Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-16
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GREAT WORK BY
 MADDOX AND MATHEWSON.
Two Star Twirlers atty
 Has 1t on Pittsburg Star

and s. Howard Camnitz of the Pirates, who topped the list of winning pitchers | of the National league last year, both dld grand work, grander than Secre- | tary Heydler's official records show. Fans nowadays size up the ability of a salbman only by the showing he makes in games won and lost which isn't the best way to get a true line on a fling CTS worth They fail to delve deeper into the figures and note how a pitch erS'S percentage of victories compares with his teams or to find out to what batting average a hurler holds his opponents during a campaign and how steady he is.
 Data of this sort are really more val uabfe as a means of determining a pitchers rank than the present scheme of having the top place awarded to q man simply because he has the great est percentage of victories. Mathewson, for example, was with a team which finished a poor third, yet he tied Camnitz, who was with the games won and lost The New Workers record of wins was .205 better than h1S teams Camnitz went at pace .OS2 faster than his club. Christy. moreover, was steadier than $. Howard and kept his opponents to a lower bat ting average than did the renowned kentuckian. Another thing in which Matty had it on the Pittsburg star was that he twirled more victories against the leaders than did his rival on the Smoky City club
 Big Six" gained 13 of his wins over first division teams, fumbling the Pi- rates thrice, the Cubs five times and the Reds five times. Nathewson lost only one game to Pittsburg and one to Chicago, downing the Rhfnelanders ev- cry time he faced them. Christy's rec ord against the leaders, therefore, was 1867. Camnitz did not do nearly so we'll when buclzing the National leagues classy teams. He won three out of five games from Chances crew. trim IzI Ina fowr r%er f@., -%f Gxvz casions and got the decision over Cin- cinnati four times and the wrong end of two argumens with the Reds. All told, Camnitz was victorious II out of his 16 games against the first divi- sion clubs, a resultant average of .6SS.
 Camnitz put it all over Mathewson when it came to facing the second di- vision clubs. The boy from the Blue lings 15 times and lost only one game. The New York gunner's average of wins against the second raters was .75O. his victories numbering F and
 Though the records shaw that Cam nitz pitched fl games to MathewSon's 37. both the leading hurIers did just about the same amount of work dur ing the year. The Pirate 1abored in 2S3 innings and the Giant in PTS 1-3 sessions. Mathewson pitched 26 full events. Camnitz 20. The New York wonder landed 21 of his complete con- 
 draws were against PittSburg and Cin- cinnati, the scores being to and 1 to I. Tn the full games in which the Pittsburg marvel labored he was suc- cessful IT times and unsuccessful in three games.
 In the games Mathewson lost the Giants scored onl siv runs, so it can readily be sen that the defeats he sustained were not altogether his fault
 It was lucky for the National league batters that there were not many Mathewsons and Committees. The New York gunner confined his opponents to a batting average of 200. while the Pittsburg artillerist held his antagon- ists to .211. The Brooklyns were able pitching against them, and failed to score a run on him in 29 innings. The Phillies hit Mathewson the hardest, getting to him for credit of .234. gome off the. two leading National league pitchers follow:
 Matflewson-Runs .54, hits 5.19.
 Camnitz-Runs 1.S3, hits 5.o4.
 Mathewson was steadier than his Pittsburg rival, issuing only 36 pass es and making only four wild pitches. Camnitz winged seven athletes, dad headed 6S men and uncoiled two wild pitches. In strike outs the honors were with the New Yorker, 149 to 133.
 Tom Tuckey in Boston List.
 New York, March 15.-President Lynch of the National league today the following contracts and releases:
 Contracts:
 With Boston: William Burke, Evans, Fred R. Liese, A. A. w. J. Sweeney, Thomas
 With Philadelphia: Bob Ewing, John Titus. Fred Jac1Iitsch.
 Releases:
 By Boston to Monmouth C. NJ. L.),