Show E ic t i r g J u JI i players are like actors In one i inspect p ct A great many man manof of them seek I to n f the things they cant can't do In vaudeville It Is quite customary for the actor who Is very vert clever at dancing to insist on putting a lot of ofin I in his act and vice versa In baseball It Is not uncommon to see the recruit practicing In InI Inthe I the outfield while the outfielders are I scattered red around the Infield during batI batting bat bat- I ting practice In n i roth other oth r respects players have a habit of doing stunts at which they are not proficient and rr Ih very rr often ek said Blunts n play havoc with their work and their teams team's chances to o win S Very often otten you OU find some pitcher who has enough stuff to get by with constantly experimenting with some new of delivery that tends to rob him of ot some of his his' stuff and thereby greatly lessen his effective effective- ness 1 I. I C I Th The slow ball for Instance Is a dlf- dlf I delivery with which to get reI re- re 1 I in order to have a slow ball Aye I troublesome to the batsman It m must st be delivered with exactly the same j motion as te fast ball That i Is a rather difficult thing to do do with a great many pitchers there Is isa a a. a. a slight difference between the way the fast and slow ball Is delivered That difference very often Is fatal for forIt forit forit It tips off oft the coming of the slow balland ball balland balland and makes It possible for the batsman to iret ready for It In I. I the American league last year there was a certain pitcher who would be rated In the first five Early last year ear this particular pitcher resorted to to- the use of a certain style of delivery that for a time almost ruined his ef et- et S Using his regular repertoire he was almost unbeatable The introduction or ot the new delivery which was soft picking picking- made him only an ordinary pitcher It took a lot of persuasion t 16 point out the error of his methods The rho moment he went back to his old oldo style o he started to 0 win vi i with regularity know another pitcher who should be one of the greatest pitchers In Inthe inthe the history of the game Ho lIe Is ia that type of ot pitcher when the score Is close or his team Is trailing Let his team get him a commanding lead and he bes bea be- be qc- qc ines s a very ordinary pitcher |