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Show Do some pitchers suffer as a result of being over-coached? i I am Inclined to think that some piWhers are really handicapped as a result of being handed too much so-, called advice. When a pitcher comes to a major I league club, he usually has a number of rough spots thai must be polished off before he becomes a ur- enough big leaguei . . . These f;.ulty .ir- of various kinds. A great many pitchers are unable to' hold the base runners closely, which permits them to run wild. With runners on the bases pitchers, must Change their style almost entirely. entire-ly. Very often when a piuh-r Is com-! pelted to shorten up his delivery In order to hold the runners closely to the bases, he loses mm h of his effect-1 Iveneas. Nine out of ten pitchers need attention at-tention in this respect. Usually some of the veteran1 pitchers or catchers1 instruct the youngsters In the proper! way to correct such a fault. - A great many pitch-rs suffer from lack of control. They discover that th- hlg league hitters wait the pitchers out 'a great deal more than is customary In the minora, Hails that minor league players hit at. are pass-,t up ly th- keen-eyed big leaguers. Control as a rule can be acquired by diligent effort. In some r-ascs. lack of control Is largely caused by an Improper Im-proper stride on the part of the pitcher. pitch-er. F.very now and ilvn one bugip into i plti In r with a world of stuff, with whom control is an unknown quantity. I have In mind Grover T-oudermilk na right hander. and HarTJ Harper. as a left bander, i have nevea worked work-ed back of a pitcher who had mure toff than LoWdermllk. Likewise I ha- . work-d hack of a few wilder pitchers. Lowdermllk has been in and out of the majors a half dozen times. Managers know h- had tho stuff, and he kept hoping h- .v..iil.l .-vnldenlv ic-.pilrc ic-.pilrc control. He never did a.s a big leaguer. Harrv Harper has suffered throughout through-out his major league career because of his inability to get tho ball over. Harp-ei Harp-ei was constantly changing his style. For a week he would sldearm. then he would shift to an overhand delivery, th-n iack to aide-arm Last fall. Harper looked better than eer in his career. While not a Chr. lv Ifatheween on control, he wasn't always al-ways in the hole. Harper told m llugcins had told i him to decide on a style and stick to it. ignore all suggestions. He says that's the dope with him during the rst of his career It will be Interesting Inter-esting to see what luck he has In |