Page 6 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. MAY 23, 1907. - Curve Balls tia tne The “Spit Ball,” the “Rise Ball” the “Fade Away Ball" and Other Marvels of the Game. Why a New Curve Is a Bonanza. - National By FREDERICK R. TOOMBS, ASEBALL piteh 0 B ers find the : po study of the phenomena of curve balls a most inter esting as well as val uable pursult, It was | the discovery of the | clirve that give base ball much of its Im petus as a scientific | sport, and men spend years In seeking to develop new varia of it and new possibilities Those who sfull tions SUCCES HOW BALL” §EE: ne difficulty in earning $5, or $10,000 a year Cor almost by men BU year HOW PITCHERS HOLI ING OF livers the pit ball’ and the others used art wer Joseph McGilunity of National leagte team The ball" the result periments of men who have for been trying to perfect an or “up While pitchers could product nuch difficulty “in curves,” “outs, “drops” and “out drops.” they could not for many years make a ball as It over the home plate The inshoot Is delivered by sending the ball away over the ends of the In dex and middle fingers it 1s he revolving of te DR OB 1s AXIS that maxes It curve, or, © more accurate, that leads to its eurv ing. The ball that revolves swiftly from left to right offers more resistance to the alr on its left side than It does on its right, so the ball swerves to the right, or In toward the batsman The outshoot is delivered by sending the ball away over the side of the fore- finger, and when the ball is released the back of the hand ls turned down. ward. Now the ball revolves from right to left, and =o It swerves to the left, or out from the batsman. The drop ean be delivered in two or three different ways, and In most oases the ball is held just as for an out curve, but it Is frequently let go with more of a snap and always with the back of the pitching hand turned to the right or partly to the front, so as to make the ball revolve away from the holder and with ita axis at right an gles to the course it pursues fo the plate, wr by York le spe of ex years “up curve” rise Is f shoot.” without rise went oo. A MODERN MERMAID. Annette Kellerman, Champion Woman Swimmer, and Her Adventures, There are no nu now except dM variety JOW N ries, but Annetts wo man =» nies pret ty bein: « is almost much at l land AM I. y \ i country nN, pion ns us on dry Keller ecently land the came to meet United perfect wrists of iwetieally and live complexion and gray eyes, ight up a face. She \ustralian her mother America French par Kellerman twenty-one Winsol birth, but of is in + . ¥ ovr » i i 1 found supper g OnOT ANN hort stature, so 1 declined ng offer™ he was of his flatter A WELCOME BOY. Queen Victor Gift and Her Heir. Spain f an ceed his father be the ng mon 1 nt issued before the QUEEN VICTORIA OF SPAIN, mits that so happy an event shall be real. fzed, may be carried out with all the cus. tomary solemnity, I make this deoree. Then followed directions as to the dignitaries who should attend the pre sentation of the heir. Article § read: In order that the Inhabitants of the most herole town of Madrid may Know without delay whether the newly born ohild Is & prince or an Infanta thers shall be in the first case the Hpanish flag over that part of the royal palace known as the Punta del Diamante, and there shall be fired a salute of twenty.one at the customary places; In the seo ease the flag shall be white, and the shall be Nfteen guna Khould the take piace at t, a light of the placed beneath apprepeiate, color shall be | ERG) PETER MARTHUR, POET. %.lented Canadian Bard and His New Book, “The Prodigal.” your poets?” Bryce at n wv y, fli “Wher bis New usked ure sandor James York hi dinner In sitice the put efforts in evidence recent! @evel HOW question wins at snsw r It have heen Many young and old, have : olnted th Mm that American hag at the p i” (1 time { n bona fide posse wrt ie Naturally the res genius i to the rank should take The difficult when applied to the writers Among the latter is Peter McArthur, a Canadian of de New Yorker, who has made a from his privately printed sonnets and hl Atlantic embodied them opinion pective versifiers question Is younger Scotch cent, now a Hection Monthly and other magazines A ¥ and in volume en titled "I'he Prodigal and Other Moems.” dry And looked at life with all the old prise +4 I Ar PRINCE OSCAR. of Emperor W Like Study Who in America am Would to ¥ \ that hesitate for the news PRINCE OSCAR, feared lest they might be so Inquisitive as to his son's student life as to Inter fore with the young man’s studies, Prince Oscar Is now about eighteen and is the favorite of the empress, He is a fine carpenter, it being the custom tor Hohenzollern princes to learn some trade. He has been raised under a vigorous regime and never was pam: by court luxuries. This three meals a day have been of the plal fare, and, though the kaiser believes plenty of exercise, he has seen to It that b's son gave close attention to | i : 1 | The Battered Hobbyhorse. A scarred and battered hobbyhorse, | with one eye missing, its tale and mane | reduced to ragged wisps of hair and a | little Ame leather saddle fragments on its worn back, almost to formed a part { of the baggage carried by an aged cou real | kept it all these years b | daughter down contributions to the Century, ple in the Unlon station waiting room at St. Louis the other evening, It cap- tured the interest of a crowd that gath pred. The old man listened to the com ments, of them unkind jests, Then he spoke, almost In a tone of apology. “We're goin’ to Texas, and we couldn't leave it behind,” he explained “You see, it belonged to our little boy that's dead. He used t9 set a might o store by that old horse, und now it's all we've to by. We ck In Indiana, when things got bad and our in Texan for us, why, we just packed up and started, Had to leave lots of things | but not that, We couldn't could we? He tur “No; we couldn't leave the sald. —8t, Louls Globe-Dexy KOme got remember Lim and then sent back there, ive that, his wife. horse,” mw she gocrat, Buying Clothed. “I suppose everybody has some plan of 1 : purchases,” sald a man hold ing a arel that he was ab “Do you see those two arti 1 am end | be cu i wearing apg ossed off? m til 1 1 3 the of : i women. Yet, UM help « be had, it better to submit 10 this ordeal than let the Pr] 03 LE a WwW ana 1 he s that so often the annosancs Thomsands Nf women wl cured Ux Dr. Werce's Fan tion writ 0 aDur " vi h d PE : : ' : sick by letter, A held sacredly confidentia Dr. Piers 's Pleasant Pellets Inv and regulate stomach, liver and bowels gorate be township, Joeoenesd “Jack, ®t’ more amidships,” called out an engineer officer who happened past; “you'll ride easier.” “Captain,” grinned the old salt, “this is the first craft I ever commanded, and It's a pity If 1 can't stay on the quarter deck’? Stanton Could Swear. One President Lincoln saw Sen ator Fessenden coming toward his of- fice room. Mr. Fessenden had received the promise of some appointment in Maine for one of his constituents, The case had n overlooked. As soon as Mr. Lincoln caught sight of the sena- tor he saw Fessenden was angry and called out, “Say, Fvssenden, aren't you an Epis an?” Mr, Fessenden, somewhn back, answered, “Yes, I belong to that persuasion, Mr. President.” Mr. Lincoln then sald: “1 thought You swear $9 much li Beward. ward Is Episcopalian sut you ought to hear Stanton swear, He can beat you both. He 1s a Presby- day 1 Dee opall ! taken { BO ke Ko g we an . J leston, B., C,, was at harles Fort In | legton first calle onor of Charles was substituted for the in 1783 LEGAL ADVERTISMENTS E - ¥ te SADIE I EMERICK sre of Waiker Latters testamentary in the above estate hav ‘ sald estate re y S18 : Pa id REMOINNT p . LIWNS bor's tion. We'd be glad to BUSH ARCADE, PAINT YOUR HOUSE In attractive colors and it will stand out from its neigh Our experience in combining colors har monionsly is at your service with the Pure White Le back us up. 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