Salt Lake Herald | 1897-08-08 | Page 2 | Princeton's Baseball Pitching Gun

I 1 lATIN1 I i = 1i I Ivif1I4i 0 PRINCETONS BASEBALL PITCHING GUN Although the mechanical pitcher invented by Professor C H HInton of Princetpn university Is not likely to immediately bring about a reduction in the salaries of famous twirlers of the sphere nor dispense with their services I altogether there are those who believe that the mechanical pitcher has many i points of advantage says the Chicago TimesHerald A test was recently made at Princeton In three games played on the college ball field and the machine is said to have given satisfaction although there was some delay caused by the necessity of loading the canon The ball was discharged by the aid of electricity and there vas no difficulty in regulating the speed of the ball nor in causing i to curve or drop as if thrown by a human being On account of portability ease of manipulation and handiness the gun appears gn pears to be the preferable form and i remaIns be seen whether It will supply the need which exists In baseball the need of a generous supply of cured balls for practice supplJ