Show I II I 1 t y t I f I Ed famous pitcher of the Chicago White So Sox now act act- acting Ing Ing as assistant to Glea- Glea Gleason son Glea-son son has hns alv a s contended the rules Ison committee pulled a bone bon when It barred spitball ow sOw ow liSt hat th doy days of the spitball pitcher are I almost over mci- 0 r Is I more pot e ethan than ever eHr thit th hit a mistake has ha been mad made There have been many great spitball H pitchers since Bince the inaugurations nil rations of the spitball delivery delhery f all of them Walsh was as I Ithe the most t His HI uncanny control enabled enable him hini to use th the de- de de delivery livery Il aim almost almott OFt and nico aloo al made it possible tor for him to ke kaip k fi the ball at st the th knee the spot where here the Is most effective The Th Tha spitball deliver delivery i Is not n a freak or trick delivery cry Cf so says I Walsh In defense of the tho th moist ball Its deceptive features are not mode made possible by roughening the ball bolI raisinS raising the tho th seams scams or shining the tho ball There Ther is 18 I no about the th spitball The Th knows knowe bo how ow it l 1 Is thrown throw and usually ally ally knows know when It is II l coming By Bythe Bythe Byth the application of ot some om saliva to toa toa toa a certain part of the th bill the pitcher co causes uses the tho th ball to slip sill off the finger It simply Imply eliminates frIction By the th manner In la whIch the pitcher holds the th ball and the way he ers dell It It depends depend Ih the break the tb ball wilt will take toke The Th ucc spitball h r rIn In the th old day daye was 8 wa a t spec p who constantly worked to perfect the delivery and acquire control for without control the tb spitball has no value They mad made mada u IL when they tny did away aay with the th spit spit- ball bill That style of delivery would tend to curb some ot or the present I day y slugging lIng Shocker Faber Rus RUI- Russell sell Co and ond Jack Quinn a afew afew few of the th spitball pitchers left ore are among th the moat most effective twirl twirl-er twirl twirl- twirlers ers In the American America n league They luCy Th pro prose e the th III vilu of ot the spitball as aI asa aa a 0 delivery 00 |