| Show CHANGE OF PACE IS BEST SAYS SAY JOHNSON f 1 I 0 4 X e R 0 4 MAE V A 01 ol za k K 4 woe 4 0 MN 4 aa ay 1 1 the stories you hear about now curves and mystery balls are non tenee sense says walter johnson Joh naon the bins king of pitchers the spitball ie Is a novel 1 ty ill admit but it ruins a pitcher pitchers arm in time if ed walsh for instance had bad never used the spitball he would bare have had no trouble with hie his wing the same applies to russell ford who seems to have lost his ef festiveness the pitching in to the last worlds series waa was devoid of new wrinkles bender and plank depended almost entirely on peed speed and curves beider beader be ider mixed in a slow ball now and then which had the giants swinging awl nging at nothing bush bad a jump ball which waa was nothing more than the time honored Ine hoot delivered so it would paes pass close to the ippei part of the body Mathew sone go called waa was a drop ball with ith an out curve delivered so that it would shoot down past the waist 1 I have never tried to monkey with a newfangled leO delivery I 1 use peed speed on a straight ball also on an under the chin I 1 can uee use a curve on the outside corner with plenty of speed or I 1 can nail all one up with little or no speed I 1 aln find that the beat results can be obtained by using chang of pace paco dell delivering vering slow and fast balls with the same finio amount of 0 action in the box the same windup and th same body motion you can the beat best batsmen by bending up P a alt dif feren kind of a ball each time thel nes be he know what t to expect ant ani cannot set himself for a health awing owing in the long run however speed counts when you put the ba bat over the plate without delay and cai cat get the batsmen in the bole hole ae as quick ly aa as possible |
