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Show REUTHER SAYS ABOLISHMENT IS FOR GAME'S GOOD Walter Reuther, Cincinnati Red pitcher, believes the abandonment of the spltball, emery ball, shine ball and other famous but now outlawed deliveries, de-liveries, will help to make the south-j south-j paw pitcher more valuable than ever bi fore in the history of the game ! Reuther points out that the forkhand nioundsmen wjl not be obliged to in-vent in-vent new ways of pitching but will be able to continue In the same old way. Although baseball has turned out some noted freaks in the past dozen I years, It has never been recorded where n left bander has adopted the spltter. The southpaw does not seem to be attuned for that kind of pitching. pitch-ing. The southpaws arc obliged to make the best of what nature gave them, In a recent interview credited to Reuther he declared the lefthanders would be the stars of the 19J1 season, sea-son, If the freak deliver remained under the ban. |