Davis County Clipper | 1922-03-31 | Page 7 | Tim Hurst Had Cure to Shorten Contests

I 1 poo tim hurst had cure to shorten contests years tears ngo ago when i lien the use of I 1 the he spitball sprang into prominence major league baseball games were greatly delayed by the extra time used by the pitchers in petting getting the ball ready to deliver and president ban johnson of the american league wrote all his bis umpires asking suggestions as to how the game could be shortened all agreed that only the entire elimination of the spitball would actually shorten the game come tim hurst who was the jester of the staff wrote to that effect and added a postscript to bis big letter alch which rend read if you are really in a earnest earliest about shortening the garnes games ban why not try seven innings 1