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 | O'Doherty Sends Memphis Bats to Deep Freeze Monday, September 17th , 1917 There was no spell, no black magic -- just good pitching. Bill O'Doherty of the Atlanta Peaches blanked the Memphis Blue Stockings, 1-0, at Memphis Baseball Park, and he did it the old-fashioned way. After finishing the 4-hit, complete-game shutout, he was all smiles. "I threw a lot of my pitches for strikes in this game," O'Doherty said. "I mixed it up and tried keeping these guys off balance." O'Doherty walked 1 and struck out 8 in the victory. "He was throwing his breaking ball for strikes and we never capitalized on any of his mistakes," Blue Stockings manager Gene Parkhurst said later. This season, O'Doherty has 20 wins and 8 losses and a 2.10 ERA. |   |
