Show NOW ITS A STOP BAll BAIL Pitcher Ames Discovers a New Bena Benato Ben Bento to Fo the Brooklyn Feb new ban ball has ot athwart the baseball horizon mid the he split ball baU must nOw berele gated to the extreme rear The latest wrinkle in baseball is the stop ball I which Leon Ames the young oung twirler of the New York Giants is said to have perfected during the past winter at athis athis his home imIDe n near r Warren O 0 The pitcher pitch r ris is Ia to talk of his Invention or die dis discovery covery but It is an open secret among amon his friends th he has R a delivery which will doubtless prove a r revelation vela Hon tion to big league batmen In 1905 It is said to be practically and much easier for the catcher to handle than thel Vh spit cpU ball lyall It Is mid ld Ames stop ball goes with terrible speed a part or of the distance toward the bateman and then sudden suddenly ly slows up and crosses the pInts at about the same speed as the slow ball ballnow ballnow now used by most twirlers The die dis discovery covery It is 11 seid sala was made last tan faIl tanby by Ames while whAle he was practicing In ill Inthe the Polo grounds Ames has been pitching during the wInter In a gym gymnasIum ym which he I has const constructed in ina ina a large tobacco burn The twirler r guards s his secret b but t it Is known that In pitching othe stop ball Ames grasps the othe sphere In n a certain ertain way and gives gies lit it a new twist as it leaves his hand I |