The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-23
Big League Gossip
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
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CHRISTY MATHEWSON


Damon and PythiaS when they were TO-
ecther in Chicago so long. Pat has tbs
easy going disposition which jibes we'll
with Johns more touchy temperament
Ii Evers has any baseball left in him
he Is the one man who might push the
Phillies through again. for he never
loses his pepper. John claims he has
plenty left II satisfied. Anyway 1t was
good chance Cor Pat to take.
Magee Is none too we'll pleased with
tho climate and surroundings OF Bos-
ton. He feels that the town is TOO high
in the brow for him and does not un-
aerstand him. and Sherry docs like 10
hit the way he wants TO. Stallinss has
him going up to the bat there. telling
him to take one or take two. and this
initiates the slugger.
Stallings has neither speed nor BAT
ting power on his team now and very
little pitching. / figure You must have
either speed or hitting TO win ball gfMes
to any extent. Also the slump Fl the
club Is wearing out many pairs Of Stall
ings' trousers from sliding up and down
these concrete benches around the
league in the new dugouts. 1t wasn't
so '"ugh when they only had 10 coast
on board seats.
| have lot OF scouts gum-shoeing
for pitchers. because ! could use cou-
Pile OF good twirlers very handiiy now
The great trouble an ivory hunter has
is 10 get a good line on pitcher In the
bush leagues. If the followers OF his
team know a scout Is looking at him.
they all tout him hard. Therefore. a
scout must sneak into town on casters
or rubber heels and pretend TO be look
ing over some one elsa on tine club
When he must do Is to get the opinion
ut disinterested person-hard 10 COL
lect in a small town. Larry Sutton.
my scout. however, appears 10 have
turned up a lot of good prospects OF
which am hopeful. Their records
read all right anyway. but you can't
pay too much attention 10 the dope.
Then Larry was gumshoeing through
Newark the other day on his way into
town-New York--to tell ME about the
ivory crop and was hit by an automo-
bile and sent 10 a hospital He claims
i, WASH, u flivrtr. ! hope not. Id
hate to have scout Of mine suffer
that way.
just wish he would have come up
with another fellow like Tnncy. Fred
is doing lot OF pitching nowadays.
He became an iron man by winning
dou Bile header out in Cincinnati not
long back.
We had just played a series In Pitts
burgh. and the Pirates knocked him
loose from the box. That was two days
before. Then both clubs jumped Ia Gin
cinnatt for a Sunday double-hrader L
celebrate Wagner day. because my club
seems 70 be in on ell the celebrations
this year. We wore in Pittsburgh when
Honus took hold briefly as manager.
and we saw John Evers In a Philadel.
phia uniform for the first time the
other day. l hope we Will be in on
the big celebration this fall when they
cut up the dough.
This Sunday turned ont To be a very
hot Gay. one of the worst for heat We
had had all season. and it felt warmer
because we had not gotten used 10 It
yet. Toney started the first game and
beat the Pirates easily. I figured in
weather like that he would be glad TO
have his bit done and was warming up
another pitcher for the second and
standing at the home plate. batting TO
the infield. Toney had gone to the club
house 10 change his shirt From that
direction. messenger approached me
and said:
"Toney wants to know II he can pitch
this second game
The request surprised me. but l de-
cidcd II he felt that way about II. so
full OF ambition on such q hot day.
would let him go TO II.
Tell him yes" l answered.
Fred moved along like u clock in the
second one, TOO. although l expected
TO see him crack any minute on account
Of the bunch Of work he was doing and
the heat. About the third or fourth
said to Toney:
How do you feel. Fred?'
Fine" he answered. I'm just be.
ginning to get warmed up now"
knew 1t was all right then. and thu
game was In. Those were a couple of
twin ball games. too. Toney pitched that
day They had many features exactly
similar. we won them both. which was
the best feature. AS I recall II. the Pr
rates only made three hits IN each and
our club collected l3 in each.
After that, Toney allowed to me he
wasn't going to pitch in Boston no
how"
Don't like the weather" he ex-
planned. isn't hot enough"
But he won his ball game there just
the same. I would like my scouts 10
turn me UP q couple more like big
Toney. We'd make some Of them hus-
tie for that pennart yet.
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