I seem to recall some derision when I selected Alex Kellner in the original 1948 rookie draft. Tonight, the excitement here isn't over a couple of politicians reciting their rehearsed ad libs - it's a NO-HITTER thrown by the afore-mentioned Mr. Kellner against the division-leading Joliet Jakes. It wasn't a thing of absolute beauty: Kellner walked 4 and struck out only two. The Lakers contributed two errors. The "perfect game" was over after 2 outs in the first inning. Only 61 of Kellner's 108 pitches were strikes. But he got his no-hitter. I think it's the first I've had tossed at the opposition. I've been no-hitted a few times at home in my SPB career. 7/15/1952, JOL52-EKL52, Braves Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1952 Jakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1952 Lakers 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 x 5 11 2 7 1 Jakes AB R H BI AVG Lakers AB R H BI AVG Rivera cf 3 0 0 0 .234 Busby cf 4 1 1 0 .239 Hoderlein ph 1 0 0 0 .318 Krsnich 3b 4 0 2 1 .320 Main p 0 0 0 0 .182 Fox,N 2b 4 0 3 0 .316 Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0 .282 Wertz rf 4 1 1 0 .308 Berra c 3 0 0 0 .296 Lockman 1b 4 1 0 0 .331 Gordon lf 2 0 0 0 .246 Rice,D c 2 1 1 1 .224 Serena 2b 4 0 0 0 .245 Stephens,G pr 1 1 1 0 .250 Boone 3b 3 0 0 0 .211 Thorpe lf 2 0 0 1 .221 Gernert 1b 3 0 0 0 .224 Burgess ph 1 0 0 0 .298 Rice,H rf 3 0 0 0 .220 Strickland ss 4 0 0 0 .158 Pollet p 1 0 0 0 .205 Kellner,A p 4 0 2 2 .208 Tebbetts ph 0 0 0 0 .286 34 5 11 5 Haynes p 0 0 0 0 .000 Woodling ph 1 0 0 0 .312 28 0 0 0 Jakes INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Pollet L 4-10 5.0 8 4 2 0 1 68 47 5.10 Haynes 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 28 17 2.27 Main 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 16 10 3.88 8.0 11 5 3 2 2 112 74 Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kellner,A W 8-8 9.0 0 0 0 4 2 108 61 2.84 9.0 0 0 0 4 2 108 61 JOL: Tebbetts batted for Pollet in the 6th Woodling batted for Haynes in the 8th Hoderlein batted for Rivera in the 8th Woodling moved to cf in the 8th EKL: Stephens,G ran for Rice,D in the 6th Burgess batted for Thorpe in the 6th Stephens,G moved to lf in the 7th Burgess moved to c in the 7th E-Boone, Strickland, Stephens,G. 2B-Krsnich(5), Wertz(8), Rice,D(11), Stephens,G(2). RBI-Krsnich(7), Rice,D(26), Thorpe(17), Kellner,A 2(9). K-Serena, Rice,H, Lockman, Kellner,A. BB-Berra, Gordon 2, Tebbetts, Rice,D, Burgess. GWRBI: Krsnich Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH.