Clipping:Bobby Mathews breaks down
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| Date | Saturday, August 7, 1886 |
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| Text | In Tuesday’s contest with the Louisvilles Matthews pitched a plucky game for four innings. He used all his curves, employed all the tactics known to pitchers, but his speed was gone, and the heavy Kentucky batters pounded his delivery without mercy. In the fifth inning it was painful to look at him. His arm gave out completely and he tossed the ball over the plate like a child. Matthews is one of the oldest men in the baseball profession, being 37 years of age. Everywhere he is popularly known as “Bobby.” He is the trickiest pitcher ever known, and not a little of his success is due to this fact. As a rule pitchers wear themselves out and last but two or three seasons, but Matthews has been a winning base ball tosser for fourteen years. St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 7, 1886 Few pitchers last more than half a dozen years without losing their cunning or a partial use of the arm. Matthews is a notable exception. He is a small man, neither muscular nor of a robust constitution, and therefore had not the strength to delivery the ball with much speed. Many pitchers of the present day depend mostly on their speed, but Matthews had none and delivered the ball very slowly. He has been pitching ball continuously for seventeen or eighteen years, and each season has found him more effective. This is where he differs so vastly from other pitchers, who, instead of growing better every season, gradually lose their effectiveness. The Philadelphia Times August 8, 1886 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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