The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-14
GREATEST RECORD
Of ALL HURLERS
Larry Ho, Writing in the St.
Paul Dispatch, Analyses
His Work.

Larry Ho. writing in the ST. Paul
Dispatch, gives the following inter-
osting account of Christy Mathewson's
career:
The applause naturally goes to the
winner. which is, proper enough. ex-
where the highest virtue lies. As the
last world series cheer died away men
turned. homeward saying, well, We
beat Old Matty."
That impression will abide with
those who do not think. But as Ber-
ton Braley said: "Matty. great as he
vas in success. vas e greater in
premacy they saw it proved in the
game he lost. Just as he was greatest
last year in the deciding game, which
vent against him, so in 1913 he was
greatest in the game he !ost Satur-
day. Now lest We forget" let us
pause and hear what the un%prejudiced
critics Who watched that game have
to say. These will be worth saving
in the scrap book:
What Observers Said.
Said Herbert Corey: ut looked as
though he refused to trust anything
further to his mates. In the six in
nfnSs that followed but twenty men
faced him. and but one hit was made.
Eight men went down on eve thrown
balls Whom IN considers the qual-
fly of the respective teams his per-
Torrance forces that Of Plank-ex-
cellent as that was-almost into In
s~ignihcance."
Said I. e. Sanborn: "Mathewson
would have shut the Mackmen out
and earned a draw again in nine in
nings II he had been given the same
support he received from the crippled
aggregation which backed him up the
other time he opposed Plank"
Said Grantland Rice: ..Then Ma
thewson took the game from the
hands OF his pals and worked II alone.
VI the next eighteen Mackmen who
raced him but two reached first base
a any one who has seen this driv-
ing, mauling lineup hit the ball a
appreciate what this means"
Hal Sheridan said: plank us.a
ninety-eight pitched balls in disposins
Of the Giants. Matty used but eighty.
Said Bill Frie,: The Giant, lo.,
sn: 1t was through no fault Of Big
SIX. VII. pitched a great game and
deserved to win. The three runs scored
bS the. Athletics were handed to them
On a platter"
- What Matty Has Done. :
Vow let us briefly consider Matty
Is a world series hurler. You n
no, know the facts. Here they are:
Matty has worked in eleven vorll
series games. In these he e.. eour
shut-cuts and should easily have had
BIN shut-outs with decent support. In
the eleven games he was found for
s~eventy-three hits, eight Of which
were due to inferior support. Twenty
Two runs were scored against him.
He famed fftyone mon. walked b,,t
nine. did not hit a batter, did not
have a wild pitch. In the eleven
games his opponents earned jus. five
runs off his delivery.
lr the last three series his team
made twenty-one errors behind him.
most Of them costly. Even with these
errors he allowed exactly two runs a
game. GIL hits a game. had 4.54
strikeouts a game. and 0.S2 walks a
game. Think that over.
Victim of Bone Plays.
Matty is not only the greatest world
series pitcher. but the unluckiest.
More bonehead plays and Intellectual
batting have been paraded behind
him than behind ali other pitchers
combined.
In the series Of 1911 the only run
Icored on him in the first game Of
The, series was q passed ball. In the
aext game Of the series he pitched ne