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Show "Lefty" Grove Learning to Save His Strength When "Lefty" Grove broke into the American league three years ago It was predicted he would develop into the game's greatest strike-out hurler since Rube Waddell. Grove has lived up to all expectations. expecta-tions. He has been the strike-out king of bis loop for three years. Despite his formidable record, Grove has been gradually cutting down on his speed and does not throw them close to exhaustion near the tail end. Major leaguers are harder to pitch to. When Grove first broke in they would wait him out and let him blaze away for six or seven innings with the result that he would be close to exhaustion near the tall end of the game. Grove repeatedly was beaten In this manner until Mack and his assistants got together and instructed the tall left-hander to conserve his energy and rely on a curve ball and a change of pace more than his natural "smoke." Since doing that Grove has become the most valuable southpaw in baseball. |