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Evening star., 1911-08-17
HAS BEEN MATTY YSETSRECORD
FOR BIG LEAGUE PITCHED BALLS
Retires Thirty Batsmen on 81 Pitches, Beat
ing Cincinnati for the Twenty
Second Consecutive Time.

with fourteen pitches. Six extra pitches
were necessary after the side should have
been retired. Had Fletcher not drawn
Merkle off the bag with a wide throw on
Bescher the side would have been re
tired i'm order in the ninth and Matty's
performance would have stood at eighty
six pitched balls.
The secret OF this great performance
may be attributed to Mathewson's won
derful control He put almost every ball
over the plate, trusting to his support. As
he was never in trouble, he did not have
to try to work the batters. Here are the
pitches in the order of the innings: .. l.,
Z, T. T. IL, T.. is. 1872.
1t will be noticed that the big fellow
fell away toward the end. thereby spoil
ing his chances for an unheard-of per-
Torrance. He had tough luck in the sec
ond inning. which took twelve pitches.
He got the first two in that inning on six
balls. but Egan fouled off four before
finally floating to Snodgrass. In the fifth
Mathewson retired the side with four
pitches. despite the fact that Mitchell
stung him for a single on his first de-
livery. Downey hit at the first ball, fore
ing Mitchell. and when Egan offered at
the second pitch he hit into a double
play.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
PHILLIES' BIG PLAYER LIST.
Club Will Have About IS Men on
Roster for Next Year.

PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-THE Of
ficials of the Phillies yesterday announced
the list of players held under option OF
purchase which will be filed with the
national commission before August 20,
as required by the rules.
In addition to Madden, Spencer and
Carter. the latter recently purchased
from York, the Phillies have purchased
Pitcher Hall from Tacoma, Pitcher Old
ham OF York, Pitcher Baxter of VIII
mineton, Pitcher Rasmussen Of Spokane,
Outfielder Brinker of Vancouver. Catcher
Killifer Of Buffalo: Pitcher Stanley, the
southpaw Of Johnstown; Pitcher Pucket
of Paducah. KY, and Outtielder Cravath
of Minneapolis.
Pitchers Schultz, Brennan. Slaughter
and Pruitt. the young giant from Howard
University. as Well as First Baseman
Miller. will be recalled. They have signed
Pat O'Dea, the second baseman of the
University of Vermont, outbidding the
Pittsburgh and Boston American League
clubs for his services; Keany. the Bates
College star; Outfielder Beswick OF East
McKeesport; Inhelder Boone of Pitts
burgh: Inielder Roche of the Trolley
League and First Baseman German of
Kane, Pa.
Youngsters under cover, holding back
their names until after the drafting peri
August 20 and September l. There is a
list of about twenty-five players whose
names they will send in for draft. and IL
they are as fortunate in this years draft
as they were last year they hope to get
at least a majority OF these new recruits.
If they get an even dozen of these twen-
ty-fve players to be drafted. with the
new men they have purchased and the
old men with the team at the present
time, also including those under cover
tho ciEh will have about Seyenty-fiye
PLAYERS from which to select the material
for next years team 1t has been de-
cided not to recall Jackley. Thomas. Shet-
tier. Mowrey, Mcbride, Wehrell. Girard.
Culp and several others who were on the
teams roster last spring.
Evening star., 1911-08-17

Epectaf Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. August 17-"Do
think Pitcher O'Toole will make good
with the Pittsburgh club"
The above question was put to Manager
Mike Kelly of the st. Paul club during a
ccnfab at the Republican Hotel iast even
Ing.
"You can say for me-" remarked the
geu4ni Michael. ''that honestly believe
Marty O-Toole win prove ono OF the win
ming pitchers for the Pirates. and I am
hoping that tho Pittsburgh club wins the
pennant, SO that the boy will get into the
worlds series money.
There are a great many people who
imagine that the Pittsburgh club has paid
too much money for O'Toole--in other
words that Barney Dreyfuss has been
banded a gold brick but you can take
il from me that the young fellow will
prove 10 be one OF the greatest pitchers
in the National League, not excepting
the wonderful Mathewson, and 7 have
the greatest regard for the ability of the
latter. O'Toole may not start out as
successful as some OF the stars who are
mp there now, but If he does not win
lhree-quarters OF his games I will be
greatly surprised and disappointed.
MANY of the base ball experts who
have been following the work OF OToole
are of the opinion that he has nothing but
a spit ball. and that all his success
depends upon that style of pitching. They
will be greatly fooled in this. however. for
Marty does not depend upon the splitter.
hy a long ways. lie has one OF the finest
Jump balls 'of any pitcher in the country.
and Just a. much steam behind Ii as
most VI the stars in the big leagues. He
las been winning nearly all his games
by using tho spit ball and jump ball.
but YOU can take il from me that if me-
ccssity arises he can deliver n variety Of
curves, the same any other pitcher.
lie is a young fellow, with good head,
and a great future before him, If he fol-
lows upon the same lines he has been
doing with the st. Paul club.
1T was not our intention To let OToole
so to Pittsburgh until the end of the sea-
son, but 1t looks to me as though the
Evening star., 1911-08-17
BY J. ED GRILLo.

For some unaccountable reason the Ma
team-that is to say. they have won a
very small percentage of the games they
PLAYED on foreign grounds in recent
years. Just why ball team made up
mostly of players who have been
through many hard campaigns should
find itself at disadvantage when play
ing i'm other cities than their own is hard
to understand. There was time some
years ago when urlpires did not
dare give the visiting team an
even break, because of the hostile
crowds but that day has long
since passed. so that In this respect the
visiting team is not handicapped. Lack
Of morning practice. too. is pointed out as
having something to do with the scarcity
of victories on the road. and yet ii is a
fact that from early in July on no teams
INDUCED in practice in the morning be-
cause by that time every player Is III his
best form, and to practice mornings In
addition to putting In three or four hours
in the hot sun in the afternoon would
have the effect of making him stale
Yet the fact remains that, barring
decidedly few, nearly every team finds 1t
harder to win on the road than at home.
II may he that the lack of support from
the stands affects some players. but there
are others who do their best work before
hostile spectators. On 10 trip that the
Nationals nave TAKEN tHlS SedsOH nave
they come anywhere near getting an
even break. True. at those times the
team was not making much of a showing
at home. either. Now that the pitchers
are showing to better advantage, the trip
which opens at ST. Louis today may be
much more successful.
But three more days remain i'm which
players can be purchased by major league
clubs from the minors. After August "a
the purchasing season is over and all
players who have not been sold are then
eligible to teh draft which opens Septem-
Der l. The draft system is conducted
along absolutely fair and yet simple lines.
For insance. a club sends In a list OF
players it wants to draft, accompanied
by check covering the various amounts
required for each player. There Is a
difference in the draft prices from the
various classes of minor leagues. From
the class A clubs but a single player can
be drafted. Now it frequently happens
that more than one club will draft the
same player, in which event the names of
! the clubs drafting are put into hat and
one name is drawn out. That gives TINS
one club the privilege to draft. II there
are more than one player drafted from a
club in class A teh names of the players
drafted are put into a hat and one is
drawn out and he is the only one eilgl-
Evening star., 1911-08-17
WALTER JOHNSON TO PITCH
OPENING GAME IN ST. LOUIS
Team in Excellent Condition and Anxious to
Even Accounts With the
Browns.

first base in at least one OF the games
with the Taftville men. while the south
paw is slated for an early chance to show
his ability. Then Black, who has been
doing duty at first, may be shifted to
third to enable Jimmy Austin to have a
brief layoff Third base Is Blacks home
position, although in a fielding way he
hasn't done SO poorly at the first cushion.
Norman Elberfeld, who has been on the
crippled list for a week, is here with his
teammates but will not be in today S
lineup. The Kid reports that his in
jured back is mendng nicely, but on
Manager McAleer's advice he will remain
on the side lines for a few more days at
least.
The Nationals Travelled on the twenty
four-hour train from Washington yester-
day afternoon. The players said it was
a hot. tiresome ride and all, hands were
in the hay early last night
Owner Robert L. Hedges of the Browns
is away on another Of his mysterious
scouting tours. Besides himself, he has
five others scouting the bushes for talent.
Fred Lake to date has signed four men
for the tailenderS. They are Pitcher
Wolfgang. Second Baseman Moulton and
Outfielder Magee. all of the Lowell New
England League. team, and First Base
man Kutina of the Saginaw Southern
Michigan Association team.
While the names OF Clarke Griffith,
Norman Elberfeld and others have been
mentioned in connection with the leader
ship of the Browns next season, it Is be-
lieved here that Fred Lake will get the
job IL Wallace does not continue in
charge.
Jack Oconnor's lawyer is preparing to
file suit for 5000, the salary named in
his two-year contract, one year of which
is unserved. The case. however, will
not come up until the October term of
court OConnor Is confident he will col
lect every cent. He points to the cases
of Billy Murray in Philadelphia and Clark
Griffith and George Stallings in New
York.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
<mERTINENI @f1NENT
Es'Happenin&$sr &$srSportdom

BILE to the draft. 1t happens every now
and then that minor league club which
has players good enough to go to the big
leagues. but which refuses to accept the
price, will stand pat and take chance
on the drafts missing these players.
The Washington club will be in eyi-
dence in the drafting this year IL will
forward a list of players 1t would like 10
secure, but this gives 10 assurance that
ii will secure any ii wants.
Christy Matheuson seems TO have over
come the slump into which he appeared TO
have fallen a few weeks ago. which was
respons bic for the reports that the once
great chrsty was on the down grade.
Matty appears to be as good as ever
again. fact which entirely changes tho
complexion OF the National League race,
for 1t again makes the Giants a con-
tender, as that team without Mathew
son going right could not be figured as
having a chance. Just now the Giants
appear to have gotten their second wind.
and In the games they have played re-
Gently, though against weak clubs, they
have shown excellent form. Whether they
will be able TO keep up this pace when
they tackle the Cubs. Pirates and Cardi-
nails remains to he seen, but IL they can
McGraws team will be hard one 10
beat.
With Cobb and Wagner, undoubtedly
the two best drawing cards in the major
are robbed for the present of much or
their attractiveness. and incidentally both
Detroit and Pittsburgh are laboring under
most severe handicap. Accidents
which have caused the lay-of of WaE-
ner, Bresnahan and Doom will undoubt-
edly start another crusade against the
steel spike, and yet there is little or no
chance OF this device being done away
with. The very fact that the spike adds
an element of danger to the game seems
to be its best recommendation according
to the views of some magnates, who fear
that the sport would be much too tame
If they should be eliminated.
Though Sam Langford did not actually
knock Jack O'Briens out the other night
because the fight was stopped before the
usual ten could be counted, experts have
decided that the Tar Baby will be given
credit for knockout in the records. and
il is proper that he should. Brutality In
the prize ring is not sought any more. and
with O'Brien barely able To protect him
self II would only have been a question
of another punch when he would have
been put into dreamland and PERHAPS
fatally injured. Referees who can tell
when the time has come to stop a fight
are the ones who should be in charge o,
all contests. The public does not care
to see a helpless man knocked down ana
out.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
HANS WAGNER HURT.
Pittsburgh's Great Ball Player Will
Be Out of Game Three Weeks.

NEW YORK, August 17.-Pitts-
burgh's chances of carrying off the
1911 pennant in the National League
materially decreased yesterday when
Hans Wagner received an injury which
necessitated his retirement from the
game between Pittsburgh and Brook
lyn at Washington Park. An examina-
tion showed that the ligaments had
been torn and a small piece broken off
one of the small bones near the right
ankle. Dr. w. D. Scanlon, the Brook
lyn pitcher who assisted in the ex-
animation, stated last night that Wag-
ner will be out Of the game for at
least three weeks AS Wagner is the
mainstay of the Pittsburgh team and
the leagues leading batsman, his loss
will be severely felt.
The accident happened in. the hrst
inning. With Carey on second base,
Wagner hit to right field for single.
The ball was thrown to the plate In
an effort to catch Carey, and wagner
continued on to second base. AS he
stepped on the corner of second base
his right ankle turned and he Went
down. Realizing that he had been
badly hurt, Wagner called to Cmpire
Brennan to call time, which he did. The
players of both teams gathered around,
and after short delay Hans was car
ried to the Brooklyn clubhouse Dr.
Scanlon after a hurried examination
of the injury. advised Wagner to go
to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital
on 9Th street. where an N-ray photo
graph could be taken.
Wagner had brought his own auto
mobile with him on the trip, and 1t
was quickly pressed into service. At
the hospital the injured ankle was
photographed and Wagner was ad-
vised to return to his hotel. Instead
Of following this advice Hans directed
the chauffeur to return to Washington
Park, where he remained until the
game was over.
Wagner's value to the Pittsburgh
team i'll the grueling fight for the
remnant now going on between Chi
cago Pittsburgh and New York can
hardly be overestimated. In spite of
his long service. the Teutou still ranks
as the kingpin of the National League,
and his enforced absence for the next
three weeks may possibly end Pitts
bursh's hopes of winning the pennant.
Mccarthy. the youngster who succeed
ed Wagner in yesterdays game, will
look after the short field position for
the present He is capable fielder.
bue he cannot be compared with Wag-
ner in batting. Hans has been hitting
above the $50 mark for some time.
Evening star., 1911-08-17

NEW YORK. August 11.-In beating
the Reds at the Polo Grounds yesterday
afternoon, Christy Mathewson pitched
one of the mos brilliant games OF his
great career. incidentally he special
lied on breaking major league records.
His victory as the twenty-second con-
secutive triumph over Cincinnati. club
that has not beaten him since early in
the season of 1908.
No other big league pitcher has beaten
a rival with such consistency. Mathew
son also set a record for the major
lea agues in the few numbers Of balls pitch
ed during a full game. He retired the
thirty batsmen who faced him with nine
ty-two pitched balls. trifle over three
pitches to Il man and ten pitches to an
inning
But for the two misplays behind him,
both of which fell to the lot of Fletcher.
Mathewson might have established a
worlds record in the matter of balls
pitched. This record is held by Delhi
of the Pacific Coast League, at seventy
fve. Previous to the new mark. which
was set only a few weeks ago. the best
performance on record was 1Oo pitches.
This old record Matty broke with the
greatest Of ease and the least bit OF luck
would have enabled him to set figure
lower than that of Delhi.
Before he was tipped of that ne mao
an excellent chance for Delhi's record
Matty had retired the Reds for seven
fun innings with exactly sixty pitched
balls. That. left him fifteen for the re-
manning two in order TO tie the world s
mark. Matty tried his best in the last
two rounds. bnt things broke wrong. He
got Mitchell in the eighth on one pitch.
Then Downey took a couple OF strikes
before fouling off couple. Finally
Fletcher erred on Downey, bringing up
four Reds in the inning instead of three.
and before the third out had been ne
sotiated Matty had served up the ball
eighteen times. This was his worst In
ming Despite the run in the ninth. he
retired the visitors In the closing round
Evening star., 1911-08-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Phillies Smother Cards.
PHILADELPHIA, August 17.-Phil

PHILADELPHIA, August 17.-Philadel-
phia punched. hits with fielding and bat
terry errors by st. Louis yesterday and
easily won the game, 10 to 2.
In trying to touch out Lobert at the
plate in the first inning, Bresnahan was
badly spiked on the right wrist and he
probably will be out OF the game for two
weeks.
Although Bresnahan dropped the ball,
he and several of the visitors protested
O'Day's decision allowing Lobert to score.
and the former and Huggins were ordered
off the field by the umpire.
Sherwood Magee played his first game
since July 10. when his assault upon UNI
pire Finneran caused his suspension by
President Lynch. Score:
R.H.E.
Philadelphia. =. 0 3 O1 o / x-1O Q /
st. Louis. ...... 90 o o o. Z
Evening star., 1911-08-17

Old Col. Trouble certainly administered
the boots to Clarence Dixon Russell, the
twelve-thousand-d dollar southpaw of the
worlds champions, for. in addition to
having bad wing, the lefthander is now
down with an attack Of tonsilitis. Lefty
has gone to his home i'm Baltimore to be
treated for this new ailment and is eX-
pec:ed to be away from the team for a
week or more. Russell certainly has had
his share of misfortune this season. With
every prospect in the world of carving
niche for himself in the hall OF base
ball fame. lie has fiattened out and is a
disappointment not only to himself but
to all his friends. Lefty's first handicap
came when his arm went back on him
after the spring training trip. lie seemed
possessed Of as much stun a. ever. but
couldn't seem to set things going right.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAME.
Donovan Beats Sox.

CHICAGO, August 11.-Detroit won the
final game Of the series from Chicago yes
terday in a batting bee, s to I. White.
who was hit hard. gave way TO Benz, a
recruit who worked in fine style. but re-
tired in favor OF Young, who was pounded
hard
Donovan was in fine form and held the
locals to four scattered hits, a base on
balls and a triple saving the Chicagoans
a sbut-out. Mcconnell and Jones made
spectacular one-handed catches.
R.H t.
Detroit. ....,.. O 1 30 3 O o 3-S IA O
Chicago. ....... 900 900 OIL =
Evening star., 1911-08-17

Shortstop William Stump has been sold
by the York Tri-State bas ebalI team to
the Oakland. Cal. club of the Pacific
next Sunday. Ned" Cromptcn, formerly
with Johnstown, has been secured from
the Omaha, Neb, team OF the Western
League to play right field, the vacancy
caused by the removal OF Wagner TO
second base.
Boston may be stout enough to win an
odd game here and there from Pitt ttsburgh
or Chicago, but IL isn't likely. The
Rustlers have won but two games out
of thirty played against these two clubs.
The fight for sixth place in the East
ern League between Jersey City and
Newark is a screamer just now. The
Indians may pass the Skeeters before
nightfall. Newark cleaned up with Mon-
treal in a double bill yesterday. whifs
Jersey City was dropping two to Buffalo
Evening star., 1911-08-17
EVERS TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE
WHILE ON THE BLEACHERS
Chicago Star Says He Considers Ty Cobb
the Greatest Player the Game
Has Ever Produced.

not doing this or that. who from base baIl
instinct can tell almost what every play
er of either team has done at the pat
without the aid of a score card, and VINO
invariably knows the batting averages
OF any player you chance to mention.
If all the base ball sense of the bleach
ers at any big league game couid ne cen
tered in the brains of a base bail TEAM
think that club would be the nest .hink- n
ing aggregation ever put together. In
my opinion, if half the people who nave
never had the pleasure of occupying
seat on the bleachers knew Wnat tnes
were missing they would abandon theii
grandstand or box seats occasionally and
mingle with the bleacherites. On the
bleachers every play that is made in a
game is replayed and replayed many dif.
ferent ways. not only as 1t was executed
but as it should have been according 70
the way Of thinking Of the bleacherttes
And don't think for minute that these
bleacherites do not have the right dope
many time.
Worlds Series From Bleachers.
1 was especially interested in the last
worlds series between the Athletics an1
the Cubs. not merely because the Cubs
were playing, but because ! had an op-
portunity for. the first time in my life o'
seeing the two best teams in the coun-
try battle for honors 1t was the first
world series the Cubs played In that
was unable to get to the games due to th'
accident which befell me near the close o.
the National League season. However
watched those games with more than ord1
nary interest. for it gave me a chance o,
studying the plays Of two great base bal
machines, just as had studied the minor
league players. When 1 sat on tn,
bleachers in those worlds series games
saw numerous plays and openings tha'
perhaps would not have been apparent tt
me had / been playing.
This only went to strengthen my belle1
that more can be seen in base bal
game from the side lines than whe one
is actually engaged in the game. These
lessons l have learned from being spec
tator have been valuable, and hardly q
day has gone by that I have not used
some play or other that l had learned oi
figured out from the side lines.
The more l studied the game the more
liked it. and when 1 had an opportunity
of using a play l had planned l fet "a
though I was we'll repaid.
Another incident that has been of i'm
games from the side lines has been tc
see other fellows in action.
I have carefully watched Ty Cobb. Ed
die Collins and all the other great players
Of the present day, and in my opinion
Cobb is so far ahead Of them all that
It would be useless for me to try and
make comparisons. l know it Will cause
some surprise and to many it may sound
like friendly boost, but candidly. in my
estimation, Frank Chance was the only
real rival Cobb ever had. all things con-
sidered. for being the greatest player OF
them all.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Steele Allows One Hit.

BROOKLYN, August 17.-Steele Of Pitts
burgh came within an ace OF pitching
no-hit game against Brooklyn yesterday.
The twenty-sixth man to face him. Erwin,
Brooklyn's catcher. was the first and only
man to make hit and, in fact, was the
only on to get on first.
The visitors punched their hits and won
easily. 8 to 0. Wagner hurt his right ankle
by tripping over second base In the open
ing inning and Is likely to be out OF the
game for week. O'Toole. Pittsburgh's
S22, 500 pitcher, is with the team and may
pitch one of the games here. Score:
r. III. t.
Pittsburg. .... 3 90 0 Oo0 Ia 10 o
BROOKLYN . o o OOO 90 l 4
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Matty Defeats Reds Again.

NEW YORK, August T.-Mathewson
scored his twenty second victory over Gin
cinnati yesterday. 6 to /. He held the
Reds TO two hits, the second coming in
the ninth, after Fletcher had a chance to
end the game. Suggs pitched good game
with the exception OF the fourth, when
he yielded six of the nine hits made of
his delivery. Score:
R. II. E
Cincinnati. ... 90 0 0 o 90 Ii
New York ~ 90 o 4 90 o X-6 >
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Schultz the Clean up Kid.

BOSTON, August 17.-Chicago hit both
Boston pitchers yesterday and won easily,
13 to 6. Schultz poled homer into the
centerield bleachers, with three men on
bases in the fourth. Doyle was removed
from the game for arguing a decision.
Score:
r. H. l..
Chicago. o o O 3 1 o / O-13 13 4
Boston. .. ; 5000 O2 O6 s .