"With [Walter] Johnson, it was brute force. With Mathewson, it was knowledge and judgment, perfect control and form. It was a pleasure to watch him pitch." — Connie Mack
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Author
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The Sporting News Selects Baseball's 100 Greatest Players
Ron Smith
St. Louis: The Sporting News Publishing Co.
1998
23
"Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball. The first statement means the same as the second." — Writer Damon Runyon