Show Y w WHILE alle w watching a aching a various assortment sort ment t of pitchers and so sailed pitchers give up 68 walks jirouch krough the world series one begins a 0 wonder what has become of f b base alls real pitchers watching burt shotton va vainly try ng to find one pitcher who could go five innings just one pitcher in seven games one begins to wonder aga again in if 11 the art of pitching really lost from the stars we have known from the old days of real pitchers we learned that a good pitcher needs just three things a G alexander last bau ball a curve ball and control walter valter johnson needed only a fast all and control today pitchers are cokl ng to a slider a knuckle ball i screw ball a almost ev grything ry thing except control imagine a dodger pitching staff hat a pitcher who can travel ive innings the yankees were only I 1 little better off they had a fellow lamed shea and an a relief pitcher tamed page these took caro care of ahree of the four games the yank yankees e es won von the only pitcher the dodgers had was vas a big husky fellow known as lugh casey casey was the dodger ahching staff the dodgers needed ilm alm in only six of their seven games well name a few great pitchers tor for you it youve forgotten their heir names cy young wal mal ter johnson christy mathew son chief bender eddla eddie plank grover cleveland alexander addle joss ed walsh smoky yollie joe wood carl hubbell lefty grove dizzy dean these at are a just a few walsh used a and hubbell ased a screw ball the others had he three ingredients we have men honed matty picked up his tade fade tway iway after he hurt his arm and lost art of his speed vhey fiey had control most of these pitchers could work n 45 or 50 games ed walsh worked n 66 games in 1908 winning 40 and laving 12 others jack chesbro be angs in this list ile he won 41 games or the yankees in 1904 above everything else they knew chere the pitch was going or at east within an inch or so of the pot alexander could pitch into a in cup I 1 was thinking of these old timers I 1 chile watching such pitchers as aranca barney gregg and others tout their eyes while trying to keep he ball in the same lot home late latea home plate might as well lave been in another city bob feller was a much better litcher than he is today when he be jacked on a fast ball a fair curve ind nd cont control rol the two best pitchers we had barting this season were feller and together they won 37 games ames and dropped 28 during 1947 ghis is certainly no record to rave dizzy dean was the best pitcher ve seen in many years diz de on speed a curve change it f pace and control he won 58 games ames in two years before his arm went vent bad due largely to post sea ion exhibition games one of the best pitchers I 1 ever law is barely known or remembered oday his name was addle joss of Ne cleveland veland joss was 6 feet 3 he lad fad a fast ball a curve ball and addle addie pitched eight one lilt hit games ames he worked in the greatest pitch ng duel of all time or at least it was vas close this was against ed walsh late in the season of 1908 aim Is vague in this game joss pitched nine berfect innings no white sox beached first base ed walsh the oser struck out 15 indians and al owea owed one hit as I 1 recall it joss night well have had five or six no lit games most of the pitchers that come along today the slight est idea of what control means they rear real back and give you all they have with no particular target in mind when in trouble they go to a slider a sinker a a knuckle ball or some other degenerate form of 0 pitch ing that wears out the arm and certainly help to get the ball over the plate every time I 1 bat against alexinder johnny evers told me years igo I 1 want to throw my bat away je ie never gives me a ball I 1 can hit je ie could drive a nall nail with a pitch first its it s low and inside but over over move back and its low and out fide but still over a corner if you recall the details alexinder won only 94 ball games from through 1917 he won 28 games is a rookie with the futile phillies ind he started and finished icalla every game yet shotton ton t dig up a sin on ile ie pitcher who could finish five inn fortunately for shotton bucky jarris was in about the same shape rhe che number of pitchers used in this set ast series was a disgrace to th the e brt and science of pitching pitch inc nit |