Harry Gilmore and Naughton Some Difficulties of Pitching No Hit

^ Z-: T^j : mil. i. X ±ili u iiA iA i< u x x ± t iMJSaWfi^, m u u u o 1 lo, i ^ n ii Harry Gilmore Some Difficulties Of C. Mathew son*si And Naughton Pitching No Hit Game Glory Is F adin (By W. W. NAUHTON.) Inwardness of boxing and that a By W. 8. FARNSWORTH. Frank Chance thinks of Tinker when Francisco. Aug. 19.—Harry Gil- knowledge of scientific boxing promi (By MONTY.) then In his prime, and he did the deed and Addle Joss—long live his mem- Xew York, Aug. 19.—“A no-hit against the Detroit Tigers in 1902. ory. Old Cy officiated on the mound New York, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Another the Cubs are playing the Giants. It ,M' rhicas:©. one of the o4d school ses the greaffest good to the greatest occurred less than a fortnight ago I'c int^truclors—or maybe U nuni ber. game.” The' clamor of the crowd, the Tw oyears later grand old Cy Young for the Red Sox on May 5, 1904 when scintillating star in the baseball hero-worshippers of their idol, the star duplicated the performance and the Philadelphia Athletics trudged The afternoon before the Giants in ','f nuMc courteous to say one ■ It stands to reason,” he said, “that firmament is waning. The lustre of vaded the Windy City, Tinker was '.'.irhi-rs^ of old school methods were 1 to teach the crouching iiead-on pitcher of the “hum team,” is ever thus brought the Boston Sox into the lime through nine innings without one of Half a dozen, two. even one hitless in light. Connie Mack’s Athletics were their number reaching a base. On Christopher Mathewson, the greatest fined $150 and suspended for the re i.-'Sue with me over a recent style of combat it would be sadly mainder of the season for alleged ■ of mine deploring the deca- amiss in a street brawl where two or ning, and the fans are up on their toes the vanquished in this game. After October 12, 1908, Joss, pitching for pitcher of all time, is rapidly dim the Mace system of fisticuffs. shouting for a column of ciphers in the Jesse Tannehill, also of the Red Sox, Cleveland suffered not one White Sox ming and is apparently a question “indifferent playing.” On the eve of more opponents might face you. On and Henley, of Philadelphia, had turn to arrive at the initial sack. the Giant invasion. Manager Chance .ii. ntly things \ made wrong de- the contrary the ability to land a “H” part of the invaders box score. of a short time when Matty’s star And do these same fans realize the ed the trick in 1904 and 1905, Young To appreciate the herculean efforts and President Murphy conferred and - when comparing the rela- straight right on the jaw, and the sets finally, it has been noticeable reconsidered. The result was that the ' ;iry of the present-day fighter magnitude of the task they are de came back in 1908 and repeated. Ad- necessary to accomplish what these knowing of how to follow such an at in Matty’s last faw starts that he fine was recalled and Tinker was re of some years ago.” tack in proper style, would be a great manding and what it means to the die Joss of Cleveland (now dead) two heroes of the diamond did, con pitcher—that his name will go down in shared the 1908 honors with Young template that there are twenty-seven has lost a good deal of his old cun instated. In the very first game '(I Wolgast was the jiarticular advantage.” against the Giants, which Matty hap • wiu' inspired the article ob- baseball history as one of the greatest and again pitched a no-hit game in consecutive times that the batter must ning. The teams that Matty used 'If Mr. Gilmore’s views of things are to handle with ease only a few years pened to be pitching, Tinker made ■ ' ’lis sîiccesig, following those the i>roper ones, it is but reasonable of them all. It means that he wil be 1910. That same year Bender, of be prevented from reaching first base one among the other twenty-six who Philadelphia, hung up his record per- and that it Is possible for him to do back, seem to have solved the myste four hits in as many journeys to the .ii'linson. Sa’u lângford and to suppose that in the whirligig of plate. He was directly responsible ' I ixi- hHving impressed the have accomplished the feat since the formance. It was the last no-hit game so by any one of nine diflerent ways; rious shoots of the great Giant hur- things pugilistic the “hit, block and ler. Matty’s apparent disintegration for sevQn of the eight runs scored by '• ’i; tho fact that the expon* step away” style of fighting will take something wonderful in doing that to until Wood’s recent great exhibition A hit. the Browns, or any other team for tliat Among these twenty-one stars, only A base on balls. at this stage of the close baseball the Cubs and he assisted in the pro u- straight hitting style were precedence over what Freddie Welsh campaign casts a dark cloud over the duction of the other run. These runs ■ rhe fore as world’s champions calls the unorthodox style again in the chances of the Giants to win the were needed for the Cubs to win, :-o’.n—it is Wolgaat to whom future. National League pennant this year. as the Giants made six runs off • iilmore pays his particular re- At present all I can say is that the McGraw has always cofiteaded that Miner Brown. says: While the recent men v^ho are the champions are not if he could get another winning pitch Nov/ that Brown has heen men Mnran battle was an exceient straight hitters. How to free a glove ers to work with Matty, things would tioned it Vi'ould be well to say a t' the modeln slam-bang and cut loose with an upper or a loop- be quite easy for the Giants. McGraw v/ord or so about the illustrious Cub the clever boxer, it was the-Ioop is an acquirement that is of has always felt that Matty would be twirler. Brown, always Matty’s hated êtêen two men of equal more service to a modern ringman, good for at least another decade. rival on the diamond also appears i and enruance. Wolgaet is apparently, than a jinowledge of New “Rube” Marquard comes along to be slipping backwards. While the - nlth tremendous power and straight lefts and right crosses. It and more than redeems the $11,000 Etill retains his old speed. Brown has .iiiinH, and this is the secret was different when Jim Corbett, Tom- pledge paid for him by John T. not the old control 6f the ball and v'M-if.rrul accomplishments. lay Ryan and .loe Gans were the fore- Brush, Marquard to be the saving at times has difficulty in serving the - levernesii and straight punch- uiost men in their respective cl>isses; grace of the Giants these days. To ball his catcher calls for. eiv.' ’neffDC'tive because his but Mr. Gilmore must admit that the counterbalance Marquard’s great per Reverting to Matty; The big ^ . ’.nftlctf'd little injury on the blue ribbon men of today are all mix formances, Matty is pitching far blonde hurler has been the main cog [ consrruciion of Wolgast’s ers rather than standaway boxers. below his standard and has been los in the Giant machine for years and | I nant to commend Wol- I dcm’t want Mr. Gilmore to think ing games with amazing regularity. years. His great pitching has bi'ought | hmhl'- for his great work that I am an advocato of the present This rabble about Matty going a couple of National Leagvie banners t his coail'’ent and cnura- ty^teni of milling. In the article back may be a bit premature, but and a world’s championship to the t . 1 ut ' ru i>ut me on re- which he criticises for that matter, I this work during the past month or Big tov,-n. His. pei’centage, except th a t). 1 t h ! In the case of t^^ o | reniarked tiiat, v/hereas a rail’ of bo::- so presages such a gloomy outlook of his first year with the Giants, s ith equal natural.ers of the Mace school furnished in- to him. when he lost the three games he re;; -^trcnp;tl;, stamina, and terestiug glove play, and were a de- If Matty, has really gont back to pitched, has always been higher than r ' I ;• he one kn«>\'ins the iighi to watch, the modern glove com- such an extent that he is nc longer the team average. uf ne p.a’ue v.lll lead the bat resembled a dog tight more than a winning pitcher, then the game will Matty only recently made the hcud-dovn !• I'le;- mile.” anyihing. have lost the best twirler baseball statement that, unless a pitcher can e >'l'.'! ^'rl'e? an inlerealln^: "The cll’ich" Hghters, as an .Vustra- has ever produced. It will be one of attain a percentage equal to that of t Ii?n critics calls them, have certainly the rare cases w’nere a ball player is his club, he could hardly be consid- I* ''r>v e to the top.

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