The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-15
killing the speed of the ball when hi

killing the speed of the ball when hit py the batter"
 However" he said. "It will only be matter hn or time until the spitbaii n wi.l M come one of the several varieties which a pitcher keeps in stock. Such has been the fate of the curve, the drop and the jump balls, all of which, when they first made their appearance, had the batters going for a time, but which eventually reached that point where they were expected as often if not more than straight balls.
 There are several pitchers in the Southern League who have mastered the spit-ball and with all the rest in line trying to do the same 1t seems more than likely that a good crop Of spit-ball pitchers for the big leagues or a large collection of dead wings" for the unsuccessful aspirants will be the present eason."-Arkansas Gazette.
 Ren Mulford tells this story of how old Cy Young first broke into the game to his Post readers:
 Not since the days of Tom Lynch has a more distinguished looking mortal handled the indicator than Um- pire Bauswine. He looks the part of the ideal arbitrator-tall and of phy- with the Fourth Street squad of shrimps look out of place as umpires. They are handicapped in judging balls and strikes because they really see more of a big catcher's backone than the .Panssw,n. Plate: w.. one q, my o,d staff of pitchers at & Canton when l managed ed George L. Morefand during recent fan-bee. We lassoed the whole Altoona team, and Bausewine was the pitcher, brought Jack west from Holyoke and he drew the munificent salary of $35 month. and he was glad to get that.
 "I am the man who coa9ed Denhon Moreiand. and he proceeded to spin this yarn: Itook the Canton team down to Tuscara was, and we were stacked against sy Gy Hs Years was oa 9t6 great wops of speed and nothing else; He was drawing about $1o month for splitting wood, and 1 thought l saw qualities in him that could be developed. There s s ought to be playing ball. He can make more money than if he stayed here and chopped wood all his life. There's no reason why he ,r shouldn't be n1 making ak Ing ed and asked, will you pay him that much?" And said I would. So Cy's father signed his first contract for him and I took him away. In his first fellows hammered something like two dozen hits off Cy, and that night l discovered my phenom leaving the hotel with his grip-one of those old. fashioned, shiny affairs. l Jagged him. He was discouraged. No use for me to try and pitch against those fellows" he said. Why, my boy" told him, that Is nothing. All pitch CTS get their bumps. You stick and you'll make good all right" l called on Jack Doyle to help round him up, and, giving Bausewine the wink. asked: "George, how many hits were made off you in your first gamer" About sixty" he said without a blush, and thus we finally persuaded Cy to take another shy at the game, and the next day he held Lima down to four hits; When Pat Tebeau came along later and clapped his eyes on Cy he offered me | 5000 for his release after he had beaten | Cleveland to l, In a 15-inning game. I wanted $1,O00, and finally compromis- | ed on $500. That Is the true story or | Cy Young's entree into baseball.