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Show I USED FOLLOW THROUGH f 7, Following through ! This has A g been tho slogan in golf, cricket, g J tennis, billiards, punting and in i hatting and now Christy Ma- thewson is shouting it at his re- r cruit pitchers. j tj. According to the one-time ij. jf "Master Moundsman," all the jf if great pitchers of the m national 5 game who have stretched their j rf- careers oer lo, so many seasons, S- j have used the "follow through." 3 ? As vivid examples, Matty names 3- g such pitching princes as Cy X S Young. Eddie Plank, Addie Joss j? S and Bill Donovan, men who per- g jf fected a free arm delivery that j S distributed the strain of twirling J over almost all of the muscles j j. of the body. j Matty ' asserts that there is U- only one prominent exception to j the rule and that one is Nap g i Itucker, who lasted ten years un- g. g der the big tent despite his jerky g r- delivery. The big Reds' boss be- rj. j lleves the southpaw would have j i lengthened his career had he r developed a smoother motion. |