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Show j j 4 QUERIES OF ALL SORTS ABOUT SPORT J j The addition of Fd Walsh to the American league stuff of umpires has started an argument as to who Ls gen-lerally gen-lerally cbnalder&d the greatest spltbull i pitcher of all time Please gle us our opinion of this point? C. P. R. Since there nro many styles of splf-ball splf-ball pitching, 1 wouldn't care to come I (iiit and flat?) say that an nr' pitcher I was the besl spltballer. However, I I feel "af- In saying there never WRs a more effective spltball pitcher than Ed 1 Walsh. k . Walsh's control was eaaally as ef-fectUe ef-fectUe as his spltball. I have worked work-ed back of a number of pitchers who could get a mote peculiar break on the hall than Walsh, but never saw a pitcher who had such uncanny control of tho moist delivery. The spltball Is most effective when broken low. It always seemed to me that Walsh could throw every spltball I at the knee. It was a rarity for him to break a spltball hlh. As ;, result lhe batters were always topping the ball. Shocker of St. Louis. Faber of Chicago, Chi-cago, Coveleskle of Cleveland and a rW others could possibly do more with the ball than Walsh, bul there was never 1 more effective spltballer In the history of the game |