Show BAUM SITS PAT PATON PATON ON REFORM MOVEMENT IN BASEBALL CIRCLES A. A T. T BAUM BAu r of the tho V W K.P. K P I P. P C. C L. L L. L which Is some Iome combination com corn I of or Initials is sitting off tho the pat these days das and ancl laying institution of oC reforms writes Al AI C. C Joy Jo JoIn In tnt ini- Sr San n n Francisco Examiner ner nor Not ot that Proxy Baum doesn't feel that tho the grand gland old national pastime aee meeds s heap of reforming but hut that he lie knows the present Isn't tho the timo Urn for It The Tue big leagues league have o done dons no reforming save for fOl tho the American leagues league's abolition of or orthe the player limit HO so there is no rea- rea ron noi for the chief executive of the tho P. P C. C L L. to set himself up lip as a. a dic die dictator dictator of or what should 1 be and l Isn nt t. t Hut But in the American association reform has i ia lit with a a. large re resounding Je i-c- sounding Rounding thud The directors have havo decided that the spitball shall beno bo ho bono hono no more Upon the the they blame all the ak ak deliveries that have hae boon been responsible for Cor decreasIng decreasing decreasing ing batting averages in iii years ear So by eliminating the tho spitball spitball spit spit- ball hall they the figure figaro upon tipon eliminating all freak deliveries and getting th the theart theart art of or pitching down own to lo a basis of or cur curves curvis control and change ch of oC pac pace Just supposing that Proxy Baum HaUnt should see fit to stop top the use of or the tho spitball In this league Would It do an any vast ast amount of dama damage e to the tho pitchers For Instance there is Sammy Beer Deer of the Oaks Oak Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my is a from start to fin fin- ish Maybe Sammy Samm was blessed with 8 salivary glands gland of or inexhaustible ible thie supply but bo be that as it ma may he lie has never ne been known to run up n against a drought Casey Smith has hasa a pretty good spiller So has Harry Har liar ry iS 1 Krause And them ther art are scores of or others For or one there Is the brother tho the popular Spider U hat difference would such a n. ruling make demanded the Spider Spider Spi Spi- der dor yesterday One of or tho the favorite favor tavor- ite stunts stunt amon among pitchers I is to H camouflage e th the tho pitter You go o through the motions of or preparing the splitter and then throw a curve or a fast ast one or 01 something that tho hatter batter dOf doesn't ant expert expect And Ant you ou also alo tl figure ure to load the real without being seen at It Il All right supposing you RO go o through h the tho motions of or loading the tIme and then dont don't throw it Can Cnn you be bo penalized for that Or Ol supposing you OU load lond the without be being he- he lug ing detected By Dy the time the ball can cnn be examined after the damage IR Is done none It is 15 dry and there then Is III no chance to determine what has been becis t thrown h row aAs a. a As far as Im I'm Im I'm concerned I dont don't care caro whether hether the Is III barred or not There Thero are plenty plent of other dell deliveries I Freak reak deliveries ml might ht help a bit hut but In tIme the long bug run It Is 18 straight hl pitching that counts count for formost most I u used ed tho ho erne emery ball myself my m- self although I was a never sims sus suspected of oC It and I won a number of games with it The Tho has beets been ono one of or m my favorites fe and It has n never er put a astrain astrain astrain strain upon my ray arm ansi How long lonE have havo I used It Well ell 1 I pitched a 2 to 0 game in 1905 a against Portland Port Port- land and antI I u used ed the then I Portland got just two hits That That's s thirteen years or years or rather i-ather twelve years as as the them 1918 season hasn't started aa nA yet et Some pitchers depend upon one ono particular style tyl of or delvor delivery Many are aro effective with the tho spitball only and if ir it should uc barred the they would suffer But Bul the greater number number num nuns ber of oC pitchers surer resort to the spitball only once In iii a while and depend upon their control their curves and their change of pace ace Let em m le legislate legislate leg leg- the out of oC business It if they want to I think I can get gel by without It |