The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
MATTY COMES INTO
HIS OWN AGAIN., AT
EXPENSE OF CARDS
Holds Them to Six Hits and
Blanks Them for First
Eight Innings.
GIANTS TENTH STRAIGHT
Is RY SCORE OF 1 TO 1

ar Louis, May 2o.-This was the day
the old Master came back. Chr!s,y
Mathcvson. for nearly a decade and \
hail the ulwsr Of Mc6raw's pitching
stsr carried the Giants to their fourth
Consecutive win over the Cardinals ana
Their tenth straight victory OF the most
successful Western trip the team eve
,TIoycd Mathewson polished on ST
Louis by a I TO l score in the farewei.
90 the Mound City. His triumph raised
he club to the head Of the second d.
VISION.
Mathewson pitched a Matty game. No
more need be said. out there In the box
he looked the part OF the master OF old
When speed was necessary. II was al
ways NJ his beck and call. When A
curve bali happened to he the remedy. a
curve that was a curve came bending
over the plate. Christy was possessed
81 a fine change Of pace. and mixed his
delivery 50 skilfully that he always hal
the opposing hatters mystiaed. He ,oycd
with a spitball, too. an asset on which
nc iSs tfNh thpti AiitllAlHS U u NpuVit
OF years. and OF more than one occasion
in the pinch called into play the fade
away that Big SIX made famous.
Lets support Help Him.
Mathewson to-day did not display as
much stun as he showed in his six In
flIss AT Pittsburg. That wasn't because
he didn't have 10. He pitched the oil
sind Of Mathewson game. throwing the
burden of the issue o. his own shoulders
only when IL was absolutely necessary.
Hts support got "A run for him as early
a the second inning.
Christy pitched as IL cocksure the sole
tally was quite enough. He didn't le.
W one iota until after his cast had
added three more 10 the collection in the
eighth inning. but still ne seemed al
WAYS to remember that there were
eight friends in the game behind him.
and he depended on those as much as
tase lines. He was the conservative
Master OF yore. saving himself through
;he easy going for the crisis that never
DEVELOPED.
The team behind Mathewson played
with the same dash and assurance char
acterlstic of It's work IN the good old
GAYS when its idol was in the full vigo-
- hs youth. The fielding IA. smart.
better thai smart. Al times Il was
'ruIy sensational. seldom did 50. Louis
hs''e-s hit the hail hard. The harde.:
hances Cor McGraw's inner line came
rom scratch %grounders. topped and
1~c1Ssquently rolling slowly. But
fletcher. Doyle and McKechnie were
ever on the alert. Larry had no less
han a dozen chances; Arthur eiKh,
-rore. mostly difficult. Ye; there never
vas a semblancs OF a skip In this
smooth running machine.
Far From an old Man.
D. NOT &c, the impression that an
old man was out there on the hill for
McGraw. 81 Louis tried only one bunt
IN the bic professor. Jack Miller
dropped this one down the third bas.
Inc beginning the second inning. Math-
swson pounced upon the grating sph--
'o.d with such CELEBRITY as 10 nail Miller
az Hrs' by yards. This satisfied st.
Louis that It's illustrious adversary had
.ost none OF his fielding cunning
TIE gallant veteran pitched a mos,
1esdy game as usual. playing always
90 ne weakness 81 hts adversaries. He
kept al eye open always as 20 the align
rrert Of the Licences behind him once
with Gonzales on and Jasper al bat the
Iutfe.d disposition DID not suit NAtty.
he waved me fe.ders around toward
he left, and after they had shifted
made his contemporary boost weakly
- George Burns
ST. LOU got only six hits of the old
master No two were punched In any
ming save the ninth. when The Card
nails scored their only run Mathewson.
b, must ne remembered, Is somewhat,
supers'itious over a shutout. He likes
20 avoid them ever when he Is on the
aiming end OF the four other blows.
wee fell with two out. Gonzales. first
~ N the eighth. beat Fletcher's throw
-or deep short field. Three easy force.
''s followed. Butler. a pinch hitter.
tcYrinc in one.
Smith got the Nrst hit with two down
~ 'he third This was a scratch drib-
t'"' 70 Fletcher. He MAS forced by
i''zel. Gonzales singled 10 right with
'wo out In the ff,h. Jasper then hied
- Burns. Bescher dropped a Texas
league double on the left foul line in
he sixth, But again two were on. and
Na''y held Hornsby TO an easy fly for
Kaur