Show WILL I OLD MASTER OF BOX SUCCEED AS NEW MASTER OF REDS CHRISTY MATHEWSON WIZARD OF THE SLAB DRAFTED BY CINCINNATI IN 1901 SLATED TO RETURN TO HIS FIRST LOVE IN ROLE OF MANAGER wm Will Can vm the 1 he falter Old Master and fill 11 the breach crack under the same baleful influence that broke smart the te hearts ba baseball han of Kelley strategists fly Ganzel Griffith ODay Tinker Herzog and other ther Reds who tried their hands as aa managers of the Cincinnati Cia Cin- one one This that cant can't is the be biggest solved ved problem probIe in a season ever 1 tackled tacked by ChriSty Mathewson Mathews and ando of bristling The Tho perpetual work on idol the tho o of Ne New Yorks York's calloused by fifteen years ears and four worlds world's rt series slab the hero of National league engagements and boss oth has returned tu to his first love He lIe is back in Cm- Cm of the drafted from the Virginia Reds State to league whom he reported In fn 1901 after being In a way the tho passing of Matty from from Broadway is identical with the fate of another once traded Rusle Rusie peerless Amos Rusie for whom Matty was was sun still while Pitching for tor the GIants In ln 1900 1000 but hc ho was a fading star Matty was a promising kid Father Knickerbocker let ou out an a awful ul roar following the transaction for tty Matty didn't hit his top form P m for two years after donning tb the Gotham spangles Now in the autumn of his active career the Old OW Master Blaster his arm weakened weakened weak- weak h ened has bade the scene of or his countless OHM n triumphs adieu to assume what many r critics call a thankless task f In the deal to send Matty away from the metropolis Charlie Herzog star shortstop of the National league has returned to the Giants Herzog Is still in his prime and expected to tn make a pennant contender of the club that once traded him Control has always been Mattys Matty's forte He freely admits that his early arly determination not to sacrifice control to any other element of ot the tho game pame has had an important bearing upon his career Matty delights in telling how he practiced throwing stones merely for amusement in the town of Factoryville Fac- Fac Pa when he was 0 9 years old and how he pitched all day long it at a si companion who stood up against a B. barn that he might get the range BUT WILL MATTY BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE REDS Cincinnati Is a peculiar spot Its It's a B. red hot baseball town when town when the home club is up in the fight Then it is that the athletes are given d served support and encouraged they draw the cash customers But its it's a different fate fato that's handed out to the players and the manager when the tha Reds hit the bumpers S S OS aw a w 5 1 C w 0 r S 'S tO d 6 s i o 5 OLD 0 J 11 |