Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1912 — HOW MATHEWSON FANNED MIKE MITCHELL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW MATHEWSON FANNED MIKE MITCHELL

“Dode” Paskert tells an interesting yarn on Matty'and bis headwork The Reds were playing the Giants and Mike Mitchell was' cl6titlng Matty’s shoots to all corners of the lot, while Dick Hoblitzel had fanned three successive times. The Reds had a man on second and a man on third, with two out in the ninth inning, and the Giants bad a obe-run lead. A single would have won the game and Hobby was the hitter. The fans wpre giving up hope when Matty deliberately passed Hobby to take a chance on Mitchell, who had made two triples and a double In his three trips to the plate. The fans Bhouted and laughed. They thought it was all off with Matty. Mitchell had been clouting Matty’s fast ball and Mike expected to see tbe fade-

away or Matty’s curve come up to the plate. Matty cut loose, a fast one Straight" over the center of the plate. Mitcbell was dumfounded and did not even swing. Then he, stepped up closer to the plate because be was positive that the next would be a curve ball. Zip. Another fast one shot straight across the plate. Once again Mike, in his surprise, allowed it to pass. Then he was dead sure he had Matty and that "Big Six" would waste a curve ball. Once again the ball went over the center of the plate. Mitchell was dumfounded and did not even swing. • Matty had deliberately given, him three fast balls, without a shoot on them, and all of them were right across tbe center of the plate and where Mitchell would ordinarily have killed them.

Captain Mitchell, Crack Outfielder of Cincinnati.