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" gßg I .Jill1 a thoughtful protest from a graduate student at California Institute of Technology named Ed Kurtz. Kurtz, an amateur , believed firmly that a could be curved. He wrote that he had got into an argument with Dr. E. (Bud) Cowan, professor ofmathematical physics at Cal. Tech. With a steak dinner at stake (and Kurtz throwing from inside one pole, around a second pole and inside a third one) they proved ?. jy it could be done but only to themselves. Still, despite Kurtz’s successful effort in winning a dinner, there was no photographic proof. So This Week staff photog- rapher Hy Peskin took up his cameras and started swinging. One night this spring in the semi-darkened Polo Grounds in , with special speed lights flashing in sequence and casting staccato shadows on the empty stands, Peskin went to work. To convince the die-hards, he arranged an elaborate photo- graphic setup. He was helped by Harry L. Parker, president of the American Speedlight Corporation, who devised espe- cially for this job a “timer”to set off one after another the 12 different speed lights that were lined up between home plate pitcher’s and the mound. v Two Camaras Used ,J N 1.-I: ; One camera, protected by a heavy netting, was set up behind home plate and another in the press box in the mezzanine. ifßHHHffipjfiPf v»i c h * HI On the pitcher’s mound was a willing young Giant rookie, George Bamberger. Twenty-six years old, George was with Ottawa of the last year, distinguished himself by pitching a no- game. George is known as a curve-ball pitcher, which is to say that almost everything he ¦ ... throws is supposed to be a curve. Three poles were lined up, jn accordance with the previously mentioned Kurtz plan. One was directly in front of the plate, the next about 20 feet further and slightly toward third base, the last one in a direct line with the other two. This placed it on the pitcher’s mound, but to the right or third- base ride. / After a brief warm-up session, young Bamberger started throwing. Peskin crouched at the controls ofthe light “timer,” with assistants behind the {date and in the press box. The right-handed Bamberger to start the ball from the left (first-base) side of the first pole, sweep around the right ride of the second pole and the leftride of the third one. On some of his pitches he hit the last pole, on some he got cleanly inside it. In either case, the proof of the curve was conclusive. When Peskin was finally satisfied, Bamberger grinned and said, "I might as well have pitched a whole -Robert h. shoemaker SAME ACTION as shown on opposite page. This photo was taken from behind home plate where camera MTHOt OF "THE BEST M BASEBALL” was protected by a heavy netting. Bamberger’s pitch nicked inside of last pole, which is vibrating

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