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Show Pitchers are still complaining about 1 jlhe handicap Imposed upon them by j the nntl-fteak rules, some of which I I Stem to be Juat. others don't, i Doctoring the cover of a ball by 'such substances as rosin and emery to make It do strange Irlcke, doesn't fii Into the grand old pastime somehow. some-how. On the other hand, the spltbali slabbers slab-bers seem to he more Justified. It Is I natural to spit In one's glove or to I moisten the fingers while handling a i ball. 1 So doubt some of the pitchers this :.iir ate springing the new rule alibi" ! stuff because they aren't proving ef-' ef-' iccllve. but there are some who really are being hit badly. Less complaining . :nl more effort to make their breaks I In pitching would get better results Pew Of Ihe forelfcn -'ibstance pitch-! era hao retained their effectiveness because they haven't tried hard enough to pitch the curves and shoots. The saliva ball Is hoi objections! to either the club owners or the baseball, base-ball, and it would not be surprising to see the bun lifted on It before another an-other year rolls round. Small scores are not infrequent this season. 'Rip'' i""o)lins. thb Yankee collegian, held the Ited Sox ruhlei 1 and gave them one scratchy hit ihe other day. And then Walter Johnson the Great comes right back at the Boston boys and hurls a no-hlt no-Hln game lagalnst them. Por 14 years Walter has been living to do this little thing. So you see wo atlll have good pitching without letting the freakj mar the pastime |