The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-29
Fans Think "Matty" Has Hit 7oboggan,
But Team Mates Say He 8 as Good as EUer
Bio Six Himself Says His Arm Is
in Good Shape and Explains
That Dodgers Were There
With the WalIop.
BY BozEMAN BCLGER.
ninth inning spurt Of the Giants
AAaA roxa than under thu wire 4

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that drove them under tho wire
4 nose ahead Of the dear Little
Brothers OF tho Rich and caused great
rejoicing 10 not OF nearly as much In
tsrest TO the Giants az the fact that
Christy Mathewson received a severe
trouncing at the hands OF Dahlen's men
and bu: for tho kindly services OF Old
Doctor Crandall might have been
dumped. dsfested. into the Gowanus
Canal.
rs Mat,y going back?" 10 the ques-
ton that passed from lips to lips for
nearly two hours over at Washington
Park Curing the engagement In which
the Superbss almost won q game, and Il,
10 q hard one to decide.
Whether the Big Train II on the to-
bogEan or not the fact remains that he
was conbed for ton hits In seven in
ninKs and that DahlCn's men were able
to stand back and wal: for Ills big
curve to break before tearing into Il.
To a man the Giant players declared
after tho game tina, Bis six was Just
as good as ever and that luck set In
against him. But among the fans there
Is that feeling OF doubt.
IL don; know" candidiy admitted
MStty after the game. II do know.
however, that my arm Is In fine shape
and that my curve was breaking lust as
wanted II 10. Those fellows simply
took q healthy 'Morlarity at anything
I offered and managed TO hit II ,afc.
In another game I would feed them .he
same Kind OF stun and take nay chances. -
| ha
been yearnins for hot weather 80 that
Matty's arm would loosen up and yes.
terday the conditions were ideal. Stlil
something went wrong When anyon.
calls attention to the fact that the his
fellow might he going back the player,
answer II by pointing out that the sam,
thing happened TO him In the first gam,
In Cincinnati and that he turned aroun,
four days later and beat them In ON.
OF the best pitched games Of the wear
Tine alone will answer that absorbin,
question that In Just now agitat,ng New
York fandom.
Brooklyn made many mispiays tina
inquired IN the mai result to a certain lie
kree' Out the one that really spilled IN
, bears was made by Ragon when he thre,
Ills own game away In the eighth innir
Red Murray had stolen second and Nv /,
safely plsced at that bag when Fle,cho
bounced inntaliz,ng roller TO IN
E pitcher. Ragon finally succeeded I'm On,
3 turing the ball, but with no chance ,
set himself for a throw he hurlei IN
sphere past Daubert, and while n wa
/, Dumping into the stands the pink.ho,rc
!, boy romped home with the troubl,
causing run.
h In the ninth the finish was easy. n,
0 wore singled and came home when Dow
!. broke plank In the centre field fenc
n with two-bagger. A wild throw /
d Erwin permitted Larry to take thir
A. and from there he scored on Snodgra,s
Ions ny to centre. He would ha,
scored anyway. as Murray smashed
u single into centre and the error d!dn
o figure
10 When the pasume was over 3
n Charles Ebbets. President OF I,
q Writers Chowder and Baseball Grour
. Inspection Club. took the scribes to n
:. scene OF his new park and show ed the
- how the work IL progressing. There
D. no doubt but that the Brooklyn cl,
ie will have one Of the finest parks in Il
- land. and the contractor assured
10 that everything would be ready for Il
II grand opening on Aug d. the ann.ye
ls sary OF the Battle Of Long Island
= whatever that 10.
snnoase:d that ' bs Ia M.a.d r ri;cS,r s ESs
and Iufislds! staIt to Nswsrk for shortstop Fisi