| Show CL CLARK RK GRIFFITHS 8 BASEBALL l L T TALKS AL Interesting Discussion of the Evo Evolution lution of the Curved Ball Bali F A FIFTEEN YEARS IN i THE CAME CAMElie He lie Derides Art of Into Tierce f Drop the Ilic Curve and nOli The fresh FreshA A Clark of ot the thc Yan l e and tho the old Chicago din Idol when a I od recently for a 1 on the evolution of ot the th curNe curved l nh 1111 gave what Is IN the th most mo t find comprehensive chapter of or history ov over r offered tho Iho public lie goon goes back beel for tor about Ot fifteen teen years cars and during flat time t I rne many of or the tenet most famous pitchers ever evor known have hate come and gone Kone Tho The Cyclone Cydona Cy Amo the pitcher who Iho ever aver turned 1 a 1 ball flashed m the world it with meteoric brilliancy for tor fortin tin ten years mid and his hili spark out even onn eveni en enmore i more store suddenly thin than U It hut f nn ton John Keefe Welch a nn other cracks crack I of ot Hourly ly i a ago 00 have i 1 the cantor comer con Jr of lie the tho baseball stage Bingo career C rave nude their little 4 bow and some by reason roo Ion of ot iK OK age porno from loss of fit their pitching urns arms and som sotto froth from other cause lax has been beun n a pitcher ono one of ot the very reel be 10 because cause cau ho was wall n player r runt u weal oil hie head nu well nu us the Iho physical with wit II which 1 ho e wan one no se fi sup anti Tilled piled has han as os a n 1 pitcher hor n long ax an he has hl which U Is s notch mUch longer loo or thou than the run nm of ot twirlers twirler bc be bee e ho he has hus used his hili brain When he ht 11 rill known ns nit n a Rotor ho hI used the drop ball tho the de delivery c livery Ivory that has hns rent path so many mallY of tho the topnotch pitchers to the t for tor gaud The Tho New York manager tint hex been lieen and is a 1 close of ot the tho Bitching end nc of ot the tho game His foe mm arm gave out Jut eft It account of ot the straining snap map to lo give the Ihl deceiving drop to 10 his hl hall tali 1 and hp he laid off nearly three thren yearn years I that time hever JIO Ile nur nursed ed ml his injured wing studied now OW nut less leua IL deliveries and ho had what he ho Villi af if after tor ter he lie entered the tho bra Held field for tol forI I the second time anti and reached the top tOil utmost almost nt at a II bound beam Griffith putty puts the Iho pitching during tho laet last 16 15 Into three distinct dill and sep lieI 1 to singes II via viz The drop stage the tho I curve and the tho fre fresh h stage Tho The latter is IN the thu present and andI I the tho Spit bull boll the tho rains tho the fate fade away tho the find and gen lien general oral eral mixing em men up u In explanation of ot thia said During tho the first inch lIuch pitchers ng an BUllington Hod Ho 1 dock John Johll Clarkson and 1111 oth others othra Ors ers ra became na all of tho the drop droll which 1 nil as H much of oC a lIon tinn and puzzle to is batsmen batsman nt ot tho the time us IS the tho spit ball of did aid hint amt year vory pitcher trl tried d 11 to acquire tho the da ds livery tome Succeeded hut but many more mOTO did not nOI null mid the tho latter can consler lucky Tho rho delivery required n snap to the Iho aril rm and end wrist that put every pitcher win who It up out of or business bu s roan toon roaner fr er r or later Inter was wog obliged obliGe to when he ho should have heel been at hl bent bast succumbed in order oner HB as did panted Tho rho latter WRIt was shrewd to quit using thu Ihu ball bull In tho the nick of oC time went south where hore the Iho ell n ate la Is rv warmer inner std to last In Ina Inn Ina a n minor league up to this day but hut he never would won III l be bo mial In tho bis bl bI s tau le ors other uther who continued e l to Uisu uno unu tho drop tell felt by hy the tho wayside cither gave up pitching altogether or took look up other playing positions S Then Thou continued canto came tine tile curve Ure I ball stage Tho rho ball Mil wax ryas curved curvell years yeara before this but Lut the tho pitchers pre pro previous Ious to this lino hut hud used tho the tear tonI tearIng Ing wearing snap to Ivo the ball the tho required twist which la Is to cause the ball to 10 break brenk lisle the tho std III bOlt beet exponent of ot the Iho now new style Atlo of ot curving Ho had hod n delivery it n 1 round arm aim swing and did not riot the ball bull Ho lie merely rolled the tho sphere off his lingers fingers and oven even with Lila hilt eUK eaN easy graceful mottos motion he ho could get Iret more morl of ot ofu i n u break to III his ball bull than liny Buy pitcher I over ever saw Sill He lie could got get terrific speed l with his bin delivery also More Store In III fact foci t than luau any pitcher before r strong right light arm did not K go goback I back on him hint from his hi torn from other muses causes If It had hod taken lakon prop proper v er et care coro of ot himself ho would havo 1110 been yEL pitching yet There were three pitch tr r who wilo by cl o study of at that wrent rent methods I 1 consider next to 10 Chesbro the tho best pitcher who whoever ever VOl wore ore spikes became nearly ns an and great us liS Amos d By Hy continual and constant use of ot the curve curvo gradually got Kot so M they could hit lilt It and then pitchers were obliged to dig up some nomo new Jo do doL L Ihor Change of or tried al at although though that wan vas not now new for tor Tim Keefe hull hud a 1 most deceptive slow ball ballI all I that he ho pitched with the tho same name motion but hut Tims great groat eff effectiveness with lIh thIn that hail ball seemed to died tiled with his bin m re retirement Po e Anyway very ory few tell f 1 lind hod It down clown us ns pat as os he lie nut the but bat butters battern tern torB soon anon rot Jot on to the tho change of ot pads Inc and that brought pitching up to the In last a t e the fr Hh tho r spit bull buH and others Thus This IIII hall ball 1 In a 1 wonder It will revolutionize revolutionise tho the gamo gumo There Thero ar art are lots lotsof of ot players trying to got get It Including oom mind when the tho latter accumulate It the Ih l will 11 tak to the tho tall timber r Chesbro Is III the tho only pitcher r I ever saw who can use tine It tiny lay In and day out and retain rota n control of ot It 11 Why tho the only wild 11 1 pitch Che bro maiM mado with the spit sett ball till nil last season was wan that last gamo gam of at the year when whet his hen wild Pitch lost the tho Yankee Yo nil eo tho the Just of ot HI Itt It That spit ball boll of pulled us lie up till to the top tOil and anil on the tho same ball 1111 lost us the tho pennant There Them has haN boon been much wild cold about the tho spit Allt bull bali delivery ruining pitchers arms but hut It will never put pul out ont o lit of business for tor lie ho does dose not lIot liMP asap his arm or wrist In Its delivery dt Ho hail bad a 1 natural delivery tho same an on had his liJa curve and can last loet for tor years If I r nuked asked Griffith If It n right hand pitch pitcher er Or could coule go give nn met mentioning tho fact tact that McGinnity once told mo 1110 that It could 0 not be done clono re replied r plied piled Garvin can ran curve he the Ih hall ball Inor In Inor or IT out and his hl Is Just Juet as mis a evi evl evident vl dent ont ns Oil his hl out I once aw saw w strike out Anion Anson four tour tines times In III succession sion In ono inn gone game Pitcher AI Al Orth who was wa present barked backed up statement of ot ability to give the tho In break brank to the tho boll ball |
