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 | Ft. Worth Blanks Austin, 7-0 Friday, September 21st , 1917 Slim Van Atta had the Austin Empresarios dancing to his tune during a sparkling 7-0 shutout performance for the Ft. Worth Drovers. He gave up 7 hits, issued 1 walk and had 4 strikeouts. Austin hitters were bewildered throughout the game by his delivery. "When you face a guy who hides the ball like he does, it takes a couple of at-bats to try to find his release point," opposing manager Daniel McFarlin said. "We just never figured him out." Van Atta has started 38 times this year, pitched 294 innings, fanned 149 batters and walked 87. His current record is 12 wins and 19 losses with a 3.15 ERA. |   |
