Show BAll PITCHERS PITCHER'S DAY m is Christy owson la is of or the opinion that tho the day of the tho slow ball bail pitcher In fast company Is a thing thine of ot the past When I broke Into the bl big league sai lIal saiu Christy recently Win Mercer Clarke Red nd Donohue and other pitchers w were ro getting away with their I games frames and lich each one ono was WaR depending upon H It slow Jail ball to tu a largo large extent Billy BIHy it and nil Dust Dusty followed them but look over o the thc list Hat of pitchers In the two big JI h leagues a ue today nn and you will not tim find a 0 single Ip pitcher r who Is noted for hl his slow ball There ma may bo he J some ome who have liaC havea a o floater In their repertory but hut they do llo donot donot not depend upon It Il to all any extent Today Toc the tho big hll len league ue pitcher r must have hn speed Tin The majority of or tho the big blK I league n uc pitchers are arl large p. p men mn but hut large or small th they must t be able ahle to put steam steamon on the ball or th they y so go back hack to the tho minors minor In fact when a big MR h league aKur sc scout out reports some ome minor league league- find to lo his employer the first question that the latter asks Is Is I lbs Has he ho any Rny smoke I I hA have ve reasoned It out mit that thal the slow ball pitcher scarcely ever cr won h lila his games gaines I by small scores and the clubs In the tho days when slow IIlo ball lI pitchers thrived generallY generally gener goner ally had a n lot lol of batters batter who won their games by ly bl big scores corl S. S It did not cause much damage i If tr five e or six runs were l scored against a n club that own owned a slow ball pitcher It If that team leam WI was able to go 10 out and score seven SOVen or eight Iun runs But nowadays th the scores arc are smaller nn and Ito tho thoman Itoman I man with the floater finds It difficult to stand the pace paco |