Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-01
SUCCESS
 EARNED WITH HIS BRAIN Christy Always Used His Head and
 Saved His Arm.

Christian Mathewson, much better known as "Christy" or Big Six" is remarkably interesting as a ball player, writes Robert Edgren in the Detroit Journal His record in 15 years of pitching for the New York Giants is known to every boy in the United States who ever played base ball in vacant lot. Matty is more famous than any of our presidents Ills dadeaWay' has long been a mat ter of thrilling interest where the Mexican notes' are as little known as the proclamatfons of Caesar. His strike-out records have filled col umns in every newspaper in the coun- try when the sinking of a battleship has been reported in one small para graph.
 Christy is and always has been an all-around man as well as a ball played. He has a strong individuality in all things, from checker playing to pitching. There never has been a time when Matty lacked an ambition, and that is part of the secret of his great success.
 The first time that young Mathew son attracted any real attention was when the Facto9yville team played Honesville, Matty was the pitcher for game his mother discovered that in the excitement of preparation Chris ty had forgotten to dig the potatoes No potatoes, no game" was her ultimatus Things looked dark for Factoryville. The whole nine or for Matty's release. but Mrs. Mathew son was fixed as the north star.
 An hour before game time young Mathewson showed the genius that was to make him famous later on. He gathered the F'actoryville team and
 
 strai ght: The potatoes must be dug or I can't play. If I can't pitch we lose the game. Nine of us can dig those potatoes"
 And the nine did. Matty not only earned his release and pitched the winning game, but got his potato patch neatly polished off with a min imum of exertion. And it's said that afternoon a big league scout saw him when he shut out Honesville that and put h.s name on the possible list.
 Tn course of time Christy Mathew son was sent to Buclnell and while still at college Christy went to Nor folk, where he played ball in the Vir- gin1a State league His start was sen sational in the extreme. He pitched in "A games and won p. He won 21 games straight. And right here he and soon signed a contract with Pres ident Andrew Freedman of the New York Giants Matty went to New York and pitched a couple of games, finished his college course and in 1902 settled down to make pitching his life work. He was successful at once. Within a few months he was famous. He won eight games in a row for a starter. Not yet 20 years of age, slim and not fully developed he had a world of speed and a fair collection of curves.
 'Iron Man" McGinntiy was pitching then. and Matty studied the Iron Mans method and began working for control and change of speed. In a short time he had developed the most deceptice delivery used by any pitch CT in the big league. He was begin ming to use his famous "fadeaway''- ball that fooled the most practiced batters ever since and can still take them into camp today.
 Mathewson's success. has been earned with his brain. From the start he determined to conserve his strength and win games without extending himself to the limit if possible. He made a close study of every batter opposed to him. He learned all their weak spots. He used speed and DOW CT when he needed it, but he developed most upon his skill. No other pitcher ever developed such miraculous con- trol of the ball. He could use any trick of delivery and cut the plate whenever and wherever he wanted to Matty never "beaned" player or