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SMITH PITCHES BASE BALL’S 2ND NO-HITTER!!!
ONLY MEN ATLANTIC #2 PITCHER ALLOWED ON BASE WERE DUE TO ERRORS

BROOKLYN (May 10, 1862) - The base ball season is less than one week old, and already fans have seen a historic performance thanks to pitcher Arthur Smith and the Atlantic B.B.C. defense. On Saturday afternoon against Nassau County, Smith and his Atlantic teammates combined to produce just the second No-hitter in the history of the sport:

Aside from allowing no hits Smith did not walk any batters, so the only Nassau County batsmen to reach base did so via error. Smith struck out one batter while the defense behind him collected fifteen fly ball outs and eleven ground ball outs. Atlantic did commit three errors – two by SS Theodore Kolberg and one by substitute Alva Yardley – but the average team commits four to five per game.

Unlike what happened in the only other No-hitter in N.B.B.O. history – Henry Gibson’s No-hitter for Eckford against Empire B.B.C. on May 23rd, 1858 – Smith & Atlantic did allow a run, as an error, passed ball, & sacrifice fly let Nassau Co. score once in the top of the third inning.

There were 2,526 Brooklynites at the Capitoline Baseball Grounds to witness the home team’s history-making performance, and for the fans it was an afternoon neither they nor Arthur Smith will soon forget.