Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-31 | Page 20 | Passing of Slow Ball King Marked

P PASSING OF SLOW BALL KING lUNG MARKED I I If the report that John Dubuc has I passed from Detroit to tho the minors is I true the American league has lost the champion slow ball pitcher of ol the tiN uni uni- verse Dubuc was one pitcher who really really real real- ly had a slow 10 ball hail one ono a l trifle trine slower I and still one slower Blower yet et Ho lie could mix up this assortment so 80 scientifically that ho was a mighty hard man to beat Last season eaBon John seemed to have havo but one grade rade of a slow ball baU and It suf I Often Otten a hatter batter would woul lunic at two slow ones and miss them h by a wide rn margin r ln only to hit lilt tho the hird one against the fence When hen someone expressed surprise that a a. batter hattel could be he twice fooled so fW badly and then whale the tho ho third one Dubuc Dubuc- philosophically re ro- ro plied filer U lien hen you continue to throw nothing nothing- but slow balls balis the batter Is la olin boun I tr t to hit lilt ono on of ot th them m 1 if he will just jUHt continue to swing awing I