"Hubert 'Dutch' Leonard, star pitcher for the champion 1916 Boston Red Sox, who died recently, authored for that team one of the screwiest no-hitters known to man or boy. On August 29, 1916, he started against St. Louis, a club that had beaten him only once in his career, and was knocked out of the game in the first inning, according to Jerry Nason of the Boston Globe. Leonard was enraged when Manager Bill Carrigan refused his request to face the Browns the following day. Carrigan finally relented and started Leonard, who pitched a 4-0 no-hitter on August 30."
-Baseball Digest, January 1953
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