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Show LIVELY BALL IS DANGEROUS Manager Otto Knabe of Kansas City Team Claims Pltohlng and Fielding Field-ing Are Upset. That the 1921 ball is too lively for the game, Is the opinion of Otto Knabe, former major league star and manager of the Kansas City Blues. He claims that it is not only upsetting the good pitching but Is changing the siyle of fielding of all the best infield-ers. infield-ers. " "After two or three players have been killed by these lightning fast balls, probably they will change back again," Knabe said. "It is claimed there has been no change in the manufacture manu-facture of balls except that the yarn Is of a better grade and that the covers cov-ers are stretched tighter and are sxsoothed. We all know the ball is faster, so fast that it is dangerous to every one on the infield. "Many of the star pitchers have had their best efforts upset and it is a noticeable fact that infielders have changed their style of fielding by attempting at-tempting to field the fast balls from the side instead of getting in front of them. They cannot be censured because be-cause the play is dangerous. A bad I J .Nsp I I Manager Otto Knabe. hop may finish an Infielder at any time. What basebnll needs Is a return re-turn to the sensible ball, where good pitching and good fielding show to better ndvnntage than the trust-to-luck methods that are now used. Just think of nine home runs being made In tt single game." |