Show CONTROL OF THE BASEBALL first requisite of pitcher cannot be BB too strongly emphasized says christy mathewson tho the first necessity for a pitcher to la to have control of the ball says christy mathewson Mathew Bon in st nicholas that cant be emphasized too strongly A boy may be able to throw all the curves imaginable but if he cant put the ball where he wants it the batter keeps walking around the bases and he be will never win any ball games therefore I 1 would first of all advise ray my young houi readers to practice accuracy until they can place the ball just where they want to send it lot let them pitch to another boy with a barn or a fence as a backstop and try to put pat one Wb over the inside and then high over the outside and again low over the outside and keep up this practice patiently until mastery of the control of the ball is obtained A boy will find that even it if be cant pitch a curve but has good control he will bo be able to win many more ball games than IT he has a lot of benders but no ability to put the ball where he wants it |