Show I 1 Knuckle Ball Latest in Pitching l I In the time endless warfare between pitcher and batter which has charac characterized characterized tensed the development of the great eat national game history has noted the evolution and decay de a of at many man styles and attitudes of delivery deliver For it is on the effectiveness of or such that a twirler must depend for cunning and when the batsman after careful study stu J has solved some particular kind of twist it tt must be discarded Immediately for something original The pitcher is al always always always ways studying out something new with which to foil the fellow who would work him woe And so all an down the thelong thelong thelong long vista of baseball ba history we have haye peculiar modes of delivery some of which have hac stood the test others of which are all an but forgotten For this reason anything now new is hailed with delight by the vast array of pitchers And anything that looks good is eagerly embraced and practiced with diligent care That Thatis is why the box men alt all over the land are arc just now raving over a new pitch pitching pitchIng ing strategy known as the knuckle knuckleball ball Three Claim Invention Just who Invented the knuckle ball is isa isa Isa a matter of Jl conjecture Both Cic tle of the Red Sox and Rucker Hucker Of the Su u s claim lal n the distinction But both hoth these exponents are put the shade by Jack Jacl Tax Neuer Netter the New Now York rork Yankee youngster i This southpaw re recruit recruit reemit cruit emit has made e a deep study of the knuckle ball this spring and has ha so t f improved on anything an sprung in the line that ire he h is i said aid t have mastered three stylea of d of or the Ont On of these the which we e will term th the single knuckle because only o ly Iy tile the in iu dex finger Is bent down on the palm with tho the ball baH resting on an the first joint takes the place of the drop dro It floats up much like a l slow 10 hangs foi for foia fora a moment and fails falls away abruptly abrupt I downward One of the others other or fir double knuckle is grasped by thumb and two outside fingers ot of the hand with the index and big fingers bent down to form the cushion This giva a curve which may be controlled o as asto asto asto to break either way wa Triple Knuckle Is Fast The triple knuckle or th t thai i rests on tho the knuckles of the throe three e in inside Inside inSide side fingers and ind Is I grasped by b little fin g jer gi and thumb is the one on wl lh Nou r puts pu the steam He HO claims thit witH iti this he can get an or ir raise of a f several Inches incites Naturally td to mc be effective with tho tb knuckle ball b ll one cite must have long sin siti sinewy ewy fingers In this respect Neuer i unusually well equipped He lie i abie to got g the proper grip on n any Uly i f r the three deliveries it t remains t to hI h seen however if it his hI new w J I r wW n I prove as puzzling to the batsmen as sis the time enthusiastic youngster believes t tt t C i |