Show ON HAS V NO USE U-SE FOR BEAN BALL r unous amous Pitcher Has Never er Resorted to Unfair B Methods Over the Batter for Achieving I m His Remarkable Success By Walte HAT do you think ol 01 the system resorted to by some the pitchers t of throwing the ball close to the batters batter's to head In a an d effort to Intimidate him im andy and thereby ma make him y much easier to pitch to I Dusting the batter off as such a a. practice us I tide tice tl e IS called by us players h has never had the slightest appeal appeal ap- ap peal to me f Ie I a pitcher ur ng m my entire career as always e been blessed with good conto con con- mit to I. didn't take the batters s long to Iz hat the batsman was they When part of m my program did dia ipe ped T to the tho pia plato to against me they I II wit with It confidence because they knew tactics I rid ever re resort nort sort to such layers layers on my team after some e y liter Itter would get one ones safe would k oer er to the pitchers pitcher's b box X and say to t 4 flit fellows off Walter Walle a few w of those tho f r r Johnson Dont Don't let them get a a. toe hold Throw a tI ascare scare Into them If It I 1 had your stuff that tha t lucky stiff skiff wouldn't make a foul at off me My teammates had no desire that I try I to hit anyone they simply thought I was giving the batter too great an advantage because he knew I wo wouldn't resort to un un- sportsmanlike conduct I Ever since oes I have started pitching I have rave always thought If It I couldn't win in without throwing at the batters batter's head I II would quit I A few years ago when I was having my troubles winning with my usual regularity regularity regu regu- larity some of the boys Insisted now was the time for me mo to dust a a. few tew of them off ott They figured I was slipping and that I 1 could prolong my career by such tactics There was never a fear on my part that I might kill a havet bat batter With the alwa had han 1 great control that I have always could could have intimidated the batter batter without entailing any danger I have never used the bean ball balI simply because I dont don't n believe in such tactics to win After Atter all there there- therIs is something something something some some- thing besides mere victory in port sport the spirit of fair tall play |