Show I STARS A WHO WILL SHINE NEXT N k MONTH I lO IlL IlE lONT I CHRISTY MATHEWSON OLD MASTER I l f a i I 1 A I k 1 I i il If- If HE SE HE Loo Lo LOOKS BEST BET ir IN INH H His STREET STET OTNES O-OTNES clES 1 SINCE ON OMEL ONe KNEE INE HAS I It 1 A ASK THE ONe c j PERMISSION i 1 PASS I I l I d I i MATT S EAy EAR C AMBITION WAS WA TO ro TOBE roBE Ml uti ii 6 BE BE A eo MUSICIAN SAID HE USED To JH GREAT SAID ALL RIT Bour BASEBALL FROM 5 r i CRIST d' d k hAS EN A ZW 6 BIG 4 LAGES s 6 n U SM ON y 75 By 1 a GORDON GonDO Copyright 19 b by Wheeler S Syndicate n 1 ate Scientists have ha been searching searching- for a n perpetual motion machine for Cor years They have ha e overlooked u Christy Math Math- MatheWson owson eWson of the Giants who is Js now enjoy enjoy- ing his lily thirteenth season at the tho national national na na- na- na pastime and looks better beter than ever eyer to his own club and worse to opposing opposing op op- op- op posing ng ba batters Matty Is called caled nl Big Six and the origin of this nickname has never nc been clearly explained except that some sonic baseball writers thou thought ht It I soun sounded ed good It I Is generally believed the time title tte came from tho ho fact that he lie Is six feet Ceet tall but a discoverer of oC baseball dope dope who is Jt distinctly in the Doctor Cook class maintains it is because MaLt Matty wears a six antI and seven eighths lint hat and that it would be awkward to call him Big Bh Six and Seven Se en C. C Mathewson son has been pitching baseball base bas ball bail bal In Iii the bl big league almost almot ever since an anybody bod can remember that I 1 Is any lany- bod body hod except Honus Wagner a ler tho time famous German bl blight ht of Pittsburgh around whom tho the National league was practically cally built huit Matty has taken an Important important im mi- place In tho nations nation's naton's history beside beside besl be be- sl side e such well ivell wel I known characters as George Washington and Abraham Lin Lin- coln coin George Georgo was tho the father of the country and Mr 11 Lincoln freed the slaves la while C. C Mathewson had a whole lot to do o with wih correcting the Giants of a chronic habit of oC finishing In ill last place In lii the National atonal league It I is easier casler for most schoolboys to remember Mattys Matty's s pitch pitching InS InS' average than It Is Js for tor I them to toll tell tel you ou offhand tho the date Columbus Columbus Co Co- Co- Co lumbus discovered America i Wanted to lie He I Matty waa wa born horn in Factoryville Pa i In 1880 but buL he lie was never blamed for that because he moved mo out of oC the town as soon as h he realized what he had done Ills His early carly ambition was to play playa a sup slip horn In the 1 band and he lie turn turned d out to be he a 3 good good musician except that he lie could never novel produce an any music The he leader Jeader used to give him a muzzle loading slip horn that had been made harmless by hy treatment and then he lie would go through the motions and the proprietor of or tho the orchestra would woul collect for Cor twelve pieces when only eleven en were delivering It I is easy to see from Crom this that Christy began besan his career carcer of or dece deceiving ln folks early In life and has been at it practically ever since with wih sonic Homo few ow ew exceptions notably when pitching against Joo Too Tinker formerly of tho the Cuba Ills His slip horn experience taught taught him that success means tho the gentle genUe art of or getting away with wih It Jt Matty pitched a whole lot of baseball baseball base base- ball bal before he came to New lew York re- re relying his start with wih the team when a mere ho boy and appearing I successively el for the Keystone academy Scranton Y SI M. C C. CA A Bucknell col college ge Taunton Mass an and Norfolk Va Ya clubs John Smith then the manager manager man man- ager of or Norfolk and ana now a policeman In New Hampshire I told Geol George e Davis the Giants' Giants manager about Matty lat and he lie came camo to Now York In 1 1900 00 when New York needed him In ent Invented c the lite I Dig Big Six Is th the tat father her of oC the famous which is his own invention In it hein icing being a n ball bal that chan changes f Its mind several se times In Its course course from flom hI his hand to the plate and in this wa way has confused confuse a lot of batters baters so that the they have ha strained their backs s trying to reach teach It H. He has mado made a phenomenal record with wih tho the Giants lie le won ivon three games gaines in tho worlds world's series with wih the time theA A Athletics In 1005 and one of or the tho two taken b by the Giants in J 1911 n 1 Although he lie showed remarkable form In tho the se serJe series series se- se ries with wih tho tIme Red TIed Sox last fall fail ral ho he did not get credit for a victory because of or perforated support support Checkers was wa his only dissipation until he lie bought an automobile Now he lie cant can't stand stad the time smell of or gasoline withOUt without with with- wih- wih out wanting to shift a gear gear Ho lie 10 looks best In hi his street clothes since one knee has haM to ask aSI the other ones one's permission permission sion sJon before beCore it can pass pas However CI this has never Interfered with his pitching arm Ho lie has hal quite quie a n reputation as an aim orator getting the tho decision In man many an argument because he can enn talk louder than nn anyone one else elso on the club |