Show h IF A J JGEORGE GEORGE FOSTER BOSTON RED SOX Pitchers who accidentally hit batters are always accused of dirty tactics but I honestly believe no pitcher ever has intentionally hit a man at t the tue e plate I In the five years that Ive I've been in the American league I have hit Just four I batters Jackson twice Cobb once and Gandil GandU once I I was a trifle wild the day I hit Gandil in Cleveland But my lack of control was due to the fact that I hadn't pitched for fourteen days owing to toan toan i an injury received in a collision with Oscar Stanage I There isn't any truth to the report that certain pitchers deliberately use I Ithe the No pitcher has such control that he can put a baseball within six inches of any given spot and oftentimes his pitches take false breaks I GEORGE MBRIDE WASHINGTON SENATORS Every season brings some new wrinkle into baseball and inventors galore bob up with contrivances which they say will improve the game One of these fellows fellows fellows-a a colored fan in Washington appeared Washington appeared at the park parle when our club was at home on the last trip and tried to interest the players in a glove built especially to aid pitchers in catching base runners off second The inventive genius had cut a slit in the thumb of the glove and placed in the opening a small mirror When a runner reached second and got gay the pitcher could easily catch him napping by looking into the mirror which flashed in front of his face as a'S he ho raised his glove preparatory to pitching I None of the boys had any time to study the contrivance however |