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Show Sohere Expected to Improve as Game Progresses. f the olhcial baKebnll T"e n'l cn tl PT vill he able to put ),re C0" Sr in W20 that will have forth a base.Ml n ,, be a cover ready for je. u0 further n c( .-s ty wwr;."rt t?- now ball and the f8T that the ball remains in the ,0n8f H e bettor adapted It will be to gf'fh h" M "US b""n S e'for an inning or two Is Just be- Kproient which ,?'te d ke 'baseball better. Th re were some of these balls In use but the fact was not widely tdabsc therr : nrilc-Twhe- It was first P Tllfinatter of baseballs has been badly handled by players and umpires Te former are foolish enough to call fr another ball when they should be perfectly satisfied with that which fhey have. One of the best experienced n tdiers in tl.e major leagues sharply c dzed young pitchers In a talk one afte noon because the latter were foolish enough to demand a new ball at the very time when they should go Vmplroseha;e been cr.UC.cd for throw ng out too many balls at the request re-quest of the batter. The latter should have scant consideration because he is the man who finds the baseball a tar get while the pitcher must furnish the Target, and so far as the use of the baseball Is concerned It Is apparent that the latter task Is the harder of the two. The new ball will do away with the necessity of soiling a dozen baseballs before a game and also do away with much of the silly superstition that pitchers and batters have acquired In regard to the balL When it takes 4o"basebaIls to play nine Innings and only 10 of the 40 are lost In the stand, the game seems to have been overcome over-come by a slight attack of baseball heeby jeebys. Sporting News. |