Show j LOOKING BACKWARD I II I I Many Mammy Inquiries are a- a as ato to the ha career earcel of or Christy Chrisly ty ono nun o of thc lie greatest of American twirlers Th The boyhood fi lends fm of the thc greul pitcher pitchers s 8 say iy 1 that mat of or tho lie hundreds of oC stories printed about Matty's Mattys early career ver very few CO have hae been accurate Helis Hero Hel is one which and hIs bin friends will willouch vouch ouch for lathe tion was waN horn born In I FactoryvIlle ac Fac Pu PL III in 1878 When hell hut 1 12 years cars old he lie hun playing with time Iho second nine of the iho v IC As AR he grew older he lie h began ull g-ull to lo develop a n wonderful wonder wondel ful Ih nh as us troll as nl Mime ume good 1001 curve balls bails After h he ho had gained con considerable attention while playing with the III nine ho wont won't went trout to stunt Keystone Pa academy and amid continued continued con con- tin d his good After Aftem graduating ing front from the thc academy be lie wont to college collese anc and h by hard pull I- I hug ing made th the teRm team tho the first year cI There his success really began His Ills love lo for 01 the tI-me game led him II to follow It as a n profession on first played tom for mone money with Taunton anti and with Norfolk in the thc Virginia Vir VII ginia league While playing with Not Not- JI folk In 1910 he was discovered h by an all agent 16 nt for fOl the HIP New ew York National league club and amid III signed H R contract That was before anything wat wa known know of or drafting players it In the fall Call of or 1000 1910 ho hie came cune to New Xe Voik and in his first t game ganie cIr defeated Brooklyn by a score of a 3 to 2 In iii 1 o 1 the Ln baseball war b between the Amei- Amei Ican and amid National leagues leug wa wal just beginning and amid m. m without thought of oC t tho the 8 of If his hlf act signed ned a contract with the hula Athletics but lah 11 im V I u to 10 good good- advice az and amid d renewed his contract 1 with the time New York club That year rear he pitched phenomenal ball bail and has hasI J as asAs kept it up tip o over ever r since hince I A As a rule baseball fans haY have I tho the mistaken Idea that I J MaLl stronghold as a pitcher hitcher Is hI hlll el I ou ous spee speed This is not miot true V I Ills His one suit as they I sa say in itt baseball his slow ball or ot fall I have dubbed It It This away awny ball ball na RS HA I to th the plate slowly and then corne Sd Ut up I breaks break falling to if f to toone I Plate The real secret one omme si 10 o of tho J of or hlll his however howe is his great brain t uH er c every batter work H He V carefully the time ball Just anti and Where do dots does the hatter batter not want ant It marled maried three n Wa years ago J J- J 1 |