their score cards. No Dodger had succeeded in getting a hit. Even hard-boiled sportswriters screamed "Come on, kid!" as the seventh inning began with young Vander Meer walking two batters. But Vander Meer, revolving through his elaborate windup and mixing his dazzling fast ball and his baffling curve, got out of that tight spot. In the ninth, young Vander Meer walked three more Dodgers. A tense silence settled over the stands as Manager Bill McKechnie, a smart manager of pitchers, strode out to the box and whispered in Vander...
With the bases loaded, with two out and the count two and two, Pitcher Vander Meer, who had struck out seven batters, thereupon made the pitch of his young lifetime, a fast one. Dodger Leo Durocher, a dangerous man in a pinch, brought ear-splitting Brooklyn cheers as he was put out on a fly to center. Young Johnny Vander Meer had won (6-to-0) his second no-hit, no-run game. Far, far rarer than two holes-in-one at golf, two loos at trapshooting, two 300s at bowling, it is the pinnacle of U. S. sporting performance...
...182Pitcher Fred Frankhouse of the Brooklyn Dodgers, tailenders in the National League: a no-hit, no-run baseball game (called because of rain after seven innings), against the Cincinnati Reds, 5-to-0; the first no-hit game in the National League this year; at Brooklyn, N. Y. Last Dodger to record a no-hit performance was famed Dazzy Vance in September...
...kinds that were illegal evasions. One speech of his was regarded as such valuable advice on how to save on taxes that Manhattan's Chemical Bank published and circulated it. Washington watched alertly to see if some of the mud kicked up by the President's tax-dodger hunt might not land in New Dealer eyes...