The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1911, Page 2

TBUESSING THE BATTER--BY C. MATTHEWoON BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON. t x thor hly equips € f the ¢ sa me I ha f ht many 4 i , ige that he has ¢ ot j many occasion § There was a time wh Tin ei was putty In my hands. His w £ q Hess was a low ¢ v rut a aide, and I fed him low curves o} oe | the ov € hat a look q he © 2 Then E and tle deep th ‘ ot aD mg bat Maes ast a foot farther from | the pl after that night of medi ek tation hen he had me. From hat day on Tink becam one of the most dangerow ‘ Tever faced, not be ms hitting ability had as Decause he didn’t pre be “ pitcher do all of the t The greatest pitcher, aside from } what the players call That means his variety « slow balls, his serving that curve The Change of Pace What iy Mmtnary x a hixh fast b R fre the success! assets But it must be re ali the ti * going on the pi wits with the o plate, and th mixture of brain fla of delivery A it pitcher can throw To ius he was with Cincinnati, struck ou three times in one § in 1905. Cy was a mighty im those days, one of tho best ev aera - and only other da the most stud * . that he would fe Men like Hans Wag out three times tn one ole don't i. alee went I fooled him by constantly giving | opposing pitcher has to offe 3 him the same slow curve, knowing Watch New Batter > that he, being a seasoned When Tam facing a new bater ft he attention stands and how he If he holds his bat w Keeler n't much use of first time two shrewd batsman, would ing a fast ball for a change yy change never came Had I literally “mixed would have been in line mighty hit, perhaps em” Cy for a the Some batters have no weaknesses | speed. Batters of this ty — Seattle vs. Walla Walla, Washing ton; Madrona vs. Whitworth, Col j iin The University Heights team The Broadway Midgets captured | pri the ‘Léncolh Mid the city Mids Association cham-|defeating them 4 to in five plonship yesterday, when they |innings of playing. Lincoln plays trounced the Queen Anne Midgets; Queen Anne tonight .. by 2 score of 5 to 4 after thirteen} a fanings of playing. ‘The Midgets) Loyal Heights was beaten by the 4 have won two out of three games/fallard Athletics by a score of 9 : en Anne and Lincoln/to 6 Sunday at Ballard 4 the top position 4 | ‘The B. F. Day school won from 4 — the Interlake schoo! 3 to 1 Satur The Summit school nine defeated | day. Master Hartzell, the eaptair the Seattle college boys by a score | of the B. F. Day school, challen: any other team between the of 11 and 14 y of 3 to 2 in a fast 13inning game at the college grounds yesterday Gasman twirled for the college BOB HODGE’S SON... fd 1S CRACK PLAYER}. ae At Philadelphia. R H | Cinetnnatt ul Philadelphia 21 21 McQuillen and and Moran. Batteries—Gaspar MsLean; Humphreys At Boston. R Pittsburg 12 16 Boston 10 Batteries—Camnitz, N Simon; Mattern and Raridan At Brooklyn. R. H £. 6 Chicago 6 | Brooklyn aS ee | Batteries—Reulbach and Archer; | Rucker and Bergen At New York. F | St. Louis . | New York .. | Batteries—Golde |han; Drucke and M ‘J. Johnson in Trouble Again NEW YORK, May 16. pion Jack Johnson and his racing automobile are in trouble again to- jday, but this tir with the New | York. police. ile Johnson wa | speeding up Broadway a traffic of ficer found that the only tag on the | negro’s car was an Illinois license jfor 1910, and served him with a el | | WILLIE HODGE. | Summons, Johnson sighed with re Willie Hodge, 15-year-old son of NOt when he learned he was not Sheriff Robt. T. Hodge, has proven himself to be an excellent ball| player. Willie plays third base on the York grammar school team The York team plays its final game for the championship of that section AD STARTS TRAINING. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. |mediately upon his arrival from Los Angeles today, Champion Ad foo Wolgast went to the Seal Rock of the city elther Wednesday or! house, where he b n training for Saturday. his 20-round battle with Frankte wee Burns of Oakland May 27. He is in The Burke and Farrar team beat the Highland View by a score of 17 to 1 Sunday | pretty fair shape WILLOW PLUMES Grammar Games for Wednesday. | ee rem material, hand vied; Interbay and Fairview, Ballard; | . ep bas spransiniva Longtellow vs. Cascade, Wood-|f i Wie,a7% Clear ovr and remake ali land; Adams ve. Warren, Wood. MODEL MILLINERY Co, ‘527 People’s Bank Bidg. i siemnsoon va, Lato » Day; ark vs, Hay, Lincoln; West Cham: | Im- | | . —— | Bsn j | ali Into ir ace | “ —> | MATHEWSON HAS A “HEAD” AND THAT'S ‘ ‘o4 —— WHY HE OUTGUESSES BATTERS AND WINS ], H 1 6 ‘3 Pe! Christy Mathewson has been pitching for New York Giant ‘ ‘ ; for 10 years, In that time he has won 262 games and lost 118, a 1 4 ‘ 0 arn Re RS oe iD aa percentage of .669, Lote of pit have ax much speed; lots of | WITH THE DOUBLE THROW A FAST MAN STEALS EASiLy others have as wide curves, But no others seem to have something Games Today " ‘ 2| é ® * at ° i. ‘ Chase, manager of the High ba he bluff which he possesses In the same something head pokane at bag. I 1 Mathewson bas a great bi @ the batter, In the i i s, has a new scheme to steal) the bs bg following story, published Pearson's Magazine for May, he VANCOUVER 1 G hird ce for th explains how he fools the batter and the base runner figured in w shutout amo for \ et iis coal sian ts oa eee : he w cham-| and a sal Were on the et » ‘ 4 nd the 4 Frank Bowermar oe to Van ver by n . mn ’ J be be yr pre , < 1 hunting trip. x1 to 0. An error is t CHAMPS DROP ANOTHER Cha site oan . ft v of Frank f he defeat, Ha PORT D M ‘ Po and .- 200, Mich ow] mond having heaved wild to third 4 " bea at, they ca and |W! a runne an on the k ye H t ag bh any lowa|--. un und as th ut 7 to | quick-thinking Ed . n ‘ ! ! ern tw ro : | to with a club represent-|and t w nd him off'to Bab | W 4, and I afraid th 1 a 4 . keke khhheak htt ttt damage has be willing fh he lone t f the B . * * x the sixth. A mapeorse i) Keat * FACTS FOR FIGHT FANS *| Lot of peo t mi than it a ory ET ting ¢ ate ot ‘ Tere ee ee eee he left the that little rival tow b ca wild aud Adame ! ANNIS COMES BACK Indiana ts r Bote r oe ra stabs to Ron and M . TACOMA, M ‘ e passed pe " " Bowerman and Mat! freab | nts wore robbed of t out the Vietor " von Ge ot Ex i 1 f nd got on bas two hits, both of them belonging to 4nd no one to speak ¥ ° mn a double play, | a Vernon, What a difference a few | coro ser * 1 don't know ¢ ® " 0000020%—4| I'l Pe in nao PPE csoaen . to aged it, because I wa: ae ee ie me ‘ A wot ¢ hin ee ante . trt t the time, I had « ¢ 3 : <a mentee = and Das 5] Sapulpa s and ¢ . r ns we say in profe $ 1 ¢ 3g) Annis and Bu considerable dry nursing some simon pure Celt doesn't rise and they hit ever : : WINNIPEG, Man—Jack Dillon, on bis bied legs aan - Hidn't m H ° ‘¢ the snapolls middleweight, will, Comment due that Hogan was | thing felt sorry for poor Be a , ‘. " nineteenth bi this started too soon. The fact he had é - P had to keep on living the > when he takes on Tony Caponi| but four professional fights will be| Hogan's pals say he wonder didn’t. ie a ee here tonight. jeniarged upon. Go to it, folks, the ‘ful plumber. a CHRISTY MAT HEWSON | Michi Just after AMERICAN LEAGUE we ha in ne American Association w q The Lawn Season IS ON We Carry the Best in LAWN SPRINKLERS GARDEN HOSE PRICES RIGHT x Sp 714 First Av. Main 5089—Phones—ind. 2880, MEALS BER of Everett of ED. city Telegraph. THE QU UBER ela At Chicago. rR v9 B bla s 2 : S See ee—Coombsa and Lapp and Sullivan 4 At St .Louis. RH. EB Washington 2 2S oe St. Louts . Ss 0 Batterios—Sperry and Henry; |i Powel! and Stephens At Detroit. | ea ston o* eee Detroit . 829 Wood and Nanamaker; Covington 4 THE STAR—TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911, | HAL Giants Drop Another; | . CHASE’S WAY TO § p WATCH LONDON SELL THE GREAT @TIBBS-HUTCHINGS’ STOCKS From the $1,500,000 Failure in Minneapolis London’s Doctrines Were Fully Laid Before Star—Save That Adv.—it Is Good For All This Week and Contains the Greatest Aggregation of Bargains Ever Published in a Seattle Paper This Is London’s Greatest Sale AND IS FRAN CONCEDED POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE OF BANKRUPT M’D’SE All. kinds® of Dry Goods, Corsets, Under- wear, Wash Goods, Silks, Men’s Goods, Blankets, Bedding RUGS——LINOLEUMM—CARPETS Take plenty of time to Underwear—Hoslery—Men’s Wear, be sure of just getting what you want—-But return any purchase that fails to please You in Last Night’s KLY Photo of Telegram in the Star—Read it: MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLAQ, April 24 —Edwin | London, the well known Seattle merchant, has been here séveral| days bidding om the $1,500,000 dry goods stock of Tibbs, Hutchings & -|Co. This old established house re-! conty went into bankruptey, The} receiver has invited one merchant from each city to make offer for g|the stocks, Mr. London is buying \berally to prepare for a lively spring and summer trade in Seattle | and the Northwest. He states that | prices are very attractive, and far|S below what he expected. The goods jare being rushed to Seattle by fast freight j ~