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Show M I ii curves' ; tbfic Study of "Spitter" fc i Fans Who Like V to Know. K sssrtaa fans nTe "Went Bfe.-4 wnisJ cash Jut 10 Perth la BjgnudstawJ Mid draw analogies tEea tie classroom nU the dlazn 'Eytae absorbed n big league bM knll opportunity Is offered to scrape tBJoU rr the lave of physics, mathe Etemietfr and thosa studies which SlscbooL days unpleasant for many En nothing to the- fan. The htud the result of -the game hold Eerfet He wea little that Galileo, & TeniceUl ot Otto Van Guerlck, KTJt'ja calculation a few centuries Todd tiTS placed their fingers on ante jcdlEi place of anv bait from Kt of Biker. Cravats o Cobb. Hut tlie fadeaway of MathewsoB or the Kjti o( Chief Bender are simply fol Mag a course prescribed by nature does "profiT the rampart fan. Some, M pinch hitter fann eg frith th bs fsB In the ninth interests him K If ke Is a Fhllade.pMan, for in-Htce, in-Htce, he rdocs that Bakers swat has HreL the fence and another game Is Xl, a-Lxragh he U little aware that ftrfUtfon, wind currents and myriad Ker resisting forces offered a conces let if It wasnt for the laws gov Hk Telocity eurvlJnear trajectory of HfctStf. Inertia, resisting power of H. fcxa.-lcs. attractive power of masses fta Qe, the detcon clubber would n-t b bit tot it. B&e di&soad and the classroom are as WkiUe as Connie Hack and Cornelius WGffcsddy What the student is taught Ike laboratory he actually witnesses jkc piyliif fie a. The law of gravita L Votes helps make studies a night IK H. Ihercore sot aew to the na H Same. Physics and mathematics Bgshrtnce Pr0fe-"ns are present in mfJ same of baseball and render de an nel-her Cart Griffith nor Mugsy P1 can sucaesafully dodge. Wbee of Spitters Mnea contrary forces are always en gray to make the ball do Just -what wim not Take the spltball pitcher He trIea o apply some irosk force ts the ball to counteract jafttral motion and rotation. The KfJ0 "nn)Jsh Ms purpose grips aMstenea: aj on the under side with Btiomti and jets It slip from his Angers tiL?lain.er " "at W remit, win oeoll'.ate for-a" conidera K tS' "14n- following the lajTB of rifflac Jfewtoivdrop earthward ffi. Wra-ance. the batsman his the t .?',.??1" ,n lts Irregular KTZh , Wtl the ground, p ovlded BUnDSX d5 ' Interfere with its Hri??B4- ?- n,t- grounder BksWvLiPV1 Enffl'h similar to ball af er strik ng the cushion BBaS" rVvS hIt to oe so difficult u of i. Pe fielders are In constant K .V' .iymplng from their hands BTu "P'al'Con of, the spit Tri.11 causes and results Knt oJSJ3.' . re obT "Ufa marble K irm? ''"d of a regulaUon fcase-PnKioot fcase-PnKioot spinning the marble drop mtirX J4!.0' ster The marb Ks tlf SL J" the oni No one Brno if ,wa th marble will K3.S 5'ea- it breafs from the K m ... 01 acent Sometimes it ?ftL.,3a2r ""netlmes another It fiaoSV,15hui lobbed baseball the 2X't'ht f rward for some dis aKkT! creaks " KriSi1".'i' the phenom-non Is KL Tb. i. kMHm-iIateiah-ad of the BSm i. 1 n utiBtab e state of affa r sKfeUifn f disturbance may Mi t,.n to deflected to one s de IP JimX. 11 ans 3ust a the s ight K "tnnance may topple over the p Illustration I JcwA'11 ' flrst Pitha began to t'W?.n - J1? averaS-ea more than a ferth , w..tcl'frfl who ,ried to emu t.olthire ? at 8ea t0 know bow to K ,JTV . Go b:k a'n to w o tk? Jiif Imagine a small spot V WUi ii.0?" J,116 w"er to gl de over en?..0'1011 thu deflecting the potoi ii.l't' on the basebal BihT ifhthe P'teher expectorates Tilo5 Vj; t lde er the sphere PTifl !1 .,rict n The direction of fit eff.S P determined by the .S1 As the , marble wl 1 Tf there Is aMoi ed spot or deviation la determined by the th. J TP ln a certain direction Sl.V -1 110 Buch Pt It lii. urth8r ln a tralght line WoSKSf . SVth the baseball th? a r aned-Ti perhaps rttK??"? e even If Hi bt the p tcher Is not It w?7 11 wlu be deflected fe"dTre1cVonlrtSth9 ! complete control over the s de 1" """emery difficult When t 1, 18 to S""1- wru'd he difficult wthi.t?.tne Ptcher would have rt S'??11 Pt In a f xed pos tlon "v.. "S- t,he hall this virtual y Impossible The pitcher may send the ball spinn ng rapidly Jwer' the curvature of Its path preventing an IccumuTaaorr of air ahead This accumu lation enhances a curve not a Dreaa. But lain ant thesis to the a"ila'ed air problem there comes the case of Buck O'Brien Several seasons ago the Bos Yon fans were rejoiced because the Bed Sox pitching staff was to acquire a. mar vel from the Denver team of the West ern association O Brlen was the ar ve" and he arrived in Boston Preceded with ta es of terrific speed and 6 aughter of batsmen But when ln the American league O Brlen failed to Just fy his repu taoon was subsequently traded to the fhlraeo White oOX ana i Pnto some minor league. Jh. Jmpresslon at once sprang up among the fans tnat he couldnt v.lthstand fast company PersSSS who delved Into the matter more thoroughly however came to a different conclufion-O Brien was a victim of clit cumstance Here Is their exp anatlon The air or Denver Is pure and rare owing to the elvation Hits made ln the Denver .ba 1 nark were traveUng farther than hits in fo" regions and a? the p tchers looked Hke Water Johnsons Bal s nytog through space met with i Itt e a r re stance But ater when the p tcner tvom the mounta n w Bsr ton his except ona speed fe beiow par Heavy a mSspher c pressu e has been blamed by many as the causa |