Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-05-18 | Page 12 | Major League Pitchers Fuss About Lively Ball

MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHERS FUSS ABOUT UVEL LIVELY Y BALL By NEA Service PHILADELPHIA May Ma 11 It 18 Md- Md MA-jor MA 1 jor league batters batter are aro ar wondering what kind of ot a 0 a ball will ill b br by In use the coming season useI I Major league pitchers are ar al also o giving glIng gl Ing some thought to the same ain Question It has been rumored that the ball would be toned down a 0 a bit this thi ear car The 1922 1 22 brand ass as aa the live live- live liveliest host liest ball ever manufactured The materials used In making It were wereth the best and always alwa s uniform so that a superior ball was waa wa ainar as In use As A a 0 rule the batters batter hate har the edge In the spring The pitchers round Into shape slower er than the th batsmen Bad weather In the eat Iv spring seems to affect the arms of the pitchers pitcher moro more than the th eyes eye of the batters The rhe usual bad weather that strikes s the th team teams after atter lea leasing Ing their southern camps has agars agall been experienced this year It was ft as asan asan an e excellent Idea to start tart the sea aea- season sea son eon on a week late In 1923 Otherwise many a postponed game cam would have been piled plied up during the th first week of play The first t month or so ao of o thy season Invariably serves erves as a a bar bar- barometer barometer bar barometer ometer of o what hat Is la to follow It If run April and May Slay show how high hl h In the home runt feature of the th game tamo an- an another another an another other season of S l swat mat at may be looked for The Th firm that manufactures the mn manor league l aru baseball Li is L located d I here The Th heads head refuse to make mak any comment on the ball other than saying It Is the best bet possible ball hevIe that can be b 1 e produced 1 hev Ie leavo avo the rest to 5 our imagination