Show MATTYS MATTY'S COLUMN I I 1 Sport Sport Comment and arid Views View I 1 By CHRISTY TY MATHEWSON th tha MATHE O. O j I New York Giants Giants Giants' Giant Famous Famos Pitcher Picher Johnny t Uon ago to quit qui ba r good and and lohn John m meant nt It when he declared t. t m hm- self cit as he what to tp and about um umpires Irs Irs' Irsa a al at p h hu tn talks to th them m. m B But tl 1 he he- has ha changed han ed his mind rind e yn JUp to t this thia writing at lt an any r rate tc l as y yet l abandoned the game 7 A The bl big lel have f worn orn on on i Johnny JohnnyS more than any ther pla player tf I ever saw In fn the game for CotS he Is s 's of ot that type sid said id In aW an article a a short time ngo is vem hopping on the ngo umpire when lie hc thinks he Is getting the Ue worst won t of ot it rom that gelt It I is is' is th tho Evers ers na na nature na- na lure ture tire John latest complaint I is that Mr Ibbets Ebbets and nd Mr Ir Dreyfuss have hopped on him because 9 of his conduct con con- duct on the field trying to blame a a gU guy for or trying in our league J now now w. w deel declared red ers Evers after he had hade attired up the fus fuss If th they want halt ball pl players y rB w who e 1 eve ave no ambition except tor to- dr draw their pa pay then thc they d dont don't nt want v t. t me rue nie and andI nd I am a going oln to quit J Evers rs is tred tired mentally and cally 1 Ho would like t to quit qui and and he needs nees it Each Ech suc successive Ie seaon sea- sea Koh Ion on In tho the big Ilg show hs has luts drawn alte a it little more on the nervous energy n rg of or at th the scrappy player H He Ie works on this force almost alone for tor his p physique Is I frail tri and H it is iO beginning to tell tel oh ott him But But yoh yoli ot could uld riot rol get Jet him out ot a a Boston uniform be- be the thc end of oC this seo season faa as Jong Jongas Ionas lon Ion lonas as as a a mirror could be bo hold up to his lips and show results and a- a f- f trac trace of or mist Evers vers Is not not tn that t kind He may t talk lk about wanting t to quit q lt and andall Hl all tl that that but when It I came dow to the pinch be e c would never up He Hs Ie will vU always alwa's go through t to the the end nd L I. admire Johnny as as m much h as as' any player In lit baseball arid and and 1 I b believe lc e he lie lc ha has been ridden too I hard d by mgmt magnates magnate an fans Cans H He Is a R. R fat fair tair r fighting ball bal player i Evers EVer Is only another Instance of the strain of ot the big biG league t. t The Job J of a ball player is generally supposed sup sup- up- up p posed sed to be a very cry soft soll one orie vI with only two hours daily ail work worle It is Js a l mallet It wasn't soft for fit F Krank finally wearing him id eion n o lJ that he had to go back t toj to hi bi California orange to rest It Il hasn't nt been sort soft for tor Evers I could 50 go j and name namo man after man wh whO has' has been worn worp down vh b by the strain of t i It t. t Even the great Cobb at t 28 8 has hag filled his Ills face with lines Jines and his hid hall hair l is Iii thinning on to top from the strain of or the battles he hc has weathered No sir Tho The big It leagues are arc not nol soft HOrt when a play player r puts his whole whore heart be rL and Jd s soul In the game M Many py fans tal s r wh why there Ismore is ismore more wrangling In the National league a ut this thiO season than there h has barf s been bee for several years ears past So Some e claim that baseball ha has lots lols its standIng stand stand- ing and demand that men men like E Evers rs be tossed out of oe the J league agu There Ther Is a n. cr very good goud rC reason son why n more rc dl di with willi umpires and I rI TOWS rows he between be be- tween opposing players have hao arisen this teAr car In fact tact two wo or three reasons rca rea a- a sons ons I The best one is because be the race is still sUIl oer ver very close and six teams learns have hayo havea a a R. good chinco to toc c cop p. p The Tho second 1 is lc because aise a the umpiring has been een par- par rotten n. n The The Thet t third Is is' is that the players are arC realizing that the d days ys of the big kal kale am rl waning and each fach lu has a chance is fighting fight fight- ing ng for forthe the flag nag as never before In order to cut cui In hi on the worlds world's l series aeries erl s dough With the he race as as' as tl tight ht as it it- itis la is now ine cne or or two victories may finally mean th the pennant and none none realizes this better belter than the players them them- th eH As Ait long long- longas as their club bas bad a chance to to get into the big series thc they ar are fighting for eve every run and nd as 8 the ca on progresses and the first six rc clubs dubs hang heng tot together ther each tally bUy takes on on addict added importance It If one oner r run ui means eans a ball game n and I if a a. ball ma may mean a pennant and if It a R. pennant means 2 2500 OO or to each player J cr on the c club o of course they ar ar to holler when a cose one Is d ag against them them especially m especially esp as the yc years ra ah ahead ad ma may be bc lean once thiS baseball war Is settled Therefore It Is Js to be he Expected ted the players will willI argue and nd lose their goats under the existing conditions in the Nation Nation- Nation 1 I al zi J league Hank ODa ODay Is In back in Iii tI the har- har n tien s Vh n i I ask asked d McGraw wh what t he tho thought about It he f lt t. t l' l replied rf T Well Hank wont won't work tor for th the Cubs Cuba any ant ant- more any more since the they ro hima him hm a r. r an and andi he is certainly bet- bet tr some of ot the he school teachers und Ind eb eo o forth who have be been 1 working in i league hat is the strongest st st. boost Mao Mac rao cvet ve G GYc gaye Yc Hank l ank And I It reminds me me Pi the story of McGraws McGraw's re rem remark re- re re- re m mark he first heard of ot set selection n as manager manal r o of the Cubs Cuba He lie had t reached Rome on the wa way home nome diu Hj trip around the world you Vh dd you think has h been en made r- r Cubs C I a ne newspaperman newspaperman newspaper newspaper- man In the h party asked Mac McGraw Mc Mc- Graw knowledge at th the time lime of a a. ln tile the reporter had Just got n. n Ms this office Well ran true to form orm It ought to to-be to bi Hank ODay ODa Hes He's been wo or long enough to geton replied McGraw without ut l any ny hesitation At that that- hn I f don't dont know any one I would rather rather- h have e calling them for tor forme torme me me In a dose close one than old Hank himself And f critt cIse too m much ch Anyone of us might come to ome d day arid and nd what troubles s John McGraw would have havet signed up a pitcher pitcher- r re fe- fe Continued on page ge 5 C COLUMN Continued from page 4 ti wJ who o had come from somo t ta j ague alu where hero most alt all tho thoi I i were ere played In a ft hl high h altitude de dean jian an an established ata tact fact among e erg eri that that it Is I. a almost ost impossible rye 8 a ball at a n big biff elevation bethe bothe bo- bo the the atmosphere Isso rare But h hi other hand od a a. a pitcher can dis- dis j ore ed i. i n as a's this youngster got to o wo went t out warm to-warm 1 up upland nd in ft to turn ur loose al all he carried ton n n Has iasa a damp atmosphere from off oft the tho bay and i it helps a a. ae are re e ball some Of Ot course this boy boyce ce saw ho had sharp breaking I compared to what he had ted ed eu in the high altitude but he inot seem to carry the speeds ow do you like it IL here bere asked lungs U U II light replied the busher Think hink you'll make good Z asked logs lings l dont don't doubt i it at all answered t I dont don't doubt It at o. o ln In i. i fact Ive I've g got t more mor stuff than thano o I J had bad frou You cant can't beat that for tOt optimism eluded S Stallings tailings In relating the tho dent to me meitA A itA guy cant can't have o ich ch more than be he thought he had i h s' s aa much optimism as 81 L I. have more por unless I 1 have more than I 1 Ink Ink I S S This paragraph Is s Intended Intend as s a oat loat for tor clerks I 1 know ire ere Is In one one- onen In n the d department at ched to the the Chicago office who is C ry able or el else alas e he Is 18 a great reat base basc- U fan or he is good good at puzzles or ori I i 11 li cra crazy Somebody in Chicago ok Dk a big figure six when I was in In Inthe the winter r of 1913 and ted sled it on the outside of an en- en lope lopo and wrote the word Big In t tofIt It B h IB Chicago o mall mail clerk started it L th the way to my address In New without rk making any addition to address addres The clerks all along the thed lid d Kept it going all right but when leached chad hed the metropolis it was found foundas Ati as Ae lii hi California It came across continent c ent with no no further further- par- par Lars Lars' Larson on th the tho envelope and reached d addressed d Just Big BI 6 fi 6 d d the cartoonist h had d a aliar liar Ilar experience 1 Someone meone clipped d a a. picture of ot me rue meo o of an advertisement ad says Bud d. d ped it IL on an enve envelope ope Thor There Va a finger linger pointing at tho the photo photo- Phon the envelope and nd it read For him The picture was indi- indi VT d-VT 1 got KOt the tho letter j the these are arc samples of addresses nd In the mall mail there are other til 1 prefer to that of a postoffice c rk r even trying to pitch big league it If I can add a A. little tittle speed d dUh Uh that longer stride Th t It Is 18 almost impossible le to buy winner has has' been demon demon- rated ted this y year ar in the American ague igue Charles Comiskey got up up the thelOW lOW 1 at ln cost of ot more than It ent t. t In tho the actual purchase of ot s. S n not t to to mention their salaries Comiskey's greatest ambition is to l. l a again The old satan has liaa made mad a 8 lot of ot m money ney Out but ut hl his ma club is oit one one of ot th the baseball Investments Ir rOUgh Ug fat years years' and lean ones ones oies since ie fane fans of ot Chicago stick sUck to Comis- Comis y y H He wanted to give his hill faithful something s so 89 h he decided to toxy a a. championship baseball club e 0 paid more than for Eddie lUns lUn's alone lon and he e spent lavishly ij c Other stars He would go almost 4 high highto to get Frank rank Bake Bak t. t toda today as did for fot Collins but Connie ConnIo Mack stubborn and he wont won't let I Frank rank os from hl his contract with the AthU Ath- Ath U tics s. s Ad eyen if he had Baker o 0 opI I dont don't think he would win wh this ar 21 Tho The Philadelphia and Chicago cl clubs clubs' lJ li l league are the great great- it contrasta in hi baseball The White or ox ox have always been money moneymakers makers h tie he Athletics Athletics' share of ot the gate re- re ot of the American league has fen sen e lean Comiskey hl has ha l spent pent money kethe welt kno known n inebriated tre sailor r r r. b ball ll players lay rs and ha hu won only rice nee and that was wag before he began e BO so easily Com Connie le Mack ia u been thrifty spending very cry 1 picking tip p stars in hi embryo embro for tor n pug arid and he has as won woh five a pennants thres worlds world's s championships Therol question as to which cited aJ are the better adel big Ig COmiskey h has 8 money Connie Mack ys b now f 14 PractIcally broke ack k U Id Commy has a won nh t tho 0 champl I hi I has only only- ono one of these I I L- L 8 As to which haS nag has b been cn more mere tul it aH an depends what hat you OU want ant m most the most el the he championship champion plon- plon I ship or or Ui the dough Now each h ih naturally paturI I aU ally desires what eJ Mack the tho money moncy and Commy the champion champion- ship hip Each ch wo would ld also like to hn have e both I ComiskeY made u up his mind last I winter he wanted tho pennant more I this S season than Ihan at nn any other time since e he ho believed ed ho owed it to tho fans Cans of Chicago So to show Sho hem hema a a. I worlds world's series Then a. a t winner I In Chicago Q would be v very vary ry In Inthe I Ithe th the war a I against the tho F Federals That Federals That I is s 5 R. R a strategic l tes Ic point in U tile the E fighting nC as was a w. H He had a chance chanco to tol bu buy the thc greatest Infielder in the me I because the Athletics were breaking I up up not from li-cm age but from from Crom discord The The great machine had C tailed failed Mack Mick Jn In I th the pinch and patient Connie was I content to 10 go teO about building another I Intends to try t to buy I stars enough h t to win th the championship next car vear remarked McGraw one I Ilay day lay after alter altera a trip to Chicago late last fall all where he Ie saw V the theold old Roman I alt It In IiI iah ah an expensive business now nv but I watch for sonic onie c big deals leals popping I soon I Mac and Commie have been close friends for many year ea It Jt was was I Inot not l long ng after alter McGraw McCra made this crack crock that the thc Collins ColUn deal came off orr I This was wal as followed by other den deals Is I and Commie thought that with his hi pitching staff starr and Schalk the tho best I catch catcher r In Jn ba baseball thc they fla say h he had IH bought a ball club fit to heat beat any in inthe IiiI the lea league ue But he h hadn't count counted d on cm I two things his lils o outfield the the fact fact that one of oC the hardest feats In the I world orld I Is Is- Isto to make a Ii real machine out outI of at b bought stars tas It is like putting Caruso CarUM and Geraldine Farrar and I I SeoUl Scott and four fOUl dr five Ove more starl stats stars allIn all allIn allIn In the same show and nd expecting them I Ito to get along I IFor For a time It did look Jook a as a I t the I IWhite White Sox were going to come come I but the pace pace began to 0 tell teU I Comiskey c catching and good pitching and a a a line One pair at second i base Lase But this much of a ball ban club I could not net carry the rest And then I Eddie Eddle Collins has worried ab about u I what he wo would ld have to todo o do this this' y year ar i and lInd has' has not been as rood goad I b baseball as h he heIt ie did the Ai It Is a R. runny psychological fact U Ut t stats stars seem cm to fall taU down when t y Join the c especially pe laUy in batting It Is the old tradition of fl it being hard to hit fn in the Chicago patk k Collins faced ed one of ot th toughest situations eyer ever eyer put up to a ball ban pl play play- yer y- y cr er when he went Vent to the White So Sox He had developed eloped gradually ron cOl th the Athletics from r ar r college bo boy to th the t best st ball player I In the world according accord accord- Ing Inc to McGraw But But- Mac Arac was wan Inthe In- In ln the frame framo of oC mind where he would call calI anybodY the tho be best t ball pa player r. r hithe in hi inthe the world who did the work Collins did in that 1913 worlds world's series rI A against the Giants It Vas a grand performance perform perform- ance But Bul When Eddie Eddle E went to the Sox Sex e h It was widely advertised p 1 that more more than had been e n paid for pl him It 11 was vas put rl right ht up to him to show the Chicago o fans tanA and Comiskey he hc was worth what had been paid Nobody Nobody No No- I bod body was more more anxious to do than Eddie himself He has been play playing Ing grand ball this year csir and has kept the team on on its toes but he e has hils not be boon n hitting the tile way vur he didI didI did I wouldn't want Collins Collins' Job r re rp remarked marked markt Cobb to me Jit It It is a tough on one He lutc hasto to show a lot ri next year ear or be he criticised but buthe |