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Show I j iPunny Story From, the I ...Coast League.-. .Awesome Deliveries Will Put Batters Into Permanent Retirement. IfH ' U Wk 'Skel Sbaoh, 27ick Williams, Jimmy ImI! Whalen. St. Vrain and Others IN , r Tel1 Yarns. , Special to. Tho Tribune. SEATTLE, Wash., March A. Thoro will, lie great doings among the pitch-. 1 ers of the, Coast league when the gong I rings. Spurred by the success of Chos-, ' !bro and other fellows who used the ex pectoration pellet and realizing that iw .the batsmen will probably have some 1 1 way of meeting this particular dellvcrj, 'all the pitchers are studying out new and fearsome shoots. Every youngster i of ambition, evory old fellow . whose . power -ha3 shovii signs of weakening and every" slabsman whose present j styles tires his aVm, has. Invented a j 1 new curve some of them have Invented M 'two or. three. ! I ' From every village whore a pitcher Is wintering comes the same story I' that the pride of the community Is out 'j In the barn each day, working on a '1 1 new curve which is sure to paralyze j the batsmen. According to these re- j ports, none of the new curves can pos- U slbly fail and the net result will be a I .market .007 will bo considered the slugging triumph of the year. Somo New Balls. Some of the' new deliveries most spoken of follow: Skel Roach 7 have devised a terror called the tooth-curler. It Is a high hall, which revolves with such speed that It sends a fearful gust of wind ' full In the mouth of the batsman. Tho sting of. the air upon his teeth will make the batter drop the bat and grab his Jaw, and the umpire will call tho strikes In aulck succession. Nick Williams My Invention Is called tjie W ball. I can throw It either fast or slow, and it Is a beauty. It goes toward the plate, sinks at a sharp slant, then rises at an acute angle, and Just . as the man hits at It, sinks again. After passing the plate it completes the W by rising into the catcher's gloves. ., Uses Both Arms. Jimmy Whalen I have discovered the Cannonball shoot. It is only a straight ball, but I rely upon Its Incalculable speed. It Is thrown with both hands. Placing the arms upon each other and holding the ball clasped between my palma, I rnlse the arms over myhead; then swlng-thcm downward with great force. The ball rushes out exactly like 'a bujlct, and ''with such terrible speed that il will go c'lear through a six1-Inch beam.,. .... Jimmy St. Vrain I shall pin my faith upoiuthe Horseshoe swlijg. . It. Is a ball which travels outward the moment It 'fcavesMiiy hand, makes a circult of tho vitsnmn and returns to me with' little eduction of speed. The beauty of this urve lies Jn the fact that' you don't iced any catcher and can use the backup back-up as an extra fielder. Joe Corbett I will use the pictorial ball. When going over the Held I will carry two rubber stamps, one engraved with the face of Ned llanlon, the other with the "Usage of Jim Morlcy. As each new ball, Is given to me I-will stamp It with those faces. Then T Will loss the ball In gently, let the batters smash the face off ft and trust to my fielders to catch the mangled remains. |
