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Show Pitcher Whose Curve Mystifies Big Leaguers Although hp has two brothers more or lejs concerned In professional baseha.ll. Rusaeil Kord has never been able lo leai h either of them tbe mysterious curve which hn-s ma.de him famous. Ford was first spitballer, hut the dizzy ball which Is his stamlhy now is pomethlnf? more than a spitball. He often explains just how he does it, nnd hundreds of bis contemporaries hav tried to learn It. butj they have not been successful. Ford moistens pari of hla hand to throw thc ball and keeps the other part of his hand very dry 1II theory is that the sphere adheres to the moistened Angara and lids elves it the curious twist that puzzles batsmen so much. in thp accompanying article the baseball base-ball critic picks Ford as the brightest star In the baseball firmament, noi this year perhaps, but next, year at any rate. He believes Ford has a more brilliant future than any other ball player -n the whole world. 1 j RUSSELi FOBD. |