The Washington herald., 1909-02-07
BASEBALL STORIES TOLD
FOR BENEFIT OF RANDOM
"Cy" Young the Greatest Pitcher of Modern Times
Dave FuIz'S Catch Wins Sensational Game.
JAKE StahI Makes a Wild Throw

and gives him . fine appetite 10 enjoy his
food.
People are under the impression that
a pitchers muscles should stand out or
his arms ike whip cords. nothing is
farther from the truth. A pitcher s
muscle should be as soft and pIiable
as a chHd's. and ! feel safe in saying II
you were 10 examine Cy YoUng's arm,
you would find f. round and smooth.
In the third place, Cy is a man OF very
even temperament. something a pitcher
must have II be expects 10 achieve any
great amount Of success in the pitchers
box. No matter what goes wrong IN the
game Cy is always just the same. moth
ing seems 10 trouble him
II you were TO step into the dressing
room after some pitcher had lost a hard
luck game and ask him question. more
than likely he would throw something al
you. for most pitchers, when they lose
a tough-luck game. also lose their tenn
per. But not Cy. He is always the same.
and I am quite sure If you were TO ask
him a question under like conditions, he
would give you pleasant answer.
I think this IS Cy's secret OF success.
Jake Stahrs Long Throw.
The Washington fans have often seen
games lost BY a bad throw, but I am
sure they have never heard OF this one
OF, if they have, It IS but a dim memory
of the past They see 50 many OF them
each summer that Il is almost impossible
to remember them all
We were playing in Detroit three years
| ago, when the play in question was pulled
/ of. Detroit had always been our Jonah
town. as we seldom won a game from
the Tigers on their own grounds. Some
/ thing would always come Up at the last
moment to turn the tide Of hattie in the
! Tigers favor
This day Ki.son was pitted against
/ Sieyers. and the game had settled down
/ to a great pitchers battle. Both we're in
great form and q run looked as big as
a mountain Two men we're out and the
score a tie-1 TO lin the tenth. Sievers.
the third man UP. succeeded in hitting a
! slow boundeT down 70 Sehafiy at second
Sieyers Is a fast man going down 10 first
so Schafy had TO come in on the dead
run and pick the ball I'D with one hand
] He was so close 70 Stahl, who was play
ing first for Washington, that Jake"
did not see the BAH when "Shaf' cut it
/ loose.
Sievers saw Jake miss the ball, and so
/ kept on for second. The bleachers in
Detroit are not moro than thirty feet
/ from first base, and as Schafiy had
thrown the ball hard, all Stahl had to
/ do was to turn around and pick il up
! Sievers was not more than twenty feet
/ from first base when Jake got the ball
I on the rebound. As sooa as the Outhelders
1 saw the misplay they ran In TO back up
! second. Instead Of throwing the bah to
I second al once, Jake held Il until Sievers
was a few feet from the bag Some one
yelled at StahI 20 throw the baIl-and he
did, heaving 1t so far TO the outfeld that
II IS going yet. Sievers scampered across
the plate with the winning run, while all
the Washington players, with disgusted
! looR on their faces. looked on.
Great Catch by Dave FUEtE.
Every baseball fan can remember Of
seeing many game OF bail won or lost
during the season by Some great fielding
stunt I recall very distinctly the first