Show Rise Ball BallA A few years ears ago when people all oe on ot r the country were telling one another abo abc the marvelous spit ball said to have be b invented by Pitcher Stricklett certa certai cert major league twirlers who disliked to v 1 beaten at the originating game esper I ly Jy y by a minor leaguer lIke started in to do a little inventing then their U r selves Among these the e ambitious slab artists TV W T and Matthewson of or the NO York National league club The Iron Man has been b n working c e crise erise rise ball ever since he has been in pr rr baseball and he lie Is just abo abot t far advanced on this kind of a toss as f 7 was when he lie started At times the tho U c o can make the ball ht when it is approaching the t la ta later tater t ter but the number of times ha td can 1 a n this feat In comparison wild wi i t I c E number of times he cannot pull of off c f t stunt makes his efforts practically va i iless o oless less Jess Two years ago Matthewson went W nt t work on idea and after sc If eral oral weeks weaks practice Matty became be sr s proficient that he could send up tp a ver tEr er respectable appearing rise ball und rd it wa va waso vaso so good that the redoubtable Mi 1111 M Mc McGra gave Matthew MatthewSon orders to use the r rs s ball right along About this time McGinnity brgan t tsume tsume sume sums a sitting posture and to tik r e r for after watching Matthews t trise e erise I rise ball bail up to the plate in several sev rat ral ih L Lof of a hot contest eon test between the New ew 1 n nand r rand and the Chicago Cubs the Iron Man K f li that debonnaire walk o of his sidled r t the tho pitcher aJ aD said to him Matty a mighty might fine tine r rIle 8 t La youve got all right but how da d 0 manage to throw it Why said Matthewson as a look c 0 humor his face on see sei i sly crept over you yon bottle of or yeast t m n always carry a liquid y yra my pocket and every time before I t r w the ball I pour this yeast over OEr It IC ad that explained the big pitcher i It What fc makes the ball bali rise rhe so welt wel r |