Word: fadeaway
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...World series. Between the college games and that 1905 series was a story known to almost everyone in the U. S.-the story of how Mathewson, after one brilliant season with Smith's Norfolkers, was bought by the New York Giants, how he had perfected his famed "fadeaway," studied the personal weaknesses of every batter who opposed him, become recognized as the master baseball technician...
...National League pennant. Mordecai Brown-the pitcher with the pirate's name-worsted him in that struggle, "the hardest game," Mathewson said, "of my life." In 1914 he injured his right shoulder. Still, with speed impaired, he could win games with his curves, his strategy, his matchless fadeaway. For a while, he tried without much success, to manage Cincinnati. When the U. S. entered the War, he enlisted in the Gas Service...