| Show juvi Ju I u Wu tj iU Li U 0 U Li I 1 tIU j I I u ii t SUCCESS OF PITCHER MATTHEWSON 5 p u u I M W I The llie h following was wa written by hy h Christy I t the pitcher hitcher It ll would be Impossible for tor or me ate or I I any Rny other pitcher fur for that matter to tu touny I soy uny which ball hall he bItches the tte most 1 There Thero are O conditions condition I the thu ItalIc balls that art Anti delivered to toI I Knowledge of ot anti and their supposed ed w la is J 1181 In tho Ih of ot any twirler It I is niece recce nry liry hr for tor the pitcher to learn If It possIble which shihi balls bit RIO arti least lut likely to hit lilt Some bonio batsmen will vIll kill 1111 a fast faitt I straight ball while others other have that speed sliced is II not to 10 their liking Others will knock knork slow plow out curvet curVes out nf lit the t ht he Held while some are ant aI purlin I to low luw or ur high bulls balls Pitchers try Iry to ovi r rand till and 1 r the Ihl lie pronounced weak of ot batsmen bal This of courte coure re 11 requires quires J I I roe a II good memory II 1 but Un t when isheim a pitcher hall hati faced a It 1 batsmen a it number Ir of f times tinia lit It h l a toot what the lh moan man at II atthe t the tho plate pia te In lit I most likely to 10 lilt hit Catchers must also alwi ha knowledge bOllt I tho hO batters bat tT If It II hires nahan ti or nm Marshall signs tot for a 1 loath hall which the ha Is lot known to tu like the II hit pitcher hitcher will shake hi his head which menus m an that other I hall Ii on more effective effect effert This Fit fh Is how ho fer Vet 01 seldom occurs as catcher to kl ka klIt It ft a n point In to Impress In their n i Information I ii about to t ha nl ih h I o will at II hp bp p of ot benefit ben lt to the pItchers pitcher their thell hat hal halleI I tty leiv leI partners I cnn lIn be no IJO set st titles rules r time the Ih delivery of ot halls Condition of often often ten len arise tinning during the game gait which s th thai lIi use ties of ot n a 1 certain curve cure ble ide In facing a II new nw II utAh mOil the I tIC hI Ill It hr hris IH is often In Iii doubt as aM tn to what lull hall to pitch If Tt he lie knows 1 nothing of or the I hot hals its s man mati he must b be governed I by ly the th pol Ht oo t the till plate pinto That often gives av n it linn line on con what the thein Ih maria in nn at It the plate pints Is lot most likely to hit hilt I The w Wit WI y he holds his hiM lat bill may lacy Mho sho shoto sh I to 10 the lie pitcher the kind he Is most Ilk lik likly like likely i ly Iy to meet Then the position r rot it the tho h I In Iii the box bo IH is of ot r sacs He I to may mR at it t n 10 1 ten In in ingle a I gle ghe nl tout which he lie can catt be hl lIbl ii to to connect with n II fast high bill ball ba ii or a n slow one as lIS the case may be beThe beThe I The spit ball hlll will h I have 1130 been practising IH Ia most No NI Noone NIone one Otis can deny lIen that lout hut It Is also m lV I certain One of ot the lie gleI I of III success of a R pitcher l is III i control IIII ers era er on our team earn who ho have 1110 seen ascii m 1111 mile pit h 11 i the spit ball bill have fod lie opinion that I 1 can control It II as a well teil as ilK tiny any on other pitcher The fast tUI straight hall ball think has hns n a Jump to 10 It has hOIl u a 1 tendo IlnI v to rise Ilso with the wind Is I ho h hove lele why ith h It h iS denominated a 1 jump InK ing III ball Change Chongo of at pace puce Is III a II mast factor In the of ot the madam pitcher lie He must be able to pitch fast fl W II W W W I J TV ani slow Io toi bills ho Hi with iri thy the iii vi I if It he hit oin an a do olo that U hi linn his the Ku ry Iy 1 ha hu has a i bull ball In which I o ii he ho him hall ha s su lIu ion iki t I vu con I e or l to i liMe lice slung ullano nn ii II bo hp h li Is liw sweet w ei t The That feeling tee tot for auth u II bill ball IN is often fitteR destroyed by ii I at th the Italo ufa u ul a i l ell o 1 mI There are many mun things Hint tI govern goven the he delivery tot u ta I pitcher pitch that It In Is most mom difficult to nay say which Is II u used d mom If the he core IK Is I do and the hoe bun bases occupied pied pled the pitcher must work that tie hI feels Ils most sure nuro of or H It hi his icim teim him boos hima boosa a II good to lo I loud Iced with he con can DM boll bit Is whim which I he ho believes will be hard hurll to tl lilt hit Into Inlo sate Kar u but about which tt hl hit muy nicy mil H it 1 doubt |
