<wolf@provide.net> wrote in message news:1112620054.536469.245650@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> In 1940, in Cominsky Park, Bob Feller threw the only opening day> no-hitter. The Indians center fielder made a great catch late in the> game to preserve the no-hitter. Who was this future Hall of Famer?
<wolf@provide.net> wrote in message news:1112620054.536469.245650@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> In 1940, in Cominsky Park, Bob Feller threw the only opening day> no-hitter. The Indians center fielder made a great catch late in the> game to preserve the no-hitter. Who was this future Hall of Famer?
I think you've conflated two different Feller no-hitters. Roy Weatherly was in CF for the Indians for the opening day no-hitter in '40, and he's not in the Hall of Fame. However, HOFer Bob Lemon played CF in Feller's 1946 no-hitter vs. the Yankees, which was not on opening day.
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Earl Averill was not in the lineup that day in Detroit for the Tigers' game against the St. Louis Browns. So when Averill heard on the radio that Feller had a no-hitter going he hopped on a train to Chicago to show support to his old teammate. He arrived at Comiskey in the top of the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 8th Joe Kuhel hit a drive to center, and Averill saw that Roy Weatherly was not going to make the play. Instinctively Averill hopped onto the field and made a diving shoestring catch. Once Averill realized what he had done, the result was embarrassment all around. Since the game was not televised, all 50,000 in attendance agreed to pretend Weatherly made the catch.
Earl Averill was not in the lineup that day in Detroit for the Tigers'> game against the St. Louis Browns. So when Averill heard on the radio> that Feller had a no-hitter going he hopped on a train to Chicago to> show support to his old teammate. He arrived at Comiskey in the top> of the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 8th Joe Kuhel hit a drive to> center, and Averill saw that Roy Weatherly was not going to make the> play. Instinctively Averill hopped onto the field and made a diving> shoestring catch. Once Averill realized what he had done, the result> was embarrassment all around. Since the game was not televised, all> 50,000 in attendance agreed to pretend Weatherly made the catch.
That sounds a bit far-fetched. April Fool's Day was yesterday, Bob.
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On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:27:01 -0500, John Gregory <ashbury@mirage.skypoint.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Bob Roman wrote:>
Earl Averill was not in the lineup that day in Detroit for the Tigers'>> game against the St. Louis Browns. So when Averill heard on the radio>> that Feller had a no-hitter going he hopped on a train to Chicago to>> show support to his old teammate. He arrived at Comiskey in the top>> of the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 8th Joe Kuhel hit a drive to>> center, and Averill saw that Roy Weatherly was not going to make the>> play. Instinctively Averill hopped onto the field and made a diving>> shoestring catch. Once Averill realized what he had done, the result>> was embarrassment all around. Since the game was not televised, all>> 50,000 in attendance agreed to pretend Weatherly made the catch.>
That sounds a bit far-fetched. April Fool's Day was yesterday, Bob.
