Evening star., 1909-04-11
HOW |KF|ELOERS
| HURL THE PELLET
Some Time Their Throws,
While Others Cut Loose
for Keeps.

for Keeps.
/ There are as many kinds of throwers
| as there are bail players-easy, graceful.
| awkward, strong, deliberate, fast-snap
| throwers, long swing throwers-but what
| ever may be the style of the different In
| fe ders in the professional ranks they.
| one and all, have the same purpose In
| view-to get the ball to the base ahead
| of the runner
There's Bill Dahlen, for instance. He
| is not pretty thrower. He let's go with
a side-arm and rather ungainly motion,
| but he is one of the most reliable throw
| ers in the big leagues. He doesn't seem
| to care whether lie gets the ball to first
| base in time or not Whether the runner
| be fast or slow, Bill doesn't seem TO
| hurry. His throws look like lazy lobs,
but in reality Dahlen is an excellent
| judge of distance, and times his throws
/ with wonderful eXactness.
| When it comes to thrOWer whose
| method is a treat to the eye for It's
| grace, speed and unerring air line flight
| Harry Stenfeldt, the third baseman OF
the worlds champions. is an accomplish
| I'd actor. He has a powerful arm and,
while he makes his share of wild throws.
| there is beautiful harmonizing of lift
and speed to his filings. The ball goes
| with a bul et-lke fervor, which makes
| even Steinfeldt's wild throws attractive.
| He is the prettiest thrower from the third
corner we have seen since Billie Nash, s
! time
Collins Graceful.
/ Another attractive thrower is Jimmy
| Collins. His throws do not go with the
| whizzing flight of Steinfeldt's, but he is
! easier and more graceful. Nobody ever
was Collins equal in natural grace. From
| the moment he goes after bafl-up in
| the air or scooping a difficult bunt-al
| of Collins muscles and movements are
| in perfect harmony. His poise is a pic
ture.
A thrower OF the Dahlen type is George
! Davis of the White Soy. Davis style is
| more useful than ornamental. He, too,
| is a sideWheeler. He suggests the lum-
| bering rather than the nimble. but makes
| no false movements. and is one of the
| very best judges in knowing whether or
not there is time to retire the runner.
Hal Chase, the brilliant first baseman
| of the Yankees, has a marked manner
| ism in his throwing. 1t is a peculiar lift
of the ball to point just over and close
| to the left shoulder. There is an almost
! imperceptible hitch or break in the move
ment of the arm just before the ball is
| thrown. then the hand shoots forward
| just past the ear. This forward move
mefit is short, but accomplishes> as much
| The ball travels with great speed, par
ticularly if it is going home or to third
| base.
Style His Own.
The great Lajoie throws, as he does
| everything e,se on the ball field, in an
Indifferent. careless manner. He is the
personification of careless. supple grace.
There is rather wide sweep of the arm,
but with the movement SO we'll attuned
| TO the requirement of the occasion that
| it has the ease of everything else Lajoie
| does If he is ever hurried he never
| shows 1t. He is symmetrical in build
| and movement
| Quite different in build is Lajoie's great
rival in popular opinion as to who is the
| greatest ball player in the country.
| Dutch Wagner is less symmetrical than
| massive. Massive though he is, he is
| boundless I'm his activity. When it comes
/ to throwing the Dutchman can vary his
/ style. just as he can for batting. Some
/ times he tosses the ball-merely floats it
| over to first base, as if to show his con-
| tempt for the speed of the runner He
| knows what he is about when he does
| this, for he seldom fails to time the
] throw correctly. Sometimes when the
time is short his arm describes a swing
| ing. swishing arc, and then he cuts loose
with great force.
| Kid Elberfeld is a determined, vicious
| thrower. who whips them across on a
/ line and uses his arm for all there is in
1t. He has powerful arm and. al
] though his aim may be bad at times.
| the ball goes straight whether into the
| first baseman's nit. into the ground or
| into the grandstand. 1t isn't necessary
for him to take step to make a throw.
Bradley's Reach.
i fla tnn ;,A
baseman of the Cleveland club, makes a
lariat of his arm throws with swing
| ing motion and has such reach that
| he seems to be handing the ball to the
| first baseman. Few can equal him at
| the underhand toss needed to field a
bunt quickly. He is not one of the
graceful ones, but a versatile thrower.
| the hand, as rule, on about level with
the shoulder.
| Joe Tinker is another who might be
| described as an enthusiastic thrower. He
| conveys the impression that he would
rather throw than eat Every bit of
him is mixed up in the throwing mo-
ton some way or other, and he goes
| at the job with the gusto of hungry
man tackling a hot meal. He uses arm
and shoulder and also gets his body
| into the throw, sending the ball from a
| high elevation and with feet in nice ad-
| justment to give him the proper equilib-
| rum.
There is plenty of action in the throw
ing of Bobby Wallace of the st. Louis
| Browns, who, however, appears to have
more control over his movements, more
finish, than Tinker. The arm part of
| Wallace's throw is of attractive proper
1 tion in its swing and elevation, being a
| three-quarter throw, compromise be-
| tween the sde-arm and the overland.
Devlin Accurate.
! Arthur Devlin, third baseman of the
| New York Giants, a very accurate and
reliable thrower, gets the ball away
without a great deal of exertion. He
skips 1t across with a side-arm move
ment, the arm remaining for moment
in the air. as if it, like the eye, were fol-
lowing the flight of the ball.
i Frank Chance, manager of the cham
i pion Cubs, is another who takes 1t easy
when he throws. the play of the shoulder
/ with the arm being comparatively gentle
but SO niely balanced as to make the ba
/ travel fast. Fred Tenney of the Giants
throws with more of a push, the hand
/ being on a level with the top of the head
and the forearm and upper arm being al
right angles.
MEL SHEPPARD
CETc ulC METAL