Show CONTROL CHANGE OF PACE ABILITY TO THINK huNK FOR YOURSELF JOHNSONS JOHNSON'S PITCHING FORMULA BT T JOHNSON Oi F Famous c ahin aching wit Work ork for tor control Develop a chan change e of ot pace Study your sour our batters carefully Take Tako ad advantage anla e ot of o their weak weak- weakness I ness fleas Conserve e your our pitching strength at all times This enables vou ou to have some some- something thin some thing In rr reserve e a tor for the pinch Don t grow carI careless on supposedly supposedly edly emily weak eak batters Rate eHI y placer a 11 hitter Work ork with Ith your our catcher A brainy backstop I is a l decided assEt asH Good catching is Js an essential of at great grat pitching Ho e el dont don't become a I Imer mer mare machine It If ou don t like what hat the catcher ha has signaled tor for hale haho ort oft and talk It 0 oven ocer cr Have confidence In our abil- abil ability abil ability I H ity No Xo pitcher can succeed with with- without with out huch kuch an asset et Make up Jo jour o r rI mind that every pr batter respects I our stuff stutt Work ork hard hardI Cst Il T 1 I Trill That is my mug tabloid sermon to pitchers pitcher who ho aspire to reach the big leagues Around these theories briefly expressed nl my career has been shaped It If I had learned some ot of the lessons sooner my cc work ork would have been ben that much easier I have particular reference to de- de de developing a change of ot pace Control Is perhaps a I pitchers pitcher's greatest asset I ha hac have e certain set Bet at eons com let ions about control My Idel of ot 01 I is not morel merely aiming mg the ball vel ovet the plate but hut rather pitching othe o 0 othe the batter batters s w weakness Control Is an nn acquired art Some pitchers are blessed by being mOl e accurate thin yet e ery pitch can perfect himself b constant effort I ST LL B J 0 ON An ARMA ARM ARMA A strong trong pitching am 01 aim m I Is iq a gIrt gift ot of nature flery enough In haying a It millIon dollar million arm lis 85 as they ca a sav In baseball should nurs nurse 11 it along alongI I find that a fist ht ball dI a a natural motion is easiest on the arm That ma strange vet let t the throwing Ing of ot time the cur curie e or ball bail takes mUCh mitch more out of ot the arm Like ft it change hange of ot vice can be acquired Throwing tIle th one I Is mom mOl moie e a difficult for tor SOI 1 pitchers than other others This Is due 10 the fact tact that 1103 the are to change chango theli style stIle Sl Ie IeA A Io ball if h I not realy effective t- t th time tive e unless dell ea with t thi the h santo motion as the fast tat on oneALL one oneALL ALL AIL n GEnOUs D I Dope Dote all a as dan dnn I ner neier ease ase up on the soft soH on ones I have base found that In a pinch some come of ot the called so-called weak cak are fir hr more ou than many ballets with ith a fatter I J find left handed I il is q arc troublesome on the whole h ole t than those who ho lilt hit from th the might light side Ide ot of the plate majority of or tile the left In hinders play more baseball work ork the pitcher harder u I 7 p t i K 1 |