Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1912 — TINKER PRAISES ED WALSH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TINKER PRAISES ED WALSH

Bhortstop fiays of All Pitchers He 1 Has Tried to Hit White 3ox Bpit Bail Artlat la Hard eat. Since Joe Tinker has been opt ta San Francisco this winter he seems to have had almost as much fan talking baseball pith the sane in California as he has playing for fans in the east during the summer. The other afternoon one of the San Francisco critics got Joe to talk about the pitchers whojn he had faced since he has been a bail player. He paid Mathewson a great complixpent and also heaped tributes all over the name of Ed Walsh. Part of his conversation runs as follows: “Of all the baseball pitchers I ever faced the hardest to hit is Ed 'Walsh. At least, be Is the hardest for me to hit . “I don’t say he is the greatest pitcher in the world; I Clink Christy Mathewson is the greatest. “Do you get that I say he la the greatest; not was the greatest “Some people try to tell yon that Christy is a dead one. There Is no questioh but that be has slowed op, but I maintain that he Is the greatest .pitcher in the world, ’ “He and Walsh are hard to hit tor exactly opposite reasons. “Walsh has you out before yon try to .bat To tell you the truth, he oyerawes the batter. He Is big and strong and has terrific speed and a wonderful break. Walsh is a spltball arjist, frare and simple. You know exactly what he Is going to throw and what to he prepared for, but you can’t hit the ball. He gets you# goat ! “Mathewson Is exactly opposite In method. Christy tenderly leads yon ,

astray, so to speak. Yon are always sore you can hit him—but you can’t. No other pitcher ltt the world has so many resources.*

Ed Waish.