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Which two teams played the longest game in major league history?
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Mort Cooper, the strike-out king of the Texas League in 1938, almost joined the "baseball immortals" in the Hall of Fame, when he missed a "no-hit, no-run" game by allowing only one hit, while pitching for the Houston Club. Mort struck out 201 batters in 202 innings that year, winning seven of his thirteen games by shutouts and established a league record by striking out forty batters in three games. He pitched 31 games for Houston, won 13, lost 10, but compiled an earned-run average of 2.34. Cooper joined the Cardinals the end of last season, winning two games for them and losing one, limiting the Phils to three hits in one effort. He is one of the most promising freshman hurlers in the league this year.
America is making a great bid for its share of victories in Winter Sports, and is depending on such Sports Kings as E. J. Blood, Intercollegiate Champion of the daring sport of Skiing. Born in New Hampshire, he attended the University of New Hampshire, from where so many Skiing Champions have come. His determination, to become an expert in Skiing made him practice long and faithfully until he had mastered the balance and timing so necessary when he flashes down a steep, icy incline, and flies off into space, 100 feet above the spectators below. He won the Inter-Collegiate Winter Sports Union Meet at Lake Placid, with a jump of 198 feet. He also won the 18 kilometre Ski-race with a time of one hour, 23 minutes and 29 seconds.
After 3 years of Triple-A ball Billy movec up to the AL in'42. Since then, he has worn the uniform of 5 teams. He played for the Tigers in '42, was in the Service for 3 years and moved to the Senators in '46. Bill went to the Browns in '47, the Red Sox in '48 and the A's in '51. Bill is a graduate of Auburn where he was captain of the football and baseball teams. Bill was traded to the Tigers in Feb., '53.
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