Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-08
LEAGUE TWIRLERS
MUST LEARN RIGHT DELIVERY.
Pitchers New to Big Leagues Have
Lots to Learn from Older Heads.

Method of delivery has lot to 90
with pitchers success in the big
leagues. Take the usual recruit from
the minor leagues and put him in a
championship game without any coae,.-
ing. Seldom is it that he has any
style, as the various pecullarities are
known. AS 4 rule he hurls the bali
with his arm alone. not bringing the
other muscles oe his body into play.
recruit breaking in as a major is
somewhat like freshman entering a
college. There are degrees of hazing
in both branches Of human activity.
If the young pitcher is modest. com
panionable and willing to learn. he
generally will get along. But the vet
Grams will not tolerate su1lenness.
boastful behavior or freshness. They
will not put themselves out to help
such an individual along bit.
There is an example of this right
here among the ex-champion Cubs. A
young chap named Kit Carson was
drafted and went south with the team.
He was a likabIe fellow and the big
pitchers like Brown. Overall and Pfeis
ter took to him. 1t vas common thing
to see one of these stars retire to
some quiet part of the field with Car
son and drill him in getting the body
into the pitch. Carson came with the
minor league motion. This does not
apply to American association or
Southern league twirlers. for they
have the advantage of learning from
men who have been with the ma Jors,
But the vast number of other minor
pitchers simply stand up in the mound
and wear out their arm.
Overall taught Carson his bending
mott On, where every ounce of weight
is brought into play and where the
back and shoulders take part of the
strain, instead of the arm alone.
Brown taught Kit the various balls to
use Of some OF the great batsmen of
the league, and Pfeister added advice
from his large store of information.
The result is that Carson is 200 per
cent. better than when he Joined the
club. In his first time up against
Pittsburg. when he went in to relieve
a regular, he used all he had learned
and allowed one djnfy hit to the
champs in the four innings during
which he figured.
This Same case is true all around
the circuits. At Detroit such veterans
as Mullin and Summers have given Of
their fund of knowledge to newcomers
like Browning. This trio is a corker
and no other three pitchers in the
country have any more ability to teach
youngsters. IA Cleveland the new
men have been helped out by old Cy
Young Falkenberg and Berger. It's
the same every place. Thus are the
mana gers assisted in their labors and
the club owners have their new mate
rial vastly strengthened in the fine
points of the game. The value of the
players is increased thereby, just be-
cause the veterans like the PAGES of
the youngsters and are willing to do
the brotherly act. 1t is probable that
they had TO go through the same ex-
perience when they broke in.
A new twirler. however, who thinks
he knows It all and who bears a re-
served attitude is generally allowed to
so along in his own fashion by the
older heads. The result is that he
pitches his arm off the first few at
tempts in big games. without just
knowing why. and it is back to the
minors Or bushes for him.