The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-21
MATTYS RECORD
WITH NORFOLK CLUB
TwIRBBH IN ATLANTIC LEAGUE
-.-,----.. IS SOLD TO NEW
YORK.
PICKED UP BY SMITH
GETs INTO BTG LEAGUE At AGE
OF yISETEEs--REMAR
ABLE SHOWING OF
BIG SIX.
PICKED UP BY SMITH


How ChgiSty Matheyvsou became a
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tic romance rapid and romantic
enough to heighten the widest flight
If lima efnation or those vot,rpstsrs
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""o "tefii'' "a '@A'@ as "a NSli' '"Ssei'
AT the age when most ambitious ball
players arc Just learning to swing a
Sa@ Aa1ty was paying es4-Dati
with a team in one OF the minor
leagues And during that neriod he
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against men who were older both III
years and experience.
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suir1ne Ditrher ia mar n,.,n w.n3ch ria
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tba nan
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any otr..r. aie,,,,sT, 81 ~. a,nna bs,
ht.t an t,,,.,.rt,,,t hl,rtt,,, $3.50 80
career. How he practiced ri,rowine
Stones ,,,sr,sl,. Sir a,ul,aeynant IN tn9,
town III lact,frvvfi,4 pa n-ber ha
was nira wears Ola. hoyy be Difcbe1
balls ali dav long al a f.,,nfu4ntan VINO
stood up against a harm. are irrt-
dents u his eartY training which he
delights In relating.
Ne was rn.scot of the town tea n,
lie chased all the wild fouls thai no
one else WAS Wiling To run after. He
practlced pitching "ins" outs" and
drops Three Years later when tna
Factoryyilie pitcher failed 10 she&
up for 4 game he had hts ftrst oppu.-
tunity Il play bali
IL was not without test, however,
The team was composed ~ b4g. Draw.
nTs' rt1eAas sfise t'qFa enjoyed All
the hero NarshippInx that Factory
tllie could give them. These players
acted rs critics while that Mathew
~'t+t + Il p4tctfeti TTr two SOLID hours.
After the best batsmen Of the town
Elia5 tEt7z BIZ FL fr1ssT 74fEsl5 iE'
Succeeded in tanning out the captain.
He also won the 81 me for his e. IA.
rinsin@ inhe'd.
Next faii round Ataiy' play ing
sseofao o@se on sne team of keystone
academy ana the following year, at
tf'e Asc 81 fourteen. nc was captain.
one thihg "ofrttd h3nl, however tic
WIS cross hanora IA hittlns, even If
rs "i"- h*t soea cohlfet OF MS
curves anu ne SCI Ainlsef - work
correcting mas style men vacation
fTFFt# tisf'ff- aroma, 10 returned to
FactprSVbIe ana pitched for the
team nut ne WAS soon bought by
riSai team IA & nearby town, re-
ceiTing "HaetiS enc dollar game
and playing "1th the pig grown-ops
Graduating from keystone tn 'sS
IN Scranton THAI summer. Y. Nj
c A. gafns in which he struck out
fifteen men did much To feeus at
tentfon upoa him. and when he later
went Ia Housewife. Pa, ne WAS given
twenty doilaT& L month and his hoard
70 pitch for the toen team Before
the season ended be was offered sse
Il naesati, ta pitch fur TIRE Taunton
club In the New England league, ht'i
this cub d4soana@a ana ne Fetufneu
Ia HonesNille. which place aatty
sa}@' became an ilnPor,ahI m it p. =,
Up ms career ~ ~ h'f 80, T.
discovered @'ta pI@ 'sNo t"e 49,
away. Wnich tat%f p"esi''e W
ts'u" y s'ls' "a" u" '''So
So, 80 hAs.eeea
~ me falt ~ tt,s ygai ,,t f"tas ,,...s
19 @aeh'sfts. ht p,,'s 20 $3.50 80"
tle C',ss tP ~ g.. ,h.'n ,,,e,, ,,,ds.
ref "a t'~f'st1 4>fa,rss,
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~ M"7 y" va 4,s,.t,,s5 santhall
$500 ~ re,.f,'arsI+,, ~ penn.
sat5e y -. s,rs,s -, nsid goals
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- - .p., 49, ycbr smith
= -. N.vg tnplana
, lat g. 4, elrned MIN an
a. - siia1Yj, t.asut. with the Nor
EN- ol,b
virginia n~eord.
oAattv*' went back To- Eucknen
when the football game was ended,
proud or his score In collegiate foot-
hall and With a contract to PLAY base
bali fer Norfolk ut $40 per month.
His season at this club was equally
brilliant, sr4pe=44r-afsa- g4nles -nat ~
twenty-three placed 10 his credit
This was his last minor league rec
ord. ePhenonln John Smith had the
opportunity IL xesf "MattS" ID the
New York Nationals or 10 the PHI Ia
az fnhGn eEllh AVA ha naNa "Matfy''