Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1914 — Leaving It to the Pitcher. [ARTICLE]

Leaving It to the Pitcher.

Not in ten years has Christy Mathewson been taken out of the box by McCraw, unless possibly under some condition where strategy demanded a pinch hitter, or a man batting from the other side of the plate, or a speedy base runner. This may surprise 1,000,000 or more fans. Box scores may be produced to dispute it But that is a case where the box scores are wrong. When Matty comes out, he takes himself out He knows when he is not right and is not ashamed to admit it. and McGraw leaves it to him. Many a time he has been known gently to lay the ball on the ground, when he felt he could not be effective, and facetiously call to some comrade on the bench: "Come out here and finish this job. It’s too large for me.” And then, as a parting shot to the grinning batsman at the {date: “I’ll be right here tomorrow, and the first time you come up, you’ll breeze.” And generally he makes good on his forecast-—Popular Magazine.