Show Resin Threatens t to Stir Str Up Battle tte in i Big g Leagues f fUse U. U Use se of Resin Ball Up for Discussion Today With National League Bosses NEW mv YORK Jan ran 29 AP- AP AP Resin a com necessary t to violinists pugilists and trapeze performers performers per per- formers threat threatens ns to raise a whirling whirling whirling whirl whirl- ing cloud of dust st in the realm of ot baseball The matter of ot reintroducing the substance to the national game will come before the annual session ol of the baseball rules officials here to today to- to day President Heydler of ot the National National Na Na- league seeking to curb the steadily mounting destruction of or baseballs in jn major league play ha has recommended that the substance be made available to pitchers that they m may v better control the ball He would woula have a ba bas bag of r resin placed within reach of the to be dealt out at at atthe the discretion of the umpires Under present conditions conditions condi condi- when a pitcher throws two or three wild ones in a tow a new newball newball newball ball is called for and the old one oneto one to all an intents and purposes goes out of ot the major leagues The proposal ca came forth during the meetings of or the leagues here in December and there was an effort to gain the American leagues league's interest One manager former major league I performer declared that the use ule 01 OL resin would bring back all the tricks of pitching that had made the game dangerous before foreign substances were ruled out I CHICAGO Jan 29 AP AP President dent Johnson of or the American league has placed In the hands of the American league members of at atthe the rules committee a complete re report report report re- re port on the use of resin by a pitcher on a baseball At a recent meeting of the major leagues in New York the National circuit favored the use of resin with the American opposing but later President Johnson of the thc junior circuit circuit circuit cir cir- cir cir- Instructed UmpIre George Moriarty Moriarty Moriarty Mo- Mo to to make a thorough investigation Investigation Investigation gation of the subject Johnson believes that the demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- as s given b by Moriarty substantiates substantiates sub sub- sUb sUb-I st his claim that the use of resin will enable the pItchers to bring back many of the freak delIveries deliveries deliveries eries which have been so objectionable objectionable objectionable The demonstration of resin with witha be a ball proves s the seams can raised the cover roughened until in the han hands ls of or a pitcher pitcher- schooled there would be such delivery delivery delivery de de- de- de In its use livery to the batter that said batter Mr 11 would be well nigh helpless given Men Moriarty's Moriarty's Mori- Mori Johnson said I have artys arty's exhibits to prove it to o our committee to be laid before the rules committee members for their in In- In The exhibit Includes a glove a bag of resin and a box of ot baseballs baseball Moriarty assuming that he was wasa a pitcher smacked the little bag of ot resin In his glove gave the shiny new ball a twist or two and then handed it over ver to his chief for tor In In- In The resin was shown to t qualities and the more have havo great frequently it was applied the great greater the o results of its peculiarities It was waS' a cumulative sort of process The gritty y grinding substance on ona ona ona pitcherS pitcher'S hand han with Just Sll a hand of ot the moisture the pitchers pitcher's naturally will acquire forms torms a substance substance substance sub sub- stance that packs into the seams scams and causes them to rise just wn the elevation will do the most good The more the pack themore the themore themore I more the seams have a tendency tw td expand expand until the seam originally provided to make the ball smooth surfaced all around and even with the cover becomes a protuberance protuberance protuberance pro pro- pro pro- that the fingers of a novice novice novice nov nov- ice can detect In addition the resin makes the rough hide of a pitchers pitcher's thumb or finger so rasp that thata a simple twist Or thumbing the ball raises salty saus on the horsehide that it doesn't doe nt take a microscope to detect The argument ment for tor resin was that it would take the shine ot off a new It it will Give a pitcher d 11 ball like that said Moriarty and he can do things with it that will bring back and equal every trick delivery that has h S been complained about bout and legislated ed against for years Why emery Itself has nothing Ion on resin in in a strong hand dry or wet resin is something a pitcher can use to his advantage i r There is one thing that might happen Moriarty continued Its hard to get the resin off When 11 it mixes ith perspiration it hangs on like mee glue A pitcher might find his that he hands hands' BO so gummy with It would be handicapped more Wore than he would be bo helped CHICAGO Jan 29 AP AP What What been the secret of Pitcher Eddie Cicotte's famous sailor while a member of the Chicago White Sox was described yesterday by Umpire George Moriarty of the American league 1 Instructed by President Johnson to use resin Moriarty Moriarty Mo Mo- found that he was was able to imitate the famous sailor ana made the ball do almost everything every thinS thinS' he desired Cicotte when barred from organized baseball after the scandal took the secret secretor of or his sailor ball with him Moriarty said after the demonstration demonstration demon demon- that the use of resin will enable m many ny pitchers pitchers' who are arc on the verge of stepping out of or the major leagues to regain their did lid Although the the demonstrator not say that Cicotte who was noted knuckle used for his famous ball resin resin he said that the proper use of resin would enable a pitcher to become become become be be- come so effective and efficient in his deceptive delivery as to match any of the freak deliveries of past days |