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Show THREW FIRST CURVE f - .-iKMfi i MHt'.v W i V. , . vr : ' '.f ; v ; : s - v - , ; i ' ' f i ili) iVi i' iti Vr i ii . ........ tiim .Vrtirtj Fred Goldsmith, a real veteran of the diamond, is shown as he demonstrated demon-strated how be threw the first curve ball, orifiinated by him. This "roundhouse" surprised the batter by coming in wide and breaking right across the plate. Goldsmith, as a member of the Chicago White Stockings; pitched the first world scries game held between his team and the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 18S2. This was six years after the founding of the National League iu 187G. |