THE SDN SUNDAY, JANUARY ' IS, 1918. - - - If Pitching Styles Have Undergone Few Changes in 40 YearsPrinciples of Old Timers Still Used in Modern School

TRIS SPEAKER ONCE FEW CHANGES IN LEADING EXPONENTS, MODERN AND OLD TIMERS, OF VARIOUS STYLES OF BIG LEAGUE PITCHING TELEPHONE LINEMAN PITCHING STYLES

on 1 I Dlscharffe Account of Lark 'Vodcrn Tirirllnff a Modlflca-tio- n - LisaHi l,urn.Tjil Bja ,sisaHtsassipv of Work Paved Way for of That of the Past Un- Success as Player. der New Karnes. fttf.V .. HARD MAN TO STRIKE , i'-'vi- 1 . s . . MANY FAMOUS jfL-- ' - i .i 'jiptz 111 FEATS 's-rMif- .f yt . . . ssav i " v . v v. i 7 riv: sstiTrsm.'i7',ry in11 1 i i icsBsav i.ri aaaair s 's " t ..vsi'aivhvk ill bbbk;bbi No major or minor league club History ITas Been for waiver on Trls Sra'-worl- greatest outfielder, but a tt). company It ',h-- Made by Players Using: phone did, and got n the Texan having to separate h.mTelt job was Freak Deliveries. from a that paying him 12 4 day. What Spoke I getting no r.o. body but himself and and Cleveland club officials knew, h- - r CHARLES r. MATIItfOX. th Isst two years he served In IKstoi atari of good Is th greates' n waa drawing 115,000 a ear. tn the winter of 1006-07- , Met a ball club can possess. "Q'.v m however Trls was working at Hlllsboro. ll.'i th pitcher and I'll flnlth up with the county, Texas, fcr a telephone compar.i best of them.1' la what a ha as a lineman at S3 a day. H held don tela Ms club owner time after time this Job from October 12, lSfi, un; Manr mediocre team have won charr- - February 1, 1907. The man who wnt Unship solely through p'.tehera. The No. 1 In the American Learue battlnr tattles Wonder Whit? Sot, world's cham lists of 101S was No. 21 on the rci'.er lens of l0f. won the championship be of the 1 llsboro Telephone Companv oaur of th merlin work of Ed Watah. and his services were dispensed with or Doc White, Nick Altiock and Soldier February 16. 1907, not becau't his worlv Boy Owens. was not satisfactory but because bus1.-n- The chsmplon f was slack and some persons had tfi recent year practically hart been be lopped off the payroll. Trs be'.rc Itemed Into their titl-e- Rudlph. Jame among tne new empioieea waa re.easeJ and Tyler pitched a mediocre itrae: outright. team to the world's champlonrhlp In Down In Hlllsboro they still tVioi 1114, and the following year Alexander to visitors some specimens of Tl pitched the Phlllle Into their first Na Irlng and floor repair work, and It Is tional League championship. Grant aid to be llko his playing of a Mri, work by the nodper In 11 gTSde. Down there loo they t.ilr.k that was the sole reason ror Brooklyn win' Speakers release by tho telephora com nlng ths psnnant that year. . pany helped to make a great ball play-- r Lo.hlnr over the present day pitchers Of him, for It wss In the suc;ed!ne sum- Ms womWs whetrer they are much mer that he performed so brilliantly f.r different from ths twlrlera of the past Houston, and George Huff scoutlr.fr fnr Unquestionably tha modern pitchers th Red 8ox. bought him and anothe' know more, but their styles are much outfielder named Whltetnsn, a Yinic the same as thou of the old war horses In 10 IS. Of a generation ago. In soms case the resent pitchers rtny have perfected Trie Got CSO n Month. ome of these old styles, but even that la open to argument Speaker wa probahlv get'lr.g mori Review the stars of the last from the telephone company thn-- i s twenty-fiv- e years slnts tke old rul' drew when plalng ball w'th nh'jrn compelling them to pitch the us'.l rather of the North Texas League ta 190',, his than throwing It was adopted nnd you pay being 130 a month therit.rv will find that the styles have changed After Speaker beca-m'- famous Dn'n little. Roberts used to flash 'Iris's central t c. ball playe-- s whore salary demands V Splthntl Only Discovery. thought exorbitant with fix remark "Why, Icok what Speaker got when he For Instance. Radbourae, ono of the a at pitchers ever lived, was an first started In $50 month." that Trls his promised a courle of s;ririM overhand pitcher, a style that all man-ga- rs get Insist upon to this tiny And one he would them this orlilna! cnnv.irt that youngsters try to develop. Nobody of his, but as he never has carried ou na Improved his promise It Is presumed that the trm his delivery. contract was worn out by Unbelts wav. Ths one and only real valuable dlscoV' Ing wry during It In tin; faces of the aaih t on In pitching this qusrter of a athletes he was trying to sign at century was the sp'.tball. tt Is entirely different to previous known methods of counter rates. While the Cleveland stnr Is fte-. making a ball swerve nut of Its direct s K. as n spoken of Tristram Speaker It wsi flouMe fo to fool hatter. The spltball as h" wss knnv n ' technically. Is not a curve. As most every Trls Speak' downward, what we called the working In ns llnomi-leve- n body ia by letting stral'ht was Hlllsboro a knows It thrown tin In the old days, ly ago. finger tips Flip "downshoot" years The Tr!tram rit from the leather Instead the modern ball player only of Spoke's la nil (It of tripping It The ball, without spin name rijht i. King up know j two balls the fast ball and tne fam'ly name, but the K Tr's aldf' at all, wabbles to the elate and They ilo not differentiate between younr, then sudrtenlv drnrs !o one lde or the cuiv. himself when ho wna hav'nr the inn thnt cuivps outward and tns many comrtdes wjio sported thres ' other. To the spltbill might be added 1 experlmentlrg with n one that breaks downward, for the slm- - Ytdtmemlt .4W W Ht', LEADING their arms out tt ' cognomens, and then becoming Iti; the knuckle ball, the , the Vv Ths principle of the emery ball was to r('d pls reason that the Is merely rV SPECIAL RELAY RACE t 1 resin ball the "sMna b.a'1." of downshoot M AfkkkX roughen one of the ball and pitch It in with the Idea that In order to and all an extension of the outshoot In other wkVBWV 4liMf Pttettr side U",2a.I', regular one must have tVem W fingers holding on smooth rOKMcK (lAnr fellow '..ree varlatlor of the sjltball and words anything that I, not a fast ball A W&M EXPONENT with the the FOR ARMY AND NAVY names. pitched under the ram principle. W. v"i' TWmWw'iW''IHlV ''iHB: surface. The air currents would take up mlmfJ LEFTHANDC.il nowadays Is a curve. That spltball, of OTSIDB-AR- S, tn ' The perfect style of pitching, accord- NjWC ttSXmUW th, nugh surface nnd give the emery The discovery as what I't course. Is different That calls for a '''BWfsSffWaY work was In Wfrre he he' -a ing to managers. Is the overhand, but, W v PlTCrttNQ ball Its famous sail. Ford would com- - Hgr A WHO lTITH Sotdiera and Sailors to Meet separate signal. Nk &&Xi3m'TV' WS'&?jK aivaree.l trnngely enough, tome of our greatest K'SF jWSBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui'i bln the spltter with the emery ball at W PlANK - 300 hitter In the minors anl Mmm(t x Pre- at Millrose Games. to fast company as a direct re " not been pitchers. 'M&awm-4- h rl"l""""""fflgnH times, letting the spit ball out of Is tars have overlund Won't Admit Improvement, a m striking example Is Orover Cleveland h! h,r'1 wl,h on "de f th ba" rou,h" FfCTED me throws some light on the uhj:t A What Is expected to he the greatest Hllls'-or- Is an exponent It Is very difficult to draw from an vBfiMjA talt how old Trls Is On his card Alexander. He of the vTys ' Ms-ar- old timer the admission that there la any of relay events of the present after the "Previous Ep"ier:i delivery and Is also ths beat Iserlss Ditcher In the country Improvement In baseball at all, but a few Iteeln Bad Shine Ball. . ason Is carded for the Millrose come these words: "Several raort'if t Speaker probahh w Matty and are the of them, like Dxsher Troy, George dors. " ??vjrf Hubbard" ''tfi MMJ2kv Th resin ball and the "shine games, which will be held In Madl50t V,"cr"i greatest exponents of overhand de- Tommy York and Jos Hornung. say that by were there after he left the Fort uie ABsssw ball." both made famous Clcotte. P j Square on January 13. The uiio Pol) He couli n ' livery. the frequent use of th "slow ball" hat .gsjlj emery ball Despite - Garden technic Institute. advantage. r outgrowths of the mile relay for the army In cxpectil to been 22 he to 'h ' There la still another rrouj known as been of The ".loater" was denials Clcotte, until stopped by the um- msaBr- havo when wet seldom used In the old days, and In that kWW fHH iiHisV' brine tocether the pick of the athle'l." institution nnd it is UKciy e'en 1: underhand pl'rhrrs, andof these the continually. d powdered resin on ths mo mmm sps pires, usi UmjKtSM of tho mllltnry gray ho star was Joe McGlnnlty. ths 'em pitchers have shown lmmJ ball, one woui i be ana talent hlccet fa'nlnr has hair, that wis tha side resincd camps country will says rl brt side smooth to give the ball ii the Star teams the date he he wis In many ways Is mMtW the other iQHi"' represent Devon." nt Ave". Ci'vp ' Chrshro the Leader. ths slow ball the W faf the strange sail when tha air currents r.i'ip most effective of all In a pinch. It takes Aa' Wadswo-t- h nt Spurtunlnirg Cnmp l'p I'nnnrit M Tlmrs in Three Vears. coming an- got With the of the sn'thsll nerve to use I', nnd fear of It being mBf it ton at Vaphnnk Tamp D x nt WrWhty-ton- . waa Mkkkkkm The "sh ne ball" consisted or ruoDtng Speaker, lis last year i tM other distinct school e!nb'!shed. the out of tbe lot kept good Hamilton, Slocum ami uua premier being , who atlll has several talcum ponder into one side of the bill. Fort Fo't hardest man In the Amril an tjm pitchers atterrmtlng It. Among camps. v holds the record for the greatest number from thereby polishing it or snining n. me EBBETS FIELD WILL other to strike out Tho way he avo.d' ?! thee Is Marnunrd. If he had not been anointment made the natural side the Ing Is uncanny man wh ' of wins In one year. Chesbro was ths to men In navy r'nc ns won- frsld ue tits slow ball a few years rough side and wa supposed to give the BE USED FOR TENNIS staged for en'I'ted the to outguess great driwlng el real pioneer of the ep'tball. nnd his ago rtiibe would be?n bring teams the fi"l Is probably to the have one of bill Its ssll. Clcotte later admitted tnis This event t'U 'ozcther Indian" was Bay C'nldwi t derful success due the the greatest pitchers In world. But Vird. Newpor the on the I ball was more or less of psychological from the Rf'tfin Naw Yanks, ho got hlni on fojr t'T.'t fact that the peculiar break tha ball he would never Brooklyn Baseball Club to Station, pelham Bay strike was and new. have the heart ta take although tt was nothing more delivery Th e players who hit against . . Navl Park Naval during the year on May 21 ar.1 A J ! Mine Sweeping Probably the best way to study these iiLinrw. wn in. ouifr nna than a speedy and sharp drop. him believed he was dolr.g something buy ttt buunsi Station nnd th gust 23 at Cleveland nnd on u?uit I Ruclcer on It entirely when his - Orasshopper uui Tnmpklnsvllle pHchers and observe the relative effec relied iTry Corcoran, one of Anson's main- The batters called him mysterious to the ball, and It did not at Atioiir these entries and 11 at tho Polo Tr s re i .n in in wi in- -i uniii n box waa first Jim because of his tactics, but hs was confidence when they faced Brooklyn Club n will be found some nf the country -' tiveness or the different atylea Is to ar F kl itay lne the yjp tn.ir The Baseball turned to the Ind'an.- llnru on A'jruf of the 191 tt'A ilia Pertea II k..l.1 I ,!m- greatest range in groups at ambidextrous hu'rler In tho'hlnory of setifrally feRred and was effective for - de- ntinr'er mllera 2S. having comp'-l'- tn ta them like this: hi nounccd that Hbhets Field will be after been i - ru uui uir ui in .1 du-v- many ' ball, recently The sep!-at- e relays for the Army find v" fre jaiue. Corcoran was a stocky little year. Th bean made famous the a vacation because of h's heatirr that faced and each of them was roiy voted to tennis during the tlm will be c VETtHAND GROCP. SIDE-AB- GROUP. batters him. with cood control, sham The antithesis of rmitney by Carl Mays and Dutch Leonard or tne Navy at the beRlnr.lnr of Dave Danforth of the White Px Mnlhettson. Alexander. whiffed out on that tantalizing slow -- ,..., ,.n-- i rf ti,. poly Galvln. who rtnrted with the n"ed Sox, Ii older than baseball It Is Brooklyn baseball team Is not ui'.ng the programme, and the match relay the that afternoon was rr.0' Moore. Nap's I tm,. Rnt'e. Enil on. That finished srlorlous career. baUmn made fr?e wlth h9 rcht hand Huffalo club In 1879. Oalvln never made known bv ball players as "dusting 'cm the field The part of the grounds to between the Amy d Navy at the end nr less excusable, hi a plar often '' Johnson. Riieker. - com-un- d olccu .wB ..rcn ' aellvery. Larry would shift and send the a Jump In his life. He stood fat mlllns , 0f," it ta a wildly delivered ball of the programme, so ai to give the gunshy. Jois. ClMwll. pitcher. Wl-- ' be used Is the entire , which Us Mirer nrown. Rndolph. the main asset of a It hs b, hl ,cfu Corcoran father cool and tosaed scan bubbles to the tn dangerously near the batter's head. winning teems In each ot the early Roger Bresnahan, lone time Olsr.t. a great I , s epac will aoeca- - tPITT LL OROtJP. rjNDritHAKD OROUJ' doesn't need assortment of curve. ,,. ,n baseball and batters. Hitters accustomed to speed intended to drive him away from the heavy turf. The events plenty of rest. Great In 190T a irsr. nor a spltball. H get took 4 icfuted the theory that CT'iMO, iweo'nnuy, can even along knew Uttl of the game, but on day could not touch Oalvln's delivery and nlata and to shake his confidence every modate twenty-fou- r court. Is already beTng manifested In the cracked on the eranlum b a rl'erel Riyrond, Wahop, without a slow one. many ye re nasty trick, giving a display of poor camps In Wainn. atara. was Induced to attend when his boy he a. very effective for A special court situated between third various and naval stations thlu ball becomes gunshy when h" Iv-j- tki sportsmanship. relay event the result of mat.-- "eak-le- y Herdrlx, Speed With a vu a pitcher. The Colts fielded raggedly base and the grand stand will be utid and the hospital and hats again AnCy Teireau. Hs,, runs plied up. A disgusted fan who White Spectacled Pitcher. relav will te anxiously awaited, Rnper w'th a p""re and tournaments and match games. TM nearly killed A fast ball does not necessarily mean sat near Corcoran pere remarked: of the St Louis Car- for The 'hreo m'lo run will attract many ball In Cincinnati on June 1 of be. BASEBALL AT 0. C. H. Y. m "' From this It win noticed that the stral.ht one. That Is one thing the "Corcoran never was proporly sup- dinals ha occasioned much astonishment eating capacity will make It one of tit stav entries the Middle Atlantic year and the Tnledn sleuth did no' n; underhand are In a very small mlnorltv. average fan seem grasp. does not to Un. ported." by wearing spectacles on tho mound. larsct and most complete In the Unite Association. These Includn Glnver, the sgaln until July 12, In New Y'k Th't f!o e- - few of them have been successful less the ball, thrown with terrific speed, brother Big; Sqnad Ont for Tram Cnder rational Junior five irlle champion : ss-- "You're a liar," said lorry's father; Awav back In 1STS Will White, Scites, Both the players and the pui-li- the pitcher ho faced was h that It Is d'fflciilt to remember more has a "hop" on It there la no effective- Keplinrt, the middle At'nnHc -- "that bye haa bin auppoited by me Ivor of Deacon White, wore glasses In the t'oavbln;. he protected sun Jun'nr whose speedy deliver e"' h'rr, to 'k than Of these three only one re. ness. By I" Joe Drerlnu's will from th h cross-countr- y three. "hop" infant a kind of since the day ho was born." box when he was with Cincinnati. It champion, and Selml the borderland of the Greii "J k base-be- ll the afternoon, a feature that will t y 'Ml' mains Mavs of the Red Sox. During Jurm tint will come to any round Will was ever With a large sauad out for the middle Atlantic senior crr.ss-rour.ti- the past season he has been very effec object great golf N not on record that appreciated by those who have bee; mneed him for two clean v driven with The Orassbnpprr Jim Whitney. White was not much of a pitcher, team of the College of the City of champion forthcoming th t me tlve, but the players say th's Is due to ball that takes n sudden rise does so on hurt. compelled to sit In the hot aun to wltnen first Of all the old time pitchers few gained depending on change of pace. New York, a winning nine. Is expected. favorite sport. Spoke's headon coll's'.on with Dan the fact that there are no others In the tho same principle as the fast ball. Jeff thrlr - -- by Amos Ituale was doubtless the greatest - HAAS TO BECOME FLIER. forth's shiner didn't aCeo hl 0 league and there Is not enough opnor Tesreou. for Instance, when he first the reputation achlued Grasshopper Five pitchers and a proportionate num- The courts will be ready about Aprt tunlry to against style pitch' Jim Whitney, who shone on tho Boston pitcher discovered In the early nineties 1. There will he no charge for spec record much, as eleven of t"e Clee.nJ bat that of came In the league had wonderful speed, nlmtnir with the Giants In 1890i of other players are on the list, that tng to Get familiar with It. a team from 18S0 for several years. More Ills tr tators during practice hours. Arrange Newark Outfielder I'nsara Test ,r's whiffs came before lr.c'Jr'. out his fast ball was na straight as League In this i Is follows; Pitchers. Thomas for Speaker -- than Blx feet tu.ll and with arms like saved the National loam which as ments n!U be made to permit th us The first man who fcr.a "' trim? and the batters would kill It. He . Service.. " to Batsmen. an orang-outan- ho towered over the city during the Brotherhood war. Ruslo ,1S Mathews, R0tlr?tcln. Kolgln. '21 of of the courts tho completion of a Air Allan Sothron of the 13rcr. Terror finally had to develop a spltter to make . after fifty foot pitching dis was a giant, very powerful and with ., game, I 12 April 2S. McCSInnlty was good In company. batsmen at the P..,her9. bMB'hall Newtost. It Inn Itrur.o Hans, e a terror with h's un fast wa used a wide curve ror Speaker pounded the tr-t- !W tance, and his terrific Bpecd, which an Iron arm. He . nd SlLe,.a, . The management contemplate Uie Newark outfielder, who has a'r derhand ball, known to the players at But that fast one with the hop on tt ur ii n ... .,"' first base. been May. of 'hr er and he most part and sent In tho ball a during Howard Ehmke a pinch Is thing. Fo-t- Red Sox his only asset, made him feared I'rojansky, '19 . Krlnsky, '21 and Shan- of commodloua clubhouse tloned with the Newport naval reerve, "O'd Sal." In It was deadly the of the pitcher's speed than any vltchcr ever at- - gers clalmlnit Trls a a tin on Mt effective nnd kept Joe n the running pitched a no hit game arilnst the Yanks dreaded. In those days the creater non. "19; second base. Robert'. "IS; In the lnrse space back of th present has been notfneit that his examination , delUery. 9 on May .10. nti waa six In length and tha talned with that sort of , - field waif. sue-wi- ll and and long after his strength had begun to In 1916 nnd didn't throw anythtng box feet ItliOlOVMy nilU uiitiiiisir, rn,ii- centre This clubhouse, which for a berth with the blrdmnn was rdeof J of i coaching of Buck Ewlng, the Yankees recording bb. else but n fast one all afternoon. It was Ditcher could tund at tho rear line Under the Slop, rrcGUlll, m.-;- i, liii miu .cm be for the exclusive use of the sessful and that shortly he will be called t" frt New 'Vork ever had, , .ui four str Iteojts against ne he started to , the greatest ,1R h(r(1 basp , l(.cu. players, will a larg num- - to of service, i. Very few manncers will even consider all that Mnrnuard ever had. It was tha parallelogram and. man K,,,,Pi, be fitted with that branch the 24 Tr begin hop. . Uus'.e developed In a world beater. Loweti-on- May n underhand p'tcher when one la rec- Matty's main'tay In the early .days. It bitch th ball, a step and ,19 and B,iWn, 'ID; outfield, t bcr of thowers. dressing rooms, lockers. He entered thu naval hervlce. as a neglected h.s physical welfare, Machinist, how-fo- s ommended by the scouts. They do not Is Walter Johnson's mainstay Inmn in tlin of the box. When Hut he tha, Mannhelmor. '19: Davldoff. reclining rooms and other appurtenances The airplane service r KHnnrd Tour Tlntt-- In Jonf i short what Whitney gathered himself to hurl tho with th result that he cut Pelunls, '13 ; Lebovsky, 'IP; Solo- the (omfort and welfar of the mrer. appealed to him and he dealred fi"J last long, and cannot possibly have that The side arm pitchers have greet '1; In June Speaker 'r j, k out variety to their work needed for a veed, some of thorn, as well as pecul- ball and leaped into uie air wtin a miiouicj nave bmh must mwiwi mon. '21. and Wolf "J! patrons. ;i make a change. Chicago aid lone menactng was a object. ball career. times twice jgalnet eampnign. iar breaking curve. The ball coming atr he fearsome Joe Deerlng will the team. A acalnst Washington p t.''i'' t' " been organlred 1 TTe nnlshed style Is the overhand, a from a side nnrlo seems to be gettln; on freshman team ban Harry Harpe - f 'v.e Is to arrsnge games I Shaw and TTOof of which Is that there are more In? of the batter all the time and he which trying with eich breeied Sp ke I 'he great pitchers to pull Extent high school and private Mhool nines. overhand than any other has away. Then If the batter Is Modern Pitching to Great DOINGS IN ICE header of June 13 Clau.le I'res ; kind. The overhander has a distinct a "readier" this hall comet from th Nat Holman will coach the yearlings. LOCAL SKATING RINKS Hams of the White Fox made - " advntae In that he Is able to deliver other side nni pulls away all the time, Some of the teams the C. C. N. Y, will a week ' Deliveries Columbia, New York the atmosphere late i the h.ill with terr'tlc speed and go makln? It almost Imposslb'e to hit tt Modifications of Past play are Univer diys followlnt: Eddie C'cotte et Oenrce I." Bin nc has pres. 1) tliroush with his r.rm the svme as a solidly, The mnln objection to ths side Coming down to modern times one the greateet left handcr baseball ever sity, Fordham, St Johns, Manhattan, been elected Sitnmls and Walter Brewer, all well "I Have Fanned Speaker' (' I giving Cathedral, St. Francis, Hamilton, Tufts, Ident of the Wanderers Hockey of k'fcwn expert I o go'fer (loos with hli wooden clubs. The arm deliver?' Is thnt It hoaks down the And rom famous deliveries, but they dovo'.opcd, used terrific speed, his Club as skaters made the The Tribe played thlrt)-tw- rr.i College, St. Ice tlcht)-nln- e ' " overhander also the advantage of quickly, or more quickly than or deliveries or tn ball the "hop" or "break" already Albany Teachers' Union and th the Nicholas Rink. New York. hrh record of revolutions at - only one of hn irm rather re modifications Mr L Is July, and being able to make his curve ball break tbe overhand, past under other names. Tako Mathew-aon'- a In connection with fast ball pitch- Man. Agglcs. Blanc of the tl' 181st Street Ice Skating Pa'ace a th 24th with Wisnlmitor 1 J f Col-l- g Equltablo Company city. ago. "fadeaway." perhaps the mont ing. The midyear graduation at City Trust of this fe months Nlre jcars sko I es fan. Walter Perry Johns. 1 t will Some yenrs ng when a resident sixty-seve- n discussed delivery In baseball. Despite take several athletes. Thorns of lavished a record of and for man who fanned him , 1 contrary there was noth- Knuckle Ball Not Naw. H, Lovely, president of the Athletic As- Montreal, Mr Le Blanc was one of the th jlast few ,ear.s have making August was the month irM r Radbourne's 8 Consecutive Victories reports to the manager best known lacrosse hockey players eliltty " ing mysterious about the fnmaway: Th tnuckle ball had been tried by sociation; Harold Llfton, of and revolutions consistently. If Mr got the best of his frues,' "' ; In tho amateur ranks eastern Mjtkhuss my I fast ball with a downward som old timers, but only In practice the basketball team Jona.s .Schaplro, of Canada dismiies claim am will with Sp Her lta - It waa a manager tho swimming He has never lost his Intereest In these meet liim or anv a ' Among Leading Feats of the break, made unbeatahle by Matty's re- for th purpose of seeing what queer of teir George Inilo other sknter In August S. 11 and 23 no Past Rudnlck, nt of tl.i sports and Is a regular attendant at all Inn'np contest My comparatively markable control, his chango of pnee ricks they might make the ball do. Ulilttle "Jikeon Hi"rs" si bruezed h m thu mnn'h " Because of the smaller little fellow known as "Ollllgan th : Harry , hockey games tho Nicholas Ice onr stlpulat on ' hl close study of rival batters. Kddle Summer, formerly of Detroit, Association Scliwnrtr.m guard at St that 'he co'itest be of Washinsr'on on Angus'. ." number of pitchers employed by clubs Mouse." Ho was not more than 5 feet and Rink. he'.l'ln Pal-ac- y.i' fadeaway alas befuddled supersti th pitcher to use It on tho varsity basketball team, Hirry ths ISlst Street Ice Skating cldentally. was the on' i In the early days of the Nitlonal I.eajrue Inches tail, and weighed about ISO The wa about first ' (and there are no more Idea was to hold the Hallbcrg, varsity cheer leader; William of Caldwell who reti el and American Association the feats of pound. He was . wonderful little tious btsmen Tho McGrath and Cy Coyne, soccer players, 'ending out spec- superstitious creatures than ball play. ' against tha knuckles of the lower The Munitions hockey team of O'tawa star on strikes more 1U1 the boxmen stood with catcher, but he had his troub'es when all are among those who no longer will rep- fhere are three thl'ig.s a person must lei put by supposcn ingera, holding It with the Index finger will be the next Canadian seven to ba j Speaker's last sflk ' tacular distinctness. Rad on spaed to gt a third strike. era) Its myiery ucuur ' resent tho In tn become a ifolclcnt (Inure v c' Naturally the tall, muscular form and Ollllgan always shin ball worked the nme way last ind thumb, and let It slip out of th Lavender athletics. seen In action In this city. It will play mvfr ' on Septembe 3. Vlnre braced himself for th skter They are balance, poise and belr.g f 1ssge of Charles Radbourn shock, but the ratapultlc season. Caldwell, in his prime in hand Ilk a spit ball. Th delivery was the Wanderers next Saturday nlsht at M ' Hie Browns the her aturnlne fore of th isn. ARRANGE conoence," enys H. Grcenebaum, of the Providence Club are tint to appear ball Invariably sent the mldgt back a used a delivery greatly similar to nalnful on th knuckles nnd required SKI TOURNEY. tho St. Nicholas Ice Rink. manger of the 151st Street Ic' Skvlnn formance. on memory's scroll of the past. He was few feet. Mathewson's. a fnst ball with a dc- - very strong fingers. It Is a dangerous in th" In t thrn mm Paine, who has muli! an exhaustive fo- - -- d out only the first to win e'ghtsen game In suc- One of the first pltehtrs to perfect th ceptlvo hop. ball to pitch and a catcher can hold It National Meet to ne Btae-e- on Cornelius Fcllowe of the St. Nicholas stud't of skating In all Its branches n'ruck cession, and he did this while alternately drop curve was Oeorg II, Derby, The nrlnclnle of th cross fire ball, nnlv long practice. Clcotte also Ice ninlj plans to stage a hard boiled being the list of a red after "Thnf are slmnle thlnts, U true, hut b-- . pitching and playing the outfield While haired Pennsylvania, who pitched ' succe'sfully by Eddie Plnnk experimented qu'te a bit with It Jannury 37. tnu scramble on ska'e at his arena sue- - had the honor of De. used to has the io forms the foundation for No tn as as i 12, shortly. The contestant will b th BOSTON Ili!cn the pltchlrg distance wss but fifty feet trolt Into fourth position USI, the and Hooks wutsr. is oia ion nnd haa used it successfully. Ciucaoo, Jan. Offlclala of th I cess tn tho tee. be- . fannul Pr'sker yet the batter cou'd call for a ball first year the City of Btralta was tn th handed pitching, though these pitchers Russell Ford, formerly of th Ynn. Norg Ski Club at a meollrg held Isst sporting writers of this city. "Cnflderce Is the first t'.i'nr hJt OHICAllO- - Will' inn tween the waist nnd shoulder or between National League The drop curve com- saw the possibilities of it more than kees, was the Inventor ot the emery bill, night voted to affirm the decision of th muatba acquired. It a p'rson begins to I . falier. 1 . 1 len ' pletely baffled to In - CI,r,Vi:iJ.NI Morl.m. . ' the waist and th knee. th heavy hitters that their predecessors. The Idea was He and Bweeney kept the wcret for a nfflc'nls rhatge of the national cham- John J. Dsly, one of the best known I skate confidence it Is going to to tal. : This required excellent control on the Anson had on the pennant winning Chi- place the right foot on tho eitromo right long time. Bweeney later confided It to plonshlp tournapient make the meet a of the home bred professional figure take much more time to edinw results pr.TIt IT Ehmke, J part of th pltrher and control wa. the cago team In the early '10s. But th corner of the rubber and then extended Ray Keating and gradually ether pitch-- 1 one day affair. The overt, which will he BlcUers, disputes ln Markhuss' poise be taught by Balae and can the tel. i " chief asset of "Rad." who could shoot muscular snap required In th delivery toward first base, as far aa poetslda era heesn to try It. To a baseball lav. held at Gary. 111.. January 27, was orlir- - claims tn the "revoUUlons" champion- r hut - "nmethlng NEW YOIIK Cnlit'-i'i-l Instriiti onfUeive Tipple. 1. I the sphere through a knothole. 11 also of the drop curve, which wss the only pitch to the batsmen .from a sham man the orlnclnle of the emery ball may Inslly scheduled for both Saturday and ship. Daly says I ne kilter h'mself flop Ktitlni, I, that nvit !' rl 1 TJtul. 10 Derby . to - " possessed great speed, and those who successful ball could pitch, ruined angle not sound logical. The general Impres. Sunday, but Inability obtain special "I notlod that Orrln Mark- "It the most essential tht 'R In skat rittl. A' n T"IIA H' ii saw him In th box In the early '(0 hi arm In one seaaon, and hs never An Inbreaklng curve completed th s!on of the fan was that Ford and other, tram on eaiurany resulted in tne necl-eme- huss claimed the world's reco'd after h ing Vone of the tmh evie-- t sltattrs nni ' Kev 1 ,n-- 1 slrty-seve- n l.--s : can never forget the Urrlflc speed with gain did anything noteworthy, and hnth of the n'tchers men ball pitcher roughened the cover i lnn to hold all tho events on tho follow had made revolutions while could possibly have scalel the helsV ST Mil Mnun pitcher who ing afternoon, doln-- ; sp'n. ' ,', which he hurled the ball over tha plate Another Detroit achieved tioned ach'eved great success with It, of th bs.ll In order to grip It morn the "Jackson Halner I of sude.s 'f fey had been ucklng In WV..'.''"t - hV pres- r whenever h had the batfmnn In a hole. fame was Charles II, Getxlen, whos Rube WaOdell nt one t'me P'ank's firmly. Many other n!t"hrs who knew Three special trulns havo boon muet dispute th'e claim. In the ronfldre" In tl'.elr own nbll ty By con- - w. : l!-.- sr. . K Rad's backstop In those day was a. delivery was referred to a th "prsUel on auspectcd Ford roughened tho for. ence of Bror Meyer, Arthur Held, Frank ilo not mean rgotlrm." tat, 11 teammate tho Athletic and perhaps or ball fldenci I 1

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