Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1918 — USED FOLLOW THROUGH [ARTICLE]

USED FOLLOW THROUGH

Following through! This has been the slogan in golf, cricket, tennis, billiards, punting and in batting and now Christy Mathewson is shouting it at his recruit pitchers. According to the one-time “Master Moundsman,” all the great pitchers of the e national game who have stretched their careers over 10, so many seasons, have used the “follow through." As vivid examples, Matty names such pitching princes as Cy Young, Eddie Plank, Addie Joss and Bill Donovan, men who perfected a free arm delivery that distributed the strain of twirling over almost all of the muscles of the body. Matty asserts that there is only one prominent exception to the rule and that one is Nap Rucker, who lasted ten years under the big tent despite his jerky delivery. The big Reds’ boss believes the southpaw w.ould have lengthened his career had he developed a smoother motion.