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Old 01-16-2013, 02:43 PM
pariah1107
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I'd love to have seen a game Jimmy Claxton pitched in, but not the game when he integrated the PCL (1916). Instead I'd go with Claxton in his prime. His only recorded no-hitter (June 22, 1924) in the Tacoma Industrial League. The first two men got on due to errors and Claxton finished the rest in order (4-1 victory). Claxton also led the league in stolen bases that season, beating out a young centerfielder for the Tacoma Avenuers named Roy Johnson.

Fielder Jones was the president of the T.I.L.. When Babe Ruth came to town on a barnstorming tour in October 1924, the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter that season (Claxton) was left off the TIL All-Star roster. Would ask Fielder WTF?

http://digitum.washingtonhistory.org...ISOBOX=1&REC=1

Babe, center, middle row

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