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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.
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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.
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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.
The invention of curving the base
ball snhei-e is credited to William Ar
thur Ciitmniugs, a Brooklynite. Mr.
I'liimnings discovered the magic
through an accident. Iu much Ihe same
manner as Professor Conrad Roentgen
found the world-famed X rays.
If seems strange to bear that through
the Idle throwing of half a clam shell,
birth should have been given to the
trek which has produced the famous
liusie. Ehret. Haw ley, Kennedy, Hreit-
enstein. Pay ne. Killen and ilb. It is
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a fact, nevertheless, and the Idle theory
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