The sun., 1888-01-29
FAMOUS PITCHERS.


Prom the oncfnnaa Commercial Gazette
Tho question Is frequently asked: "wht
is the greatest pitcher IN the profession. ,ans
lin lin sos 70 answer ssrot tie Matst Sass
tIon correctly would be next 70 impossible, as
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one. would bring forth howl Of contempt from
various interested quarters. The pitchers Of
tho right and the left. hand twirIcrs. Among
Mork Rs Josn steady beaRs and s
lane. Calvin, and Whitney, as they are aii great
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wonderful work at the close Of last season.
but Incorporate habits combined with bad
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is also matter Of mystery; and may be made
deceptive ball Is an insboot, which he throws
W.T.. With TREMENDOUS % w. spSsd His change g, OF pace %
pends upon 81 speed in his pitching. He has has an an
out-ball which seems to ride the air. the batter
usually striking under It.
and uses but few. curve balls. Hudson ls al!
sspeed y, n his pitching; and has a n fairly good
snS %9i II Ss
higher than any other pitcher. When it starts
II seems above the batters head. but, taking u
&eS Sisr n drop '0 waist
salI; Mays was the % crack twfrlsr Of The Nets
successful. Gilks is the only twlrler. OF the
Clevelands worthy OF notice. and what effective
OF the BrooIlyns. Carnthers's best ball is a
Fo9tss I S great @ elIoetiysness is a change q psse
bly, his best, and when he can command 1t ho Ia
never hit hard. Terry is the speediest pitcher
In bas the Ss and combined with this he
leties have His drop bali is Very deceptive. and and
Association. Weyhing OF the same club de-
psnds upon wonderfully big inshoot for his
In tho League John Clarkson's success is
drawn from a com animation Of sources. He has
cool head and great command Of the ball.
a deceptive raise ball Clarkson also takes ad-
ss5sg % 81 haEe and has
Chicqgos is an erratic twirler, doing good work
one day and poor the next. Van Haltren. the
and, in the opinion Of Anson, will be the finest
pitcher In tho League next season,
or Detroit, .Getzein is the mainstay. He
for SO small a man. The greatest forte OF, Tim
ksse the Prize swer Of the New iorks s
SLOW ba pehed 1 brnss s 'ae b em
over the head. Calvin, Pittsburgh's star
pitcher. depends upon change OF pace he has
fine command OF the ball. which enables him
to attack q batter in all his weak points, Nc
Cormick has q raise ball. which he uses almost
constantly. Morris. once the king OF south
DAVIS" has great inshoot. He has not yet
fully mastered the new rules
Radbourne of the Bostons Is one Of the high
est salar led men in the profession but his day
OF usefulness is about at an end. Radbourne's
lies in his command of the ball.
He formerly brought a ball from oyer his head,
but has given 1t up. as 1t Injuries his arm.
Jim Whitney. the best Of Washington's twirl-
ers, has good speed. and s great outshoot. or
Ferguson has terrific speed. and
one Of the widest outshoots of any pitcher on
the diamond.
Buffinton hns ono Of the best drop balls
ever used, and when he can command 1t Is
almost invulnerable. Harry Boyle does the
best work for indianapolis. He has fine speed
and a good down and out ball. Healy has q
good drop ball.
While the peculiarities of the leading twirlers
show their strong points. yet the great success
pitcher attainS is perfect command of the
ball. At the beginning OF last season Elmore
smith was failure as a pitcher simply because
he had no command OF the ball. but as the time
and he acquired it he gained the
reputation of being the finest In tho business
Young pitchers are usually not effective be-
cause they have to diminish their speed In
order to get the ball over the plate.