Clipping:Bobby Mathews's delivery; mixing up pitches
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| Date | Tuesday, April 13, 1886 |
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| Text | [Philadelphia vs. Athletic 4/12/1886] Bobby Matthews pitched for the Athletics and when he first stepped in the box the crowd gave him a royal reception. He had not pitched before this season and consequently his curves and drops were a little rusty from want of use, but for all that the League batsmen found his peculiar, slow ball very hard to hit... The Philadelphia Times April 13, 1886 [Cincinnati vs. Athletic 5/22/1886] Cincinnati opened on Matthews with a perfect fusillade of hits in the first two innings, when they made seven runs. This was all they scored in the game. Bobby tried the boys from Porkopolis with his slow curves at first, but after they hit him for six hits, with a total of fifteen, including a two, a three-baser and a home run, he gave that style of pitching up. After the second inning Matthews gave the visitors the old unadulterated straight, swift balls, varied occasionally with an out and in curve, and the hits that followed were few and well scattered. The Philadelphia Times May 23, 1886 Chadwick the official scorer for the Brooklyn Club All the press representatives have, I heard, expressed themselves well pleased with the selection of Mr. H. Chadwick as the [Brooklyn Club] official scorer. The Sporting Life April 14, 1886 |
| Source | Philadelphia Times |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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