Show IJ JI JACK C RABBIT BI BIALo ALo BALL EN ENTERS E 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I I NEW BASEBALL CURVE FOUND I 1 or DY CIL Special to Th l lard t cop right 1923 1 h The TIme Stand Standrd- Standrd Standard Standard-i rd- rd rdE E Examiner NEW HEW YORK YOEK Sept 22 The 22 22 The Jack 1 t ball h has s come to stay slay In Ii opinions cal gl from those who ho handlo the destin destin- destinIes destinies I ies lea of ot baseball the w writer titer dIscovered discovered discovered ered on a can s completed to- to to today tin day that thel e was no real dia- dia dis disquiet quiet on time the pint Jut of ot the pi or of tho the leagues managers or play pla- players ers era to change the ball bail in general beneral use toni its IlS present construction Tho The present baseball Is la tho re- re result re-Bult re cult sult ot or cJ experimentation that began an when hen wes OS os beginning to be boi important enough to lo be pi cd from city to cit The rhe game gamo had barely begun to show those Indi Indications which augured n Ide Interest before re it became evident that to be a n high class and equit t equitable able sport It would hale hae e to be pla cd ed wIth nth uniform standard So 50 the ball Itself went nent many stages until It came to Its ls pm pi size and material The earlier ball ban was mOIl like the cricket ball bai than the one In ue u toda JOI HOKUM U There is a 0 good deal of ot hol In all aU the talk blk about a ban bail being responsible for the big bis scores itt In many of ot tho the big bl- bl ue during the season season now noi no drawing to toa toa toa a close When Ihen players on toI I learns were n tre unable to hit an tilIng I the trail to tho the n to tho west there was a lot of or painter el I Ion on the subject of ot the Jack rabbit baseball The Tho Idea was nas as that this bail baU radically from alii all other balls halls of or recent years skipped from rom peak to in III tr II tic leaps leps and that It liB ot of I Insides rondo made the ba better In Some lS lo WI way l I 1 he o odd J part of ot the was QS that when t two o teams I wIth the ame ball baJi and one ot of J heat hit bairn after acter base hit lilt it was as wasa wasa I a rabbit jack ball for that ti is bile the othel te tm 11 that hit noth noth- nothIng nothing I ing lag much but tho the ozon ozone I neIt new nc It lu lust t as plain b ball ItI I shange thing is that as I th Lbs season wanes pitchers are the same b ball bali and pitchIng I ro hit with lit It There was vas as a 11 lively ItI ball bail so called I In am i In use usa last season but It was onlY this season that the Jack hall 1511 was as heard of 1 et loots look nt at the rh figures ures In 1922 pa pla placers ers ers In theIa the Na- Na National Na National league Iague made a total Of t base hits bits To date this theS the June have made mode about 11 O O OTo To 1 List t ears s a record they must work like the mischief in the few d dIJ s Then take the American league In 1922 the play pay payers players ers era mad it a lot l of ot hits The total this icar ear to date t Is about I The St Louis Browns made roode noro loro hit l than any other team in ia the le league guo last year With George to help they made mado of 1693 hits This oar ear without to help heIJ they made mado only a little more than 1 burg PittS-burg burg led Jed tho the National league In 1922 with a total of 1698 hits The Pirates have hats made macIc a n good goodman moan man less than that this sear icar 01 The Giants GI wIll III make about about tho the sIme SAnte number they made last season when hen they reached 1601 AO O There Is ts no difference ith lath ball that has lias Increased batting hatting as the results of this season will III pi pio 0 C ea easily I enough Now low and then a game has been pla placed d in which a team has hos ripped some pitcher rIght through the main of ot th big bigI tent the cry ot jack jackrabbit I rabbit ball baU has gone the theland theland theland land The lack of ot rain creating dry In- In infields in infields I fields that were enough to be put away tOl for tor bricks his s helped batting tremendous But Dut poor pitching hia hafi haF had a n good deal dealto dealto dealto to doI do I with Ith it too p The was unable to lad Ind Indan an baseball man of who ho was willing to commit to ol i change in the I uC's that would deaden daden the ball Frequent rul changes are no cr goo good 1 tot foi any sport T There erp are times when hen the I iules ules have hate ha e to be changed to Meet de of ot the tile game but those times are not often otten It IC hitting has been plentiful this Q ason students ot of tho gane de- de declare declara de declare clare clara that It Is due to the fact fat that tile the pitchers are not better than the were ero a ear ago It rr as good A As goodAs goodA for the public there has been no wild lId calmor foi l ci any regulation that would l make the tile ball less lesi Ine- Ine lit Inc Inc-I e I The Tile average fan seeni to lIke hitting and plenty of ot it |