Show Art of Curve Pitching Bay Sammy Icevcr concerning tho art of pitching and In pnrtlcular the art of curving a ball Mott hpeclators at a bllll ball gum have in oxagsernlcd idea ofiho curve ball in pitchIng They think i Uf lIlllJ the man In thc box tan aend In l hTt klnrtjs of nvlBtCTB and thus fool the opposing balBincn Of course mastery or the curvq ball la I part of the pItchers stock In trade but conlrol ernnhiinlso the word and knowledge of the ImismnnR weiknesrt are much more Importanl nnd no nltchcr with eurve can bo ijuccohuful UIIJOMH he also bus control The throwing of u curve ball Is partly mechanical and to accomplish accom-plish Iho result all pltcherp use hit samo motIon The difference Is In the dcwrcd of cfllclency and control In placing1 It where the curvo will count tho most Left handern iinunlly throw brondur curves hut on the other hand aro more likely to havq bad InnlngK Tht bally which aro usually clnsBcd under the head of curves are the out curves tho drop ball lie Jump ball ami thc socalled innhoot which la really mlunamcdr as the Innhoot li a ball thrown naturally which breaks In I grasp the ball tho eamei way to throw these different differ-ent varieties a nrm hold on tho sphere with my thumb index and mlddlo fingers The outcurve IJ then allowed to tilde over tho lop of the Index miner with a sweeping sIdearm delivery Tho curve la I rather gradual but Is supposed to take the greater degree of variation from Its course as It reaches the plate Tho drop ball leaves the hand directly over tho top of thc Index linger with a fullarm mo lion and 11 quick snap of the wrist as It leaver iho hand Jt Is probably tho hardest hard-est ball In tlio category on a pitchers arm It Is frequently combined with the out curve producing the outdrop |