Evening star., 1923-02-23
Pitchers in the Hall Of
Deuore's Es-
perience With Walter
JOhnsOn's "SmOke."
HllgeHa1ds AidedRube
WaddeU.
r HAVE selected Christy Mathew

T HAVE selected Christy Mathew
son to top my staff Of pitchers
for the grand all-America team
of all time. l am inclined to believe
that ninety-nine base ball men out
of every one hundred will agree
with me.
There has never been a pitcher like
Mathewson in the past and 1 do not
expect to see another like him for the
next quarter of a century. Men who
combine all the co-ordinated qualities
that he possessed are not born often.
And there are few who have the trend
of mind that will develop these un-
usual qualities that are given by
birth. 1t was my fortune to be
Mathewson's manager during the
years of his greatness, and l was IN
a better position to observe his de-
velopment, perhaps, than any other
man. To my mind, Matty's reputation
will live as long as base ball lives.
In addition to physical ability,
Mathewson had the perfect tempera-
ment for a great ball player. Always
he sought to learn something new,
and he never forgot what he had
thing-strength intelligence. courage
and willingness.
Gives Credit to Mntty.
Early in his career Matty saw the
necessity of control and change of
pace Then he originated the fade
away curve and other deliveries that
were equally puzzling and effective
To his ability / give a large share of
the credit for my success with the
Giants, especially in the earlier days
Mathewson's record is so well known
i,,tn 1ntn
John Mcmahon. Sadie" he was
nicknamed, was with me on the old
Baltimore Orioles. We had a great
string of victories to our credit and
to Mcmahon is due a large share of
the credit He was one of the gamest
practically everything that "a good
pitcher needs, but his one great
quality was nerve. In the most
critical moments he was as cool as a
cucumber. The harder the fight the
more effective he grew. | never knew
him to weaken.
John Clarkson, the third pitcher of
my all-American staff, was with the
Chicago Club for years under Capt.
Anson. Clarkson was easily the most
brilliant pitcher of his day. There is
no doubt in my mind about his right
to place on the list.
/, Rusie the Hoosier Cyclone.
| AMOS f(uSle. the ftOOSleT SyclOne,
as he was called. was the best pitcher
| the Giants ever had up to the time of
Mathewson. His tremendous speed
! accounts for the nickname of Hoosier
Cyclone. He came from Indiana.
While great speed is usually associ-
atcd with a fast ball" rather than
with curve. Rusie's particular great
ness was the great force he could put
behind the curve. Even With the
count two and three Rusie would not
| hesitate to shoot Il curve over the
plate with the speed of a bullet.
Later he developed slow ball, and
this proved a perfect foil for the
smoke" he could use if necessary.
Owing to trouble that arose between
the Hoosier Cyclone and Andrew
Freedman. owner of the Giants at
that time, this great speed artist s
engagement with New York was cur
tailed. His one years absence from
base ball proved very injurious to
! Rusie's rare effectiveness and he soon
retired from the game. Amos is now
employed at the Polo Grounds in New
York. As 1 have mentioned before, it
was the work of Rusie and Jouett
Meekin that beat the Orioles in the
first Temple cup series. They pitched
all the games What's more. they
pitched all the games the last month
of the season