The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-10
MUST HAVE GOODS ALL THE TIME.
Clarke Griffith Says Base Ball Is Change
able Game and Players Must Always
Rn Gnod

Be Good.
Clarke Griffith, the Cincinnati man.
ager, says base ball i ohangeable game.
Why. / had almost as much speed when
quit pitching as ever in my career |
had more curves, far better control and,
think. more generalship,D he adds.
What put you out Of IL theng9 in
quired an interested bystander The
change in the game answered Griffith,
Take great pitcher, for example He
may have wonderful speed and marvellous
curves. But the batters get wise to him
after while Then his day is over |
remember in my own experience. ! al
ways had Jump on the ball, its life in
other words. But finally that left It
happens all the time"
Manager Chance II the Cubs echoed
Griiiitls remark That Il true III the
case Of our club he said Take l.nnd
aren. Carl was fine pitcher and had
al the batters guessing he would 10
along and win a lot Of games for they
couldn't hit him much But finally they
began hitting him. lie had Just as much
speed and that old pepper was still there,
but the game had changed The batters
we're beginning to ike that swift break
in the ball that Lundy served So he
was no more good 10 the Cubs. Il Was
the same with Jack Tavlor He was
inst as good when be left rs as when
we got him But the batters had solved
him entirely and hit him hard. He had
somewhat the same kind Of ball as
I4undgren 50 be was no longer valuable
g. 49, Aa# 4sttt rNfA
the spitball pitchers were 40 good for
the Cabs The other teams are beginning
ia hit them, and the end 81 pitcher
in biz leagues Is at hand when he i
bumped hard by the hatters.
eIust "a Griffith has said. the game
constantly changes You have to be
good an the time, or base ball win leave
You far in the rear The players Of
to-day are twice as versatile and cunning
as they were eight years ago. For thev
have had 10 learn more kinds Of deliv
cries and solve More problems" Morde-
cai Brown and 0rval Overall, the two
bsst pitchers of the Cubs, who were
listening 70 the discussion, then broke in
and related some Of their own expert
enees Didn't you often find that the
cid Jump On the ball was not there some
daysfa inquired Overall q Griffith.
Eyes. its the same with all pitchers,r
returned Griffith. Many time Won
don't feel exactly right and no matter
how hard Won try, the ball still goes
straight Of takes 4 fine sweep. Nothing
doing on the break and Jump. however"
Brown ehimed in AZ this moment Z
always lose IN weight when the ball don't
Jump said the three fingered star. q
remember one game in New York against
the Giants last year. I honestly believe
it was the hottest day in my carver The
sun poured down and | was in perfect
stream Of sweat. OF course, that Jump
on the bali wouldn't come that day and
the harder I tried the easier the Giants
bit the ball II was an awful expert
ence knowing that / could put the old
break in my delivery, but not being
able.
Honestly I lost 10 pounds IN that
game. / weighed before ] left the hotel.
and also when I returned And / bet
there would have been II or l2 II II
hadn't taken a big drink of water right
after the game" Both Griffith. who.
Rl tHI WNft was one 81 Tut EiFHtN&tl
twirlers Of any day. and Overall agreed
with Brown that loss OF weight fellows
such an experience Both declared they
bad passed through identical experiences
Il Is indeed fact that pitchers lose
weight in every game they twirl. The
constant change, worry and exercise
wears far more on them than any other
member Of the team And. moreover.
they only work once in every three or
four days. Consequently. they are not
in the constant @ra2or edge" Of condition
that their team mates boast of. Griffith
wound up BY saying that II he had Over
all and Brown on his team Cincinnati
would win the National league pennant
next year. Both Of the twirlers mod
estly qrinned and Chance laughed.