Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1911 — JOE TINKER FOOLED MATTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOE TINKER FOOLED MATTY

Clever Little Chicago Shortstop Meets Christy’s Low Curve With Niee Long Bat. Christy Mathewson, writing for Pearson’s magazine, says of Joe Tinker: “The clever little shortstop of the

Chicago club Is a man with whom I have fought many a battle of wits and I am glad to acknowledge that he has come out of the fuss with flying

colors on many occasions. There was a time when Tinker was putty in my hands. For two years he was the least dangerous man on the Chicago team. His weakness was a low curve on the outside and I fed him low curves so often I had him looking like an invalid every time he came to the plate. ' “Then Joseph went home one night and did a little deep thinking. He got a nice long bat and took his stand at least a foot farther from the plate, after 1 that night of meditation, and then he had me. If I kept the ball on the inside of the plate he was in splendid position to meet it, and if I tried to keep my offerings outside he had plenty of time to step into ’em. From that day on Tinker became one of the most dangerous batters I ever faced, not' because his natural hitting ability had increased, but because he didn’t propose to let the pitcher do all of \ the outguessing.”

Joe Tinker.