Show Cant Can't Ban Mound Tricks 4 ij 40 2 7 Rules Are of Little Avail A vail 2 i ee 1 c. c 4 4 1 4 1 Camouflage Big Factor 13 By Jack Jacl T clock iW YORK Feb 1 13 No 13 No o matter matter mat mat- N NEW Y ter what time tho baseball b rules rul's committee docs does towar toward abol abolishing the tue Chicago Chi freak pitching at ca cago eago o meeting It I Is almost a certainty taint that some Romo other unnatural delivery ry will be heard front from next season Not ot a few base baseball all men are lre In Inclined In to the he belief that the 80 fco- fco called shiner Vilner is more morp of a n myth than anything else and that the credulity or of of the time ball play r has bas helped 1 to foster It it Gene McCann big league scout says sas that tile tho average run of ball bail ballplayers players pla ers consider tho the shiner more moro or less a bluff and he is not alone Wont ont Hurt liszt 1 McCann avers that Hod Bo Ellers Eller's shiner is about per cent camouflage He lie predicts that legislation leg leg- against ag freak Creak pitching will whit havo hayo no ito Ill effect on Ellers Eller's ability abil abil- It H ity next next- sen season on and ho lie says the tamo amo goes boes for all other pitchers who arc are reputed to have havo mastered the time shiner and other freaks Tho The spit spitball of or course is a substantial substantial substantial reality Abolition of ot Its Us uso use will wili be bc a a. hard hardship hil on a good many hurlers According to McCann a pitcher with a a. fast curve curc ball and a nimble nim nim- ble lIo brain can bluff about 73 75 7 pc per percent percent cent cont of the players he faces Into believing belle that he lie Is using somo freak delivery once he gets bets tho timo reputation for it And Aud because of ot the time credulity of 01 the thc lie average run of ball players It Is ea easy y for a make capital out marl pitcher to o of the so-called so shiner muff Bluff If T I were ero a n pitcher pilcher with a fast curve ball said McCann In a re recent re- re cent fanning fee fcc Id naturally natural tako advantage of every chance to tomake tomake tomake make a batter believe 0 I had a freak of sonic some sort up UI my m sleeve On Orico co I fooled Cooled a batsman ataman into such sucha a belief belle Id I'd just give him time to get ct back to tu tho timo dugout and spread tho thu news neis and then IM Id get busy bus shining up the tIme ball like 1110 an animated animated ani ani- mated bootblack I To my way wa of or thinking that just about covers ers the shines On Once co you ou get bet tho the players ers to thinking youve you've got hot It you OU have ha something on them and antI tho the rest Is cas easy enough Its It's easier still if It the tho catch catcher r works with wilh the thc pitcher pilcher In Inthe inthe inthe the way a of or dropping a remark now and an then l legislation against ag freak pitchIng pitchIng pitch pitch- Ing will probably act differently on tho the batsmen however If It ho lie believes es that such legislation is In force he ho will cease to think of oC freak deliveries and go up there and swing with the tho lie feeling that th tho the Pitcher has no undue advantage n d ago tage over o him The chances are aro that hell he'll connect with tho the ball more frequently as a no result of ot it H. But there will always alwa's bo be the batter batter bat bat- ter leI who Is looking looking- for an alibi for weak hitting and he will bo ho the time theone theone one to yell wolf ol Wait alt and see sec |