Walter Newton Justis (August 17, 1883 – October 4, 1941), nicknamed "Smoke", was a

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who played in with the

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. He batted and threw right-handed. Justis had a 0–0 record, with an 8.10 ERA, in 2 games, in his one-year career. He spent several years playing professional ball in various minor leagues. In 1908, he set a still-standing minor league record by pitching four no-hitters for the

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. In 1913, his last season, he famously threw a shutout to win the home opener for the premiere season of the

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at Federal Park (two blocks from where a sports bar now carries his namesake). He was born in

Moores Hill, Indiana Moores Hill is a town in Sparta Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 597 at the 2010 census. History Platted in 1839 by Adam Moore and Andrew Stevens, it originally contained nine lots adjacent to Moore's gristmi ...

, and died in

Greendale, Indiana Greendale is a city in Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,602 at the 2020 census, up 82 since the 2010 Census. History Greendale was laid out in 1852, but the plat was not recorded until 1883. G ...

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