| Show MILTON GASTON HAS FORK BALL So Extreme That Backstop Cannot Hold Onto It There Is such a thing as ns getting too much on the ball Milton Gaston lIlu Illustrates the point lie He has a n fork ball that Is la reputed to be the best of or Its kind baseball has hns known But Dut the fork ball Is so good that It really counts n against Gaston writes H O. O G G. G In the Detroit News It Is so extreme that he cannot use It effectively While White Gaston Ga ton was on the pay rollof roll rollof rollof of the St. St Louis Louts Browns Crowns he lie was pitchIng pitchIng pitch pitch- Ing n In a n game against the New York Yankees They filled bases with none out Gaston cut loose with the forker Porker The ball broke over o the plate but It broke so sharply that It got away from Hargrave e who was catching When Hargrave e recovered the ball In front of the grandstand New York had two men on bases and one strike on 01 the bD batter t Gaston delivered ered another fork ball This one also broke over the plate but got away from Hargrave When he lie recovered It New York had one man on the bares bars and ond two strikes on the batter asked for time walked to the pitchers pitcher's box boa and said sold to Gaston Say Bill dont don't you JOU think you and andI I 1 could get along Just as ns well today without using that forker again 1 Gaston resorted to the fast ball omitted the work bl ball II and retired the next three batters No delivery Is good unless It can be handled by the catcher No catcher has ever successfully handled Gaston Gaston's fork ball When It breaks no no catcher can guess what diction It will take The ball hall may break down In or out It lt breaks so su unexpectedly that the catcher cannot shift quickly enough to 0 receive It Sometimes It does not break and then It Is the simplest of at all delly cries eries That Is s the danger donger of the delivery when used In a pinch It does nor always s break and when It falls fails It Ir frequently means menns the lo loss of at a game Gastons Gaston's fast ball Is said sold to be the best In the league today He will probably rely chiefly on au that In the future |
