Show PITCHING G MOSTLY I I Soy So Says Sars Will iII g Jd of the lie Team ii In Talk lall l ot I l t. t Pitching nowadays ays is merely so 50 much headwork bald saId Pitcher Pilcher Will Essick Es- Es Essick Essick sick of the thc Portland team In a talk lalk fest the tho other day Its Ils a contest of or wits vit between the thc pitcher and the thc batter batter bat bal ter tel and time the one who Is the thc host best guesser guesser gues- gues ser Wins the thc batI batter bat bat- The TIme pitcher tries to give I tel tar what he ho Isn't looking for and am doesn't want If It lie he thinks tho the batter bailer expects a 0 wide wi e curve curvo he gives him a n ball straight one If It Its It's a straight that's due the batter gets Sl tM a curve curvo Some batters are aro good guessers Once in awhile say My with three men on bases and an am a hard hitter up with three h halls balls and two strikes I risk giving him a fourth ball by giving him a curve He lie isn't expecting It and it gets els him out of his hilt stride to hit It It if IC he hue hits it at all nfl Thon Then Its It's all day oy with him If the thc batter knows you oU aro arc going to put a Q straight one across lie ho can be ready really to slam with all niL his might anti and like lUte as aR not It goes to the thc fence I never vcr try to strike out every bat bat- ter When I am In a 1 t pinch with ono out or nobody out and the bases s full then I try to strike them out but on ordinary occasions I try to get set the batter batter bat bat- ter to hit what he lie doesn't want Some days clays a pitcher will be In fine fino form with all his curves breaking splendidly splendid splendid- ly and the tho next time feeling just as Wi aswell well waH the tho curve will hardly break at all One cant can't account or for it IL It |