Show VAO WHILE watching a various as vv sort ment of pitchers and so sailed pitchers give up 60 walks jirouch the world series one begins 0 wonder what has become ot of base alls real pitchers watching hurt burt shotton vainly try ng jig to find one pitcher who could go live five innings just one pitcher in seven I 1 games one begins to wonder again lf if the art of pitching really lost w va from the a tars stars we have known from the old days ot of real pitchers we learned that a good pitcher needs lust three things a Q G alexander alexande fast ball a curvo curve ball balf and control walter valter johnson needed only a fast lall all and control today pitchers are coking to a slider a knuckle ball I 1 screw ball a almost ev grything except control imagine a dodger pitching staff hat a pitcher who can travel lve ive innings the tha yankees were only 1 little better off they had a fellow I 1 lamed shea and a relief pitcher lamed pago these took caro care of ahree of the four games the yankees von the only pitcher the dodgers had yas vas a big husky fellow known as lugh casey casey was the dodger itching etching staff the dodgers needed gm in only six of their seven games well name a few treat great pitchers for you it if youve forgotten their names cy young walter johnson christy mathewson chief bender eddie plank grover cleveland alexander addle joss ed walsh smoky joe wood carl hubbell lefty grove dizzy dean these are just a few walsh used a and hubbell ased a screw ball the others had hadj 1 he three ingredients we have men toned matty picked up his fade tway iway after he hurt his hi arm and lost art of his speed ricy hey had control most of these pitchers could work n 45 or 50 games ed walsh worked n 60 games in 1908 winning 40 and baving 12 others jack chesbro be angs in this list he won 41 games or the yankees in 1004 above everything else they knew know chero chere the pitch was going goi ngor r at east cast within an inch or so of tho the alexander could pitch into a in cup I 1 was thinking of these old timers chile watching such pitchers as aranca barney gregg and others their eyes while trying to keep he ball in the same lot rome home late home plate might as well lave been in another city bob feller was a much better atcher than he is today when he tanked on afasa a fast ball a fair curve i ind control the tha two best pitchers we had tar barting ting this season were feller and lew houser together they won 37 games ames and dropped 20 during 1947 chis Is certainly no record to rave knout dizzy dean was th the e best pitcher lye ve seen in many years diz defended on speed a curve change t f paco pace and control ho he won 68 58 games ames in two years before his arm vent bad due largely to post sea ion 10 n exhibition games one of the best pitchers I 1 ever law aw is barely known or remembered oday his name was addle joss of Ne cleveland beveland veland joss was 6 feet 3 he lad a fast ball a curve ball and ont rol addle pitched eight one hit games ames he worked in the greatest pitch ng duel of all time or at least it vas close this was against ed naish late in the season of iddo vin Is vague in this game joss pitched nine perfect berfect innings io ijo white sox box cached first base ed walsh the owr oser struck out 15 indians and al owed one ona hit as I 1 recall it joss night well have had five or six no lit ift games most of the pitchers that come along today the slightest idea of what control means they rear back and give you all they have with no DO particular target in mind irn in trouble rouble they go to io a slider a sinker a bailer a knuckle ball or some other degenerate form of pitching that wears out me lie arm and certainly help to get the he ball over tho the plate every time I 1 bat against alexnder johnny evers evera told me years igo 1 I want to throw my bat away ile de never gives me a ball I 1 can hit ie could drive a nail with a pitch first its low and inside but over move back and its low and out ilde but still over a corner if you recall the details alexinder won only 04 94 ball games from 1915 through 1917 ile ho won 28 games is a the tha futile Phil lles ind he started and finished icalla every game yet shotton dig up a sin sm ile la pitcher who could finish five inn fortunately for shotton ducky clarris was in about the same came shape rhe fhe number num berof of pitchers used in this ast series was a disgrace to the and science of pitching f |