Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 48
ken ill one day, just before a game with anine from a town a few miles away, and the con-test was regarded as very important in both vil-lages. Our second pitcher was away on a visit,and so Factoryville was up against it for a 1912.] HOW I BECAME A BIG-LEAGUE PITCHER 607 twirler. You must remember… … I PITCHED FOR TWO HOURS, WHILE THE CRITICS STOOD AROUND pitcher, some one remarked to the captain: ThatMathewson kid can pitch pretty well. But thebackers of the team and the other players wereskeptical, and, like men who come from Missouri,wanted to be shown. So they told me to comedown on the…
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