The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-11
Matty Denies His
 FadeWay Was Hit
Giants Twirler Says Ath- letics Clouted Only His
 Curve and Fast One
(New York World.) .

Christy Mathewson appeared on Broadway yesterday for the first time since the worlds series. He has been hunting in the Adirondacks for more than a week.. No sooner were the broad shoulders of the big fellow spot ted than a dozen fans began plying him with questions about the article by Ira Thomas, in which the Athlet- ic catcher claims that the Giants were beaten because the Philadelphians re- fused to strike at Matty's. famous fadeaway curve.
 How about that, Matty?" was the usual question
 T haven't seen the article,'' replied Matty. What did he say?''
 Thomas declared, it was explained, that the Athletics discovered a certain move of Matty's foot that indicated when he was going to pitch the fade away. Ira also said that Matty did not get one out of ten of his fade aways over the plate and that the Ath- letics had orders not to strike at it at all.
 By letting the fadeaway alone," said Thomas, ''all we had to do was to swing at his curve and fast ball and that is the way we beat them"
 "I guess Ira was up against the same thing I was when was writing for the paper," laughed Matty "He had to find some central idea on which to base his story, and he didn't allow little thing like exact facts to stand in the way. All of us writers (this with a grin) have to do that, you know.
 '"The truth of it." declared Matty, 'fs that my most effective ball against the Athletics was my fadeaway. They got one hit off the fadeaway during the series. In one game I pitched it ten times. and they hit it for one sin gle, five grounders and the others struck out. I struck out both Col lins and Baker on the fadeaway twice. ''The Athletics hit my curve ball harder than anything else I pitched. They did not keep away from the fade away, as my friend Thomas has said. On one occasion Baker stepped two feet out of the box to strike at it.'' Mike Donlin backed up this state ment by going a little stronger, and saying that Baker chased couple of fadeaways almost to third base" "Is 1t fact,'' asked Matty, that you have a slight movement of the foot which indicates when you are go- ing to throw the fadeaway?'
 "If I had was the reply, "the bat ters of the National League would have found it out during the eleven years that I have been pitching against them. I guess McGraw would also have overlooked that? No: the whole trouble is that the Athletics are a great team of hitters, and they will hit anybody who faces them. They did not do much with my fadeaway; but that is a ball that I could not pitch all afternoon As rule, I only use it in the pinches. The home run that Baker made on the Polo grounds was off a curve that split the plate. It was not fadeaway."
 For the benefit of the uninitiated it may be well to explain that the fade away. does not come under the gen eral head of curves or fast balls. It is curve that breaks contrary to the laws of gravitation. Instead of curv- ing inward to left-handed batter. it breaks the other way and floats out ward. As the hand has to be twisted in reverse position the fadeaway is very tirfng on the arm, and can be used occasionally only.
 Now that it is all over, what do you really think of the result of the series?' was the next question put to the great pitcher.
 Well" he said s.when a team has seven men in the regular lineup who can hit over 300, what would you ex- pect? They outhit the Giants and that is the reason they won. A team that is made. up of great hitters and great pitchers is a combination that cannot be beaten.''
 Matty is in fine health and has ta- back with him the legal number of ruffed grouse and rabbits He says he got shot at two deer, but failed to bring one down. He is making arrangements to start for Cuba next Wednesday,