Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-22
MAThEWSON'S
"QUIvER" BALL
Clever Giant Pitcher Uses
Brains in Conocting New
One. Which Puts to Shame
His Famous Fadeaway.


thewson gave an exhibition of his
new slow ball. the CULVER" ON the
diamond here and its queer and ruz.
cling gNrdiions caused Coach Wilhcrt
Robinson who VAS the receiver. to
fairly gasp IN astonlshment Ne said
4 cant see how II Is possible for
any man 10 make q baseball perform
such fantastic shoots, Jumps halts
ana wig Gle wohblcs
Said Robbie. after catching the
new delivery Tor u NH quarter 81 an
hour u Is Simply wonderful what
Matiy can make q ball do. and. Ia my
opinion. the CULVER viii cause q big
sensation this summer"
Every nov ana then. whenever the
ball would tal>, 4 more than usual
eccentric Kind of culver jump or
wobblo Robbie would urn around,
| his tacc wrcathed ~ smiles, and
| would shout did YOU see that?
Why. the bah took three different
| motions bcsidos stopping In midair
10 say WHY, how do you do
| Occasionally The bali would seem
| 10 takc q wary notion of about Two
! Jumps ana then tall with q very per
| ccpiihlc lnCurtc dtup similar to Mat.
| TVS "fadcaWay
| Zig Sin frequently laughed heart
| Us himself when Robbie was puzzled
| 10 catch The ball aud very often The
coach was very much bothered in get
| ting his hands in he right place. and
| oVrrai time. turned around 30 the
| onlooAor- and showed inst how
slight hold b.. had ON he bail
There VAS big "gallrry' looking
~ the sensa ional exhibition. nclud.
ing many of he players. who group
ed themselves behind Robbie 10 see
what peculiar and iunny quiyors The
n,Y slow would take MattN's arm
was IN good shape and he took AZ
much pleasure IN showing his new
delivery a. the people who witnessed
Tho ball when ii TOOK It's queeresl
1 Jumps. did NOT twist In the air AT all
II Just sailed mp to Robbie so that
| the stitches could almost be counted
but stll M the same time II was sail
Ing II would seem 20 halt then take
the snakoliko quiycrs.
l. one or Two persons only had seer
the bali tall" II might be possibly
said that /, was an optical delusion 81
| something hat there were fully ,,
spectators at this exhibition, som'
behind Robbie and some behind
, NattS
one ami "a, could perceive tn,
! queer motions of the ball. So there /,
NO possibility OF he "quNor" not he
ing all that II is described
Louie Drucke. who has partially
got the hang OF Matty's iadeaway
was right ~ the laiter's elbow an'
saw the who,e wonderful perform
anco
show me how you do that, will yoi
Matty?" pleaded Drucke. hui Matt
, replied wait until | perfect t--un
Ill am sure ol A."
HIT Big SIX seemed 20 have fair
~ good control of 1t at that Ill
, | docsn' have to moisten his finger
10 get the ball 10 do just as wanted
| but he frequently moistcns the IN
OF his iOreNns,r but very slightly
Bui he does that quite often whe
using his other deliveries.
The culver is not spitball. n
, ! thai lreak il generally known. Ma
Is uses "A sort OF high side arm
wing most OF the time. and II Wa
hat motion that seemed 10 put IN
most on the bal, but he could ais
work II with his overland prelim
nary swing
Fl is a delivery thar Maity Ina
studied up himself and it viii be IN
" same a with his iadcaNay No OF.
cr pitcher will ever be- ohle 10 do a
much with II a. the originator II
can show any one how % IS don'
u the SAME as he did his iadcaway a
last winter on the stage, hul VIII
viii ever be- ahi, 90 do more with
% | than trN'
Thcn il is everything in npWin
u | inst when 90 use ~, fad away an
the quiyer That means there nev'
n viii be- but one Christy Mat'hcwso
e In the pitchers hoX Il g. brains. ~
. boy brains.