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Lew Richie was more than a good, useful pitcher. He was with the Chicago Cubs when the emerging humorist Ring Lardner traveled with them and filed hilarious stories with The Sporting News. Richie was also a gifted pantomimist, readily falling in with Lardner 's pranks to pass the time on long train trips. What immortality clings to Richie results from his being the source of many of Lardner's comic inspirations. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 23, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants whip the Phils 5-0 in a match that takes one hour: 20 minutes. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in outpitching Lew Richie. » July 16, 1909: The Phillies send righthanded pitchers Buster Brown and Lew Richie and 2B Dave Shean to the Boston Nationals for OF Johnny Bates and INF Charlie Starr. » May 13, 1910: The Cubs trade OF Doc Miller to Boston (NL) for righty Lew Richie. » August 3, 1911: Against the Cubs, visiting Brooklyn gets three homers in the 5th inning as Eddie Zimmerman, Tex Erwin, and Zack Wheat connect, not consecutively, in the 5–3 win. Zim's and Erwin's come against Lurid Lew Richie, while Fred Toney serves up Wheat. The trio will total six homers on the year. » May 12, 1913: Christy Mathewson whips the Cubs, 3–1 allowing just three hits and no walks to beat Lew Richie. Matty has now pitched 45 straight innings without a walk. » August 13, 1913: In a great pickup, the Cubs send P Lew Richie to Kansas City (AA) for Hippo Vaughn. Vaughn, who had pitched five years with little success in the AL with New York and Washington, will be a workhorse for Chicago. Tomorrow the Cubs will ship 33-year-old Ed Reulbach (1-3) to Brooklyn for P Eddie Stack and cash.