Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-04

! opposite to what you think he is expect
ing.
Ed Walsh OF Chicago was in the league
long time before he became master OF
the pitching art He accomplished his
success because he had great headwork OF
his own. with q classy catcher In Billy
Sullivan to receive him, together with
his splitter as a ball OF reserve. He was
long time in attaining success. But
just so do all young pitchers have TO toll
and toll to reach the top of the ladder.
This man Walsh was a hard and con-
scientious worker. who began at the bot
tom and climbed to the top, ranking to-
day as one OF the best pitchers in the
country.
Look at Eddie Plank and his peculiar
croSS.f1re. He came 10 our club directly
from Gettysburg College, and at once
became recognized as one of the fore
most pitchers of the American League
! because he is gifted man-gffted in the
sense that he has peculiar steamboat
side-wheelfng cross-fre ball and absolute
control. Especially is this true when lac
is in tight places. where couple OF
inches outside or Inside might change the
whole aspect OF a contest.
just to give the fan an idea how the
pitcher works the batsmaD / VIII cite
case which came up in the eighteenth In
ming OF my twenty -four-inning victory
over Boston in 1903 Parent was the first
man 10 face me In this inning. With two
and two lie hit terrific drive over short
for Two bases. he was sacrificed 10
third. bringing the late Chic Stahl and
Myron Grimshaw, both of whom had
been hitting the ball hard all day, TO face
me in order at the plate. 1 walked both
OF them, filling the bases rather tnan
give them a chance 10 hit the ball, ana
to give my tnfeld an opportunity for .
force play at the plate or a double play
Hoey followed Grimshaw to the plate
and he never took his bat from his shoul-
der. being called out on strikes. l knew
his weakness was my slow ball. In fact,
he was inwardly hoping to see me hand
him up a fast one, but he was disap-
pointed l wasted my curve, obtained
one strike with a slow one. wasted my
fast one. secured another strike with q
slow one and repeated with a slower slow
one, sending him to the bench for q
drink Of ice water to cool. his fevered
self.
Reddy Morgan was the next man to
bat. Unlike Hoey he could hit my slow
one q mile and could also Jolt my fast
one. but | knew that he vas weak on
curves 1 curved the first one over. Think
ing he would be looking for another
curve-and he was-1 shot a fast one
through the groove. Then | wasted
wide outcurve and also a slow one. BY
this time Mr.. Morgan was badly crossed
and saved the day by curving another
strike directly across the heart of tho
plate, Reddy looking at the same in
amazement. wondering at my nerve, and
walking to his position to start the nine
teenth inning.
Even though 7 was cosnizant of the
weak points of these two men. IL was not
policy for me to give them ball after
ball which 1 knew they did not like. as
the chances would have been dead against
me. for after looking over two Of the
same brand they might have connected
with the third. 7 wasted the balls they
would have hit had they came near them,
and then changed my line Of battle to
work their weakness directly. Thus I
was able to pull out Of very small hole:
ard have the honor Of winning, the long
est cha mpionahtp game In the history Of
the ma jor league.