Show MILTON GASTON HAS FORK FORI BALL So Extreme That Backstop Cannot Hold Onto It There is 11 such Ii a thIng as getting too much on 00 the ball Milton Gaston Illustrates the point lie has a fork ball baU that Is reputed to be the best ot of f Its US kind baseball has bas known Hut But the fork tork bull ball H so good that It really counts against Gaston writes II Ii O G. G In the Detroit News Ne It Is so o extreme that he cannot use It effectively While Gaston Garton was on the po pay roll or of the St. St Louis Browns he was pitch pitch- lag Ing g In a game against the New York Yankees They filled died bases boses with none out Gaston cut loose with the Corker forker The i ne ball boll broke over the plate but It broke so M sharply that It got awu away from Hat grave who was catching when Margrave Hargrave recovered the ball In n front of the grand grandstand New York had two men on en bases and one strike on the batter Gaston delivered another fork rork ball boll This one also broke over the plate but got away front from Margrave Hargrave When he recovered red It New leIV York had one man tuan on the ba bares s and two strikes on the batter Margrave e asked for time walked to the pitchers pitcher's box and auLl said to Gaston St Say Siy Bill dont don't you think you and imd I 1 could get along just ns os well today without using that forker again tot Caslon resorted to the time ru fast fact t ball bull omitted t the he work ball and retired the next three hatters hutters No 0 delivery Is good unless It can be handled by lIy the catcher r No 0 catcher has ever success successful full handled Caston's Gastons fork ball hol When It breaks no catcher cotcher can cangues' cangues guess gues' what dir direction It will take The Time ball hail may break down In or out It H breaks so unexpectedly that the catcher cutcher cannot shift quickly enough to tn receive It Sometimes It dues not break and and then It Is the simplest of or all crIes eries That Is the danger er of or the delivery when u used In a pinch It does docs not always break and when It falls tails It frequently means the lots lot's of a game Gastons Gaston's fast tast ball Is said to be the best In the league today He lie will probably rely chiefly on that In the tha future |