Evening journal., 1907-10-12
MATCHY M'MAHON
READY TO PITCH
will be a Star in One Of the
"HOme Coming" Gam.S
in Bit mEe

Among the many attractions which will
be offered in Baltimore during III me
Coming Week" none will attract mere
att ntion than the game of baseball which
VIII be paved by veterans who fought
for the pennant over decade a 90 In tie
Oriole CITY.
Ia his anne John Mcmahon, who was
large factor in winning the pennant for
Baltimore in 1891, viii he 1nsrof the twiri-
ers McMahon now lives at Henry Clly
where he conducts, successfully. a general
store. Within the past few weeks ne nas
been getting his pitching arm in SD lpe
and proposes TO show some Of the young
sters what an Old line pitcher can do
even in these days
In series Of articles upon reminis-
cences of ball Players Of days gone by
the Baltimore News has this to say OF
Mcmahon:
- John Mcmahon was more often called
"Sa iie' than John. Captain Wilbeit Rob
inson was responsible for the nickname
or rather Robbie" and "Ted" Lark.n,
the first baseman Of the Athletics on
which team al three then were. Rob
bic" says now that he does not know
how Mcmahon happened to be dubbed
Sadie" unless Il might have been that
he was being teased at the time about
some girl by that name. At any rate
Mcmahon has been called Sadie" ever
since. He went to the Athletics, then n
the old American Association. IN 1887
from the Brandywine Club HIS first year
in fast company gave him rank Of
sixth among % pitchers He remai-ed
with the Athletics until they disbanded in
1896. when he came TO Baltimore with
Robbie" and Curt Welch. Mcmahon
and "Robble" formed the dumping bait
terry" but by any name they would have
been as effective. During 1890 Mcmahon
pitched as games for the Athletics and
for Baltimore total Of So games, and
nearly half Of the entire number of games
a club played then in a season. What
would a pitcher of to-day say If COM
PEELED to pitch that number Of gamesl
In 1894, the first year Baltimore won
the pennant, Mcmahon ranked second
among the National League pitchers. To-
ward the latter part Of that season, how
ever. he was severely injured in his pitcil-
ing arm. and not until late IN 1895 was he
able TO go into the box again. When he
did, however, he celebrated his return
by shutting out the Senators at Washng-
ton on August 3, letting them down with
six scattered hits, only four of which
were clean. That was sensational work in
those days. He pitched the followins
games in almost as great form, clos ng
the season with 10 games won and 4 lost
During the entire season of 1896 his arm
troubled him, and he was used in but
20 games, for which his percentage was
.6l9 That proved McMahons last year in
baseball, for his star had set. and h,
knew it. Rather than drift into mrol
leagues. he returned to his home. at NJ.
mlngton, Del only to emerge in 1901 al
the earnest request of Hugh Jennings and
Robbie" who were then in charge of
the Baltimore Eastern League ClIb
"Sadies" temperance in an Oriole uni.
form, his victory in one of the games
OF a double-header and the ova ion tha
ended dn bearing him OF the field on Sh,
shoulders Of the enthusiastic rooters viii
not be forgotten for many a day. Urge
to sign a contract and become a regular
Oriole again. sadie" said he would re
fleet" at his home. When the soreness ci
muscle developed the next day he sen
back word that pitching was too niue
like work. and he begged TO be excuse,
from signing the contract rendered
In the entire history of baseball there
have been but two pitchers noted fo'
marvellous control--John Carlson was
one and John McAIahon was a close sec
ond Clarkson would many a time pur
posely give an opponent three bad balli
to lull him into fanc'ed security, an,
then strike him out so quickly that th'
batters' head would swim MoMahoI
could do il to, when IN his standard form
and Manager Hanlon had only to wat-f