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Show HURLER EHMKE SHIFTS STYLE Detroit Playsr Switches From Underhand Under-hand to Overhead or Slde-Arrn - as Fancy Pleases. No brainier pitcher ever threw a ball than Christy Mathewson. lie once said that a pitcher In order to be successful must develop a certain style and stick to it "If you find that you are most effective ef-fective as a side-arm pitcher, use that style ; If you can get more on the ball Howard Ehmks. overhead, use that method. Of all things don't switch from one style to another as the fancy strikes you." That is the way Mathewson puts it That is why Howard Ehmke of Detroit De-troit isn't rated as one of the game's greatest pitchers. Ehmke has no set style, he Is underhand, under-hand, side arm or overhead, and as a result usually lacks control and Is forced to let up in order to get the ball over. |