6 THE SmANTOX TltTBtrNE WEDNESDAY MOENING, AUGUST 20, 18!C have: your Serge or Summer Clothes made: to order by THE FRANK T, CARROLL CO., Coal Exchange Building, WYOMING AVENUE. EASTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES Rochester Wins Its Second Game in the Wilkes-Barre Series. SCRANTON WINS BY ONE RUN Knoi-Li'd Vinson, llin SyrafUr T tr ier, (lilt in One Kound, but llic Mnr Made n Hard Scramble Toioul i Almost tVon at Providence. Two Uld-l'uhioiitd (.nine at Springfield. Yetru,a,, Hcmlt. .Stmntun Syracuse 3 UtKhestrr 7 Wilkes-Barre 5 Providence ! Toronto 7 Springfield u Buffalo O Kutluln 14 Springfield 5 i-ranlon won yi'slf rclii.v from Syrn 1 -list- llinmirli superiority in the pilih ili'iKii'ttni'iit uitil tilt; sain is true if Kurlii'StiT's victory nifi' AVIlki-s-rii'irc and Unit iif IIih tlritys over tlm I'UIIUdLlllS. 'I'llc (HO U.INI.'W liclwcea Htiffalii unci Sprlntli'M were IViitiuvil I'.v lieuvy liittiipr ami an uMT-iitiliiul-mii'i' ul errors. I'i'ifi.-nlauc l(c'irt. i'. w. i. r.i ri" .i.l- ti.'e !i7 ":i ::s .ir; 1 : - j 1 i i- l"7 w r.T'i 1: -nTali Iu4 .'.ii is . :.:is '1'iiDni. h'i :.l :,l ,".::7 Syy. u.ve iji -in :,s .C. SprliifclM.I :. it :.-i .u:i W ilkes-l'.lii'iv 'X, 4il .ul .s.-iaiitmi :! r.7 .::xt T;ditys Kartell League l.uiii. Syrui-i'j-'i at Si-r:iiitoii. Iiiielc sler at WilkcH-liairu. rsnrtalti at SiU'iliKliehl. Toronto ul rriivileiiee. BY ONE RUN. Strati ton Won in One Inning by Pound injC Mustm Out of the (lame. Swan Inn defeatecl Syi acuse yesicr "lay by the nlmit scut-e nf 4 to :i, anil poiintled .Masuii nut uf the Imx in the lirst iimi'ur. Three nf Hie Si-ruuton 1 aas were earned, while nf the three r laell.se lulHi'S, lliaile in three Mi'pill'- n te iimiia.-s. one was due to a wild throw' hy Manuiie and another is hit 11 I nil against .lulmseii's hud aim in IryiiiM tn eateh a 1 miner luippint; at second. Kxri-ptiiiK a hase on dulls whh li nave the Stars a run ill I lie third Itiuliiir. .lohiisoli hih lied inarveUnisly (piiiil ball, iiolwilhstani-liiiir the nine liiis reeoiileit against iiim. He gave but one walk to lirst, struck out five luilsmeii ami nave two lilts in only two IiiiiImkx. The only hit for more than a base was Maii iioh'h two-bas!?''!' which should have been mi eiisy nut but went safe owillK to n'lirlen's 1'n.nlty JinlKinent. Dehiney, Mho began pitching in the second, nave but seven hits. His ipumI work was marred, however, by his (jcneroslty In Klvltiff llvo bases on balls. 1 Still he kepi Si ranton's hits scnlfereil ami this with the sharp and snappy work be hind him, some Rood luck in the inlleld nml a piece of poor base rniiiilnir kept Scrunton from sccnintr several possible inns. KKEFKS OFF-DAY. Keere was afflicted with Hip inevit uble off-day that comes to every um pire and for the first time since his appearance here was somewhat twisted on balls and strikes. Kacli club suffer ed alike. He had Ills troubles with the players, too, "bill' Kaftan, Ryan and liaymond causing a stop nnd delay hi the eighth Inning when a strike was culled on Delaney who had stepped out of the box. liyaii was especially abu sive. The three gathered about the um pire nnd kicked long, loud and vigor ously and gave Keefe an opportunity to display 11 rare gift of quiet firmness which ended In Kayniond being sent to the bench to await his turn to bat and in silencing J Ivan and Kagnn, w ho never le tore were known to sfp chewing after once getting started. TIIRER KCNs. I'lirien hit the first ball pitched hy Mason in the first. Inning, and Meu ney got three sacks and scored O'l'.rl cii on a. terrille smash to left center. K.igau followed with a single, which brought ,.M'-uiiey in, and stole second. Massey was thrown out at lirst. "l!ill" Kagan let Jlaguire's hot grounder go through his fingers and the Srrunt.ni Kagnn scored. A double play from Kuwait to Jiaymuinl to t'arey retired the side. Delaney was put in the box iu the next liining. -MaguireV iwlld throw to first in th- second Inning, a stolen base and a single gave the Stars their first run, nnd they were presented another iu the third inning on a base 011 balls, a single and u force hit. Iu the fourth with one out, Uerger's grounder went through ltyu.ii, Iterger reaching second on the error. lie went to third on .IoIiiisou'm lire arid cored on O'Hrlen's two-baser to right- In FOR THE EASIEST RUNNING WHEEL ON EARTH R. A. GREGORY ON A SPALDING AT KINGSTON, ON AUGUST 22, 'look everything In Night, except the grand Mand, und lie would liuve tuken thut, too, but it was filled with pretty girla, und being bashful lie did nut want to ask tliem to move. iet h Spalding and be with the push nt FLOREV'S IBM center, the hit earning the run. Mcnney Hew out to Bannon. FINAL RUN SCORED. ' Syracuse bagged the final and an undeserved run In the fifth. Uannon singled and went to second on Eagnn's fumble and to third on Ryan's lire. Delaney forced Bannon on Johnson's stop und eventual put out, with the assistance of Magulre and Merger, De laney going to second during the play. Johnson threw wild to catch him at second und he reached third, scoring on Kagar.'s single. Score: SCRANTON. A.M. R. It. P.O. A. K. O'Urlen. el" 110 0 Meaner, IT a 1 1 i n 0 P. Katnin. If :j I 2 1 .Massey, lb ;t m a : j n Macilre, :!l :i t) a n :i j Kelster, 2b I a 1 2 2 a Moss, ss :! It 1 2 (i H Herder, p ;: I 2 X r, n .luliti-ell. p l II 1 2 I I Total 4 10 2i I smtAcrsi:. A.H. It If. I'.O. A. i:. Iluitan. ?.) ... Kuyiiiaiid. s ... Shoiii'on, if Ilaii iugton, :M) , 1'ar-y, lt Xaliner, c lianiiuli, cf Ityan, If Masuii, Ii luiie, p I t 1 4 f 4 0 la I Total S l . lease S.i. nil. in K.iiiietl runs .. :;t :: n 2t n 2 . I I a I ii i) ii 0- .:: o l a it a I Seraiilnii. Tw.i-hase hits a ' Crieii, tlaiiuoii. Three-base lilt Meane.v. Sa.iiliee hit Moss. Slobn liuses-Alos.-.. farcy. Cannon, Slieaion. I.el'l on bases -Serantoii, X: Syrai usi-. ft. Stun k unt-r.ergcr. .lolinsnn, V. Kagan, Zalmer, Delaney 2, Han inislon. Houlile plays Moss to Keisler lo Massey: Kaaan lo Itayuinmi to farcy; lielaney m Ituy inoii.l. I'ivst on ei iois- SeianUin. 1; Syra cuse. I. First on halls -i iff Johnson, I; OtT Delam-y. j. l'liipire Keefe, Tline-I.i;,. EASY FOR ROCHESTER. Wall at Wilkes-llaire iu u l.islleksly t'lavcd liainc. Wilkes-Harre. Alls. 2".. llochester Won uiili case i'ioii. WilKes-Harre to day, foakley had a lame arm, and was hit hard In the first four innings. Alter that he settled down and did good work the rest of the game. Kaston was invincible up fn the eighth Inning, when tin; liouie team got. three runs. The contest was a listless one all through. Weather, line. Attendance, r.ilil. Score: Wlt.KRH-nARHK. A ll. I!. II. P.O. A. K. I.yille. Ii' .'ill I n I lioinier. h I I I :! 6 a l.t-zoite. if I I I 2 II J Hills, el' 4 0 2 " a 'I SmlHi. Hi :i n I 1 I I llail. Hi t it I ' H II I Mi-.Mahnn, ss I I :! ll Weiite. c :l I ll 2 I ll foakley, i 1 I I O 1 (t Total 11 21 I'.O. JiOt BIOS R. At H. A. E. t i:., it. mis. If It I 2 a a Johnson, i t 4 11 2 Uow.se. 21 112 12 1 Lynch, rf 4 1 1 2 :i a Heard, ss 4 ! :! 2 2 o Duolcy. II 4 0 il I'l ll a .Mlllvey, 3b 4 I 2 :! 2 I Itoyd. c 4 1 2 ." 2 a Elision, p II 0 I il 2 o Total .'IT. 7 K 27 H 2 Wilkes-Barre 0 0 0 0 0 1 (I 3 I .'. lioi hesler 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 7 Earned runs Wllkes-Burre, 1; Roches ter, I. First base by errors Wilkes Haire, 2: H'ichester, 2. Left on bases VVilkes-Marre, .'; Rochester, ii. First base on halls Oil' Easlon, 2. Struck out By Easton. Leaolle 2. Donner. Thrue-haso lilts Dowse, Lezotte. Two-base hits Lynch, Itoltemis, Bonner, foakley 2, Belts. Sacrillee hit Easlon. Stolen base Mlllvey. Double plays Mill vcy to Poo- ley; McMalion lo Bonner to Ear -(iulYiiey. Time 1.30. I'niplre Spiiuqfield-liiillalo. Springllclil, Aug. 2"i. The Bisons tTid 1 'mules split even iu this afternoon's gnmes. Moth were won by pounding the ball. In the first, Buffalo could not do iniuch, despite Sfahl's haine run and triple, tn the second, Springfield co'ild not have hit a flock of barns. Manager Burns' new battery, Kllleen and Duncan, had woeful support, bin did bravely. Scores: First game H.H.K. Sprhmilcid ,.o 0 :. 020 .". o 0-12 l"i 4 Buffalo 4 0 1 0 0 i) I 0- ll i 1; Biilieries foiiKhlin and Leahy; Uray and Smith. I 'lupin.' Hornnng. Second game R.H.E. spriiiKiieki ..0 0 1 0 0 2 11 0 2-r. s KiilYalo 1 0 2 U 3 1 4 14 17 l Battel les- Kllleen and Dniiean; limber and Cniuliurt, l inplre Hornnng. 1' rot idenec-Toronto. Providence, Aug. ll. Providence again defeated Toronto today, hut had a veiy close escape from defeat in the ninth inn ing. Both pitchers were wild. The su perior lidding support given tile Hrovi deiii e pitcher turned ihe victory. Attend ance, I.SnO. Score; R.H.E. Providence ..I 0 0 0 :1 0 2 1 1-s :t 1 Toroiili 0 0 4 U 0 0 n o 3 7 s 4 Hat leiies-Lewis and foogan; Horlon and Lanalian. I'mplre Swartwood. NATIONAL LEAGUE. fVri'enluice Record. P. vv. I PC. Baltimore he: 70 .i.mi I'iiielnnatl lo I ': .lie! fhveland te." i;l :'. .27 flileimo In? id 41; .r.7l Pittsburg le;t 4; . ..'.:! Boston M r.7 17 .".IS Brooklyi a2 17 .V. .4i;l New York i'.'i 4H .".7 .4a7 I hlladelplnu. Iifi 4 r,7 .1..7 Washington lid 4i 2 .:?.nt St. Louis : u:t .:r. l Luilisvllle Iihi 2 71 .2MI At Brooklyn- It 11.10. Brooklyn ...1 0 0 0 n (1 11 a n 1 to 2 Chicago ....ft 0 t V 0 I 2 11 o !4 9 I Batteries Payne and P.nrrell; tiritllth and Anson. Umpire Lally. At Washington First game R.II.R. Washington I o 0 2 0 n, 0 0 I- 4 s :; Cincinnati ..3 0 u 0 0 n 11 0-3 11 :! Batteries Mercer and Farrell; Ehret and Vaughn. I'niplre Sheridan. At Washington Second game R.H.E. Washington 0 0 0 2 0 0 I 3 ."1 11 Cincinnati ..a 11 0 11 11 0 A 1 I 4 o Batteries Me. lames and MKliiire; Rhtnes and Vaughn. Umpire Sheridan.' At Ualtlmore-First game H.H.E. iHaltlmoro ..0 0 n 0 0 n 0 0 2- 2 12 I Cleveland ...r. 0 .1 II .1 0 0 0 112 I'. 2 Batteries I InfTer. forbett and Robin son: Voung and Jdtmmer. Umpire Hurst. At Baltimore Second game R.H.E. Baltimore ..I 0 0 2 0 I 0 0 4 12 3 Cleveland ...0 1 I 0 1 a 0 11 1 4 .'. 0 Batteries Pond nnd Clarke; 'uppy, Connor and .limner. I'niplre Hurst. Culled on uurount of darkness. At New York-First game R.H.E. New York ..2 000 u 0049 S Louisville .. 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0-0 10 2 Batteries Mrekln und Zearfoss; Fraaler and Dexter. Umpire Emslle. At New York Si oond game It. H E. New York ..f i a a u n a a 2 K 9 I 1 dullsville ...0 i) (I U 2 2 2 0 II-I) 12 :t Hatlerlen Heveny and WIlKon: Can nlnuhani and Miller. fniplre Kinslie. failed on ai count of darkness. At Philadelphia First game It.H.E. Philadelphia 3 0 1 S 0 1 0 0 1 H2 Bt. Louis ....0 01O2O01O-4&3 Batteries North and Boyle; Hart and McFarland. fmptres Henderson ami Campbell. At Philadelphia Second game H.H.E, Philadelphia 0 2 2 0 1 2 l 0 0-1 IS I st. Louis ....a ooono-ioi a is i Batteries Keener and Grady; Brelten. steln and Murphy. Umpires Henderson and Campbell. At Boston R.H.E. Doston 0 O40O22S 14 1 DiUs burg ..3 22000000792 Batteries Sullivan, Klobendani and Dergon; Killen, HiiKhey and Sugilen, I'm pire Lynch. ABOUT JIM FIELDS. Itullalo i:niiiirer Mau Forgives the Tribune lor lis Opinion. In an article headed "Don't Like It: the Serantoii Tribune Man Objects to an Article iu the Enquirer (Buffaloi," the Enquirer man reprints the little friendly argument that baa been gaing m between the two papers cor.iv ruing flaiTnoy and dim Fields and conclud.s with the following: "All right, old sport, let it go al that. VV did not intend to give any wrong Interpreta tion to your remarks and are gla 1 that you reiterated' the statements. We have always had considerable lik ing for tic Tribune baseball articles for they ure pithy and to the point, hut we also think that the .writer is a little prejudiced against t he? Buffalo club, and LiZKle-Scl.-sors' Field, us p calls him In particular." our opinion of .lamsey Fields Is con tained in the following paragraph which appeared in The Tribune dur'ng the Bisons' last visit here: perjonal ly. Fields is a quiet and gentlemanly fellow. His aggressiveness on the diamond makes him a target lor the bleachers. In Serantoii they have al ways called him 'Lizzie.' " As an all around American citizen, raconteur and other things that are good. Jim can divide the bun with the rest of t lieui, but as a scrappy, husky, fog-liorn-voiced ball player there is no de nying thai Jim Is a holy terror. But we like him Just the same. CATCHER JOHN O'NEILL. The .tliiionku Hoy Is Winning Laurels ul Sidney, N. Y. John O'Neill, of Minooka, who left In June fur St. I'.oiiaventure's college, Al legany. N. V.. to catch lorthe baseball team of that institution. Is now be hind the bat for the Sidney team of the New York Siate league, and his work is being watched by the managers of K.islern league clubs. While playing on the college team he took the honors In balling amb his work with the stick on the Sidney team Is a terror to oppos ing pitchers. The rooters In Sidney are ready to buy the town for him. He is young and has a strong, well built frame, does not touch intoxicating liquor, and when In- Is playing the same he h.as nothing to say but keeps on using his head. He lias a good, common school education and is a member of Daniel O'fouuell council. Young Men's Institute, of .Ml- iioolia. His numerous friends are watching his progress with Interest, und hope lo see him with an Eastern league flub next season. DIAMOND DUST. Mason will probably pitch again today, (illlon and BeiLpr will be today's hul lery, Owner-Manager Kuntxsch was not here Monday when his team won. tie was on the bench yesterday. Raymond's bad judgment gave John son a hit In the sixth. With two out it was Raymond's play fo field the ball 10 first, but he threw It to Kagan, who was several feet uway from second, and Eagau was late In getting It to lirst. This afternoon's game with Syracuse will be tin- last one al Athlelie park until next week Thursday, when begins the series with Wllkes-Rnrre. Tomorrow, Friday and Saturday the club plays- in Springfield, and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Providence. The series whh Wilkes-Harre will consist of three games in each city, In Seranion on Thurs day, Sept. 3: In W'llkes-linrre 011 Friday, in Seranion Saturday morning. In Wllkes Burre Saturday afternoon, in Seraiiton Monday, and Iu 'Wllkes-Barre Tuesday. AMATEUR BALL NOTES Tlie Minooka Locals challenge the Tay lor Rods for a game on Minooka grounds Friday. ,7. Brown, manager. The Minooka team cannot play the Eu rekas Sunday, Aug. .'10, us they have a game in'rungcd with the Moosie Popular. The Actives of lummore challenge the Stars of lilyphant to a game to he played on Throop grounds Saturday afternoon af 2.30. Answer through Tribune. Edward Harper, malinger; Andrew Coiler, eap tain. The Nonpareils of Priceburg challenge the Actives of Serantoii, ur the Nonpareils of Dunmore, lo a game on ihe priceburg mounds Aug. Sn. Answer through The Tribune. John Weiland, manager. The Aepves of Scruiitnu defeated the Nonpareils of Priceburg hy the score of !t lo 7. Batteries Actives. Lltllejohn and lloidiv.han: N'oimareiN. Moses unit Hall. Cmpire -John Judge. The I lashers of ild Forge,- ehsll.-nge th Minooka Base Ball club for a game lo he pla.ie.l Sun. lay, Aug. 30, on Minooka or OH Forge grounds. P. .1. Conway, nmnager. The South Side Reserves accept the challenge or the Taylor Reds for Thurs day, Aug. 27. al 3.30 p. m. Jen Cleat), manager; Conny Fallon, captain. The Sailor Boys nt tile eWst Side, accept the challenge of the Orovu Sircet Stars for Aug. SI at 2 o'clock sliaru. J. Mad den, captain. The "old" Young Men's Christian Asso ciation team will day the Harmonies next Thursday afternoon at 8.20 o'clock al Athletic purk. The Harmonics are era. k amateurs mid a great game is scheduled. The Anthracites and the Sliders will play tomorrow on the Brick Yard grounds. Tuesday. Air Shaft grounds Hearty Boys 1 I- 0 2 0- 4 Blue flippers 0 11 0 3 1-3 Halleiies-Hearty Boys. Phillius and Callagher; flippers. Duffy and Devaney. Umpire-Welsh. The Hearty Boys chal lenge any dub in the city under 1:1 years of age 011 Air Shufl grounds, return game lo be given. Buy Morgan, captain. ... Cnnudit Victorious, Toledo. ().. Aug. 2.". The Canadian yacht Canada defeated Ihe Veueedur ill Onlay's rnee. The latter was two miles l.clilnd. Canada's time was 4. PCo. MTT rAJL TO KB TM WOLP AMERICAN, The Plnest and Hlrhert Orade Wheels Made In America, ifkio Wheels, t ft-Date la Ever Particular, S38.M. Cw fuiaSe. B. R. PARKER. tptmn MtMt. tm Can fare li to Ve-ar Hta PRINCIPLE OF THE JCURVED BALL It Is Still as UnexpUinable as When First Discovered. MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY NO HELP The Test as Made oa the Louisville Grounds and the Experiment Only Served to Suggest the Presence ot a Potent I'ndeliuable Influence Which forces the Sphere to Chance Its Course So Suddenly Thut It Almost KHertW a Sharp Angle at the Pit of SliiftiiiK. A "base ball crank" Is supposed to be n man who knows all about the national game. He never misses 11 promising eon test, and can interpret every play ns if reading It from a book, says the Phila delphia Times. His chief delight Is to boisterously spread his knowledge in a crowd ot fellow-spectators, where he poses as tin authority on errors, und especially knows more .about "outs" than the umpires. But Just casually usk Iiim to explain the curves the crack pitchers conjure if you want to hear him stutter. Try il If his untiling, know-it-all com mentary annoys you -It's the slickest conceivable way to culm the "roaring" crank on the great national game. in such a distasteful position, how ever, the poor squelched crank will have plenty of company. Though the squelching inquiry will undoubtedly put a daintier on his effervescing base ball Information, there Is ample excuse for his seeming infantile ignorance, for neither the pitchers who practice the mystifying shoots nor Hie umpires w no Watch I hem in their coil'se from Hie pitcher's box to the butter's plute have so fur been able to comprehend Ihe sphere's st range actions iu space. Ami to climax the excuse for his apparent lack of knowledge, this living base ball guide can manfully relate ilie vain ef forts of modern science to obtain a lucid explanation of the atmospheric, phenomena. Extensive experiments have been pro moted with hope of solving the prin ciple involved In the peculiar shoots and curves the ball takes utter leaving the pitcher's hand. Lung, obscure papers have been w litlen cm Ihe subject by the experimenters, but none of them even attempt to record a solution of the mystery. In fact, the common, eontin iious curve Is the only feature of the pitcher's skill that does not defy even a feasible theoretical conclusion. It doesn't seem so bard to explain how a ball may be made to commence curving the moment it leaves the pitch er's pulm und continue until it loses lis force and falls to the ground, but, for instance, not even a convincing theory us to how the sphere may he made to move iu a straight line for a considerable distance and then suddenly Like it shoot skyward, us in the "out curve," has been advanced. The "drop ball," which shoots along on a straight line until ll approaches 1h batter uud then falls to the ground without ap parently losing its speeil nt the time of the fall. Is equally unexplulimble. Yet such wonderful phenomena are wit nessed on the different grounds nltnost dully nnd have been for many years. Modern photography was recently employed for the first time with a lnqm of revealing the conundrum. The test was made on the Louisville grounds during the lust series of the Orooms and Colonels, but the experiment only served to suggest the presence of a po tent, undetlnable Influence, which forces the sphere to change its course so - suddenly that It almost effects a sharp nngle at he point of shifting. It has always been supposed from what could be seen with the eye thut the change of course Is of graduate devel opment, but here is another Instance of the Inadequate perception of Ihe optic in Instantaneous observations, show ing thut the retina cannot record the sphere's movement quick enough to give an accurate impression of the changing action. Nothing of the pro duction of this sudden chunge of di rection could be learned: so the subject is now only more Involved than ever. The conundrum is the pitcher's sore spot. The average artist can. as a rule, explain his art the whys and where fores of this and that but the base bull t wirier, no matter how expert he muy be, the cause of the effect pro ducer! by Ills eminently skilful work is as a scaled book, of whose mysteries he Is as Ignorant as a new-born bube. lie has to be content with the know ledge 1 hut If he holds the ball in H. cur tain position and gives It nny one of a number of peculiar Jerks in delivering It. u peculiar curve or shoot will be the result. If given the proper degree of six-ed. It is accordingly exceedingly annoying to him not to be able to de scribe how this or that curve or shoot Is produced Iu the air. when asked. There are numerous curves and shoots of new Invention which have been brought Into the game by the recent in- troilnctioii of the eminently effective lefl-liund pitchers. The puzzling south paws seem to have conceived some new" ways of delivering the ball, the results f which ure generally conceded to be improvements. The more effective of these are the "reversing curve." the twice raising." and a sort of scmi-zlg- zuging or snake-like, speeding ball. These and the puzzling "out-shoot." draft bull." "out curve." "In-stioot." Jump ball" and "raise brill" ure the effective twirls now in use. It must be assumed, however, that even the star litcbers are imuble lo practice everyone of these mystic throws. Some of them ure favorites with some men who are Ignorant of Hie formation of others. For instance, it Is often remarked. In base ball fliiles. tliat this or that pitcher employes certain Selei ted twirls ami makes a feature of this or that, by which is meant that he is able to plucfice some more effectively than I others uud his most deeelulve delivery Is one of the above named shoots or CIII V eS. The most commonly employed pileh. without which the average t wirier cannot bopq lo be effective, is the "nut -curve." If Is most effectively produced by holding tic ball lirinly in Ihe hand with the lips of the first and second fingers tightly pressed to Ihe sphere. Iu being delivered Hie ball Is given a "magic" Jerk ami slides across Ihe tips of Ihe fingers and out between Ihe first tuner mid Hie thumb. The ill-shoot, I bough only practiced by 11 lew of Hie crack pitchers for many yea iv after its Introduction, lias now become almost as common as the out curve. Its neeuliur course is straight out In the right for about three-quarters of the distance when it suddenly shoots in toward the baiter, often Ink ing him by surmise even at this lute day of hitting skill. Batsmen are now becoming so fa miliar iwilh curves and shoots that the ability of the pitcher rests almost en tirely with the umount of speed lie Is uble to apply to his twirls. Ken nedy, of the Biooklyns he of "Roaring- Kill" title has been In poor health lately, yet his curves have been Just as much at his calling as ever. Ttn fact that he has been unable to com mnnd his former speed has been suf ficient to spoil their effect. It seems as though the ball must be pitched with such swiftness, that the most schooled and sharpest-eyed hitter3 have no opportunity to Intercept its course. It is this very natural development In hitting experience that has called the in-shoot more into play this sea son, as U Is the twirl to which the most speed may be applied. It Is also believed to be less wearing on tho pitcher's arm. The peculiar little Jerk of the wrist, required to produce tho curves. Is not needed in effectlnff the in-shoot.. The ball Is held, however, much -the same as for presenting the out curve. The only difference in Its production is 1hat instead of belns delivered through the thumb and In dex finger it Is allowed lo glide out directly across the tips ot the lirst and second phalanges. The "drop bull." iwhlch proceeds straight from the pitcher's hand for a time nnd then falls to the ground, has greatly Increased in popularity this year. It Is a. very remarkable twirl. Up to this passing season it has been toiisldi rod the most fickle of all ctn ves, having been known to desert different slur pitchers for weeks at a tlme.mucli to their disgust and mistrust In lis use. The drop ball Is effected by sev eral different met boils. "Dad" I'lark-, of the New Yorks, handles the sphere the same as he would fo present tlie out-curve, giving It an odd twist from the wrist, while Kusle used to bring 1111 extra linger into commission. It H essential to start this ball ul a good lieinlil. most pitchers ililverlng it from above the elioulder. F..r quite ,1 period Clarkson.of the Baltimore team, who has employed the drop ball most successfully, .found himself utterly un able to produce 11, although he handled and delivered the sphere precisely tho same way all the time. Aleekin, Ehtvt, Inks und Daub have used il without, dltliculty and with much effect Ibis year. One of (he latest and probably most effective twirls employed this seusou is a combination down and upshoot. It consists of an up twist applied to the drop bull delivery. It Is necessary to employ Ihe greatest possible speed to make il effective, and is therefore con sidered the hardest delivery in the pitcher's repertory. It Is more than likely that thuse who employ it con stantly will not last long us twirlers. Ilawley, of the Pittsburgs, has been most successful this year with the "raise ball." It Is probably the oldest in use, but, employed with discretion. Ilawley has shown It to be still Very effective. To produce Ihe "rulse ball" the sphere Is thrown from about the height of the pitcher's waist. It effects a gradual raise until after passing the plate iu fact, the raising is so slight und regu lar when properly administered that the Imtter Is unable to see the ball is not coming straight toward iiim. while the degree of the upward course Is siitlicien t to cause un unfortunate inisculculatioii in wielding the but. Many people who have watched the delivery of Orth. of the Philadelphia aggregation of base ball tossers, have marveled at his effectiveness. They wondered how he fooled the batsmen with what seemed to be a straight hull. The close observer would remurk that they almost Invariably struck under the bull. This was owing to the fact that Orth Is master of the "jump ball?' which, being one of the pitcher's tricks that few men have mustered, Is one of the most effective used. It comes up to the plute apparently straight and then takes a quick jump. This shoot is con sidered the greater phenomena of all the twirls used on the diamond by the scientists who have spent much time trying to solve them. It Is produced by holding the sphere well in the palm of the hand, with the tips of all the lingers pressed closely to it, the first and sec ond phalanges having almost entire control of the ball, however. The hand Is held with Its palm toward the ground, and the ball Is swung from as high us the shoulder with a sudden sweep down ward. When released it Is nllowed to glide out over the tips of the first and second fingers. lireitenstcln, of the St. Louis club, who hus done such brilliant work in the box, apparently without exerting much effort, and being continually discour aged by poor support, is a master of most of the puzzling curves and shoots, which applied by his remarkable left handed skill nml originality, make him a peer among pitchers, so that alt the league clubs have made strenuous ef forts to add him to their enlist men t. ttreiteiistein was the first markedly ef fective exponent of the left-handed I wist, of which lie is widely recognized as the master. In the past years some entertaining fish tales have been applied to base ball pitching skill. Stories were told of men who had the magic! to twirl the sphere in a perfect zigzag course around u straight, row nf posts, but il is almost needless to remurk ut the present age of universal Intelligence timt such a marvel never could be accomplished. 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Opp. Court House. a fact, nevertheless, and the Idle theory that developed Iu the fnlnd of the now almost forgotten Inventor who 'once enjoyed the title of champion twirler Is perhaps responsible for the rise of base bull as the national game. Of course, others may have conceived the same theory, as Is frequently claimed, and not been so quick to perfect It or to realize Its feasibility. Oummlngs had many discourage rnents trying to adopt tne shell curves. . .......... ,.,,s r-,n., j,m Rn easy target for the crank-guyliig a.:.j a navt unu am ays will attend ball games. But after af fording much amusement without al lowing himself to be queered, he suc ceeded In successfully applying his theory to base ball pitching, though the perfection of even the Infancy of Its accomplishment required months of tedious and constnnt practice. ill Ok You need uever wear a limp or wilted collar if you wear the "Celluloid." It's rain and perspiration proof. 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