The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-03
Science
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|oHAPTER VII.
PITCHING.

the most highly develop
N.iIlful and most important
baseball, requiring more
lire strength and more brafns
|Vher position demands. Good
NJ the absolute essential to
Fs considered in relation to
/ game, - is vital, for unless
understands every move of
players and adjusts his
he plan, the "inside game -
\ ne than useless.
i iopment of the science of
NJ from the inception of the
|>in advance of the develop.
b other departments of play
an extent that the rule
d The first have found it,
h leeislate to handicap the
+ Irevent him from becoming
+ 'sfer OF the game. In spite
the pitchers have by per-
/ X and thought kept in 5d.
|r,e progress Of the national
The study of wind pres
smics, physics, and mathc-
+ addition TO the principles
|n itself, pitching is An art
closest attention at every
s. concentration of every en-
+ ne game, so much so that
i yery game the pitchers lose
ff the number of innings
/ he score itself, forget the
E,neither hear the cheers nor
Eise their minds are so To-
/ 4 bafters.
|. Of the development of the
|sIing from the days of the
|..1, underhand pitch TO the
Inc of the constant discov-
iumphs, until, in the educat
|rf the great masters of the
Z, seems endowed with life.
|sI of the underband pitch
r kindergarten davs of the
eith the coming of overland
/, science began to develop.
|s.y of the curve ball marked
|s and gave the foundation
! FrDitching. Pitchers use, pri-
L, kinds Of pitches, the
|r,e,' and the curve. They
As Of all pitching, but there
his of straight balls and
Frieties of curve as there are
|-ae majority of pitchers be-
hreers with not other yarle-
F,Red and a curve, and the
Il Youthful arms to win sue
T. straight'f ball is a misno.
IRE is only one kind of ball
suinot throw and that is a
tone, as every ball curves,
|sf the will Of the pitcher.
|aly and development Of these
= makes great pitchers.
r,all is sheer speed, its sue"
|isne entirely upon its vclo.
IL control the pitcher has of
ched with the sphere grip
|tt thumb underneath and the
feers on top, and is thrown
!. 1,hand or overland with full
led directly overland, with
h held directly on top the
|1si straight TO the plato as
b., to make it go, the speed
Fr'nward angle make it diff
r. batter 10 hit. unless 1T
- 'sgroove. - which is the
lie. Pitched with the hand
|sls, the ball, taking friction
|tsiger tips, swcrves slightly
Use and breaks III towards a
T a batter. If the ball is
|-tly with the finger tips at
ID is released from the
|, ed piles up a billow of air
X and at some point before
/ plate. the air resistance
L reat that the bail Jumps
sore upward or IN the direc-
Il itest amount OF pressure of
|a;as applied.
rp who pitches fast balls
has a powerful grip and n
r. the stronger the greater
L. the fast ball. President
L nee received a crowd of
|ssycrs in the White House
K lands with all. When the
ess over he laughingly picked
|h 70 pitchers, and explained
e l,w BY the grips of their
hey were pitchers.
is a ball held exactly in
az in which the fast one
ut the ball is released over
h end of the first finger, The
irve or shoot depends upon
and strength of the grin
and the way in which the
H. t1ed at the moment of re.
|5nu as upon the amount of
|, ID by the pitcher.
|A the elementary principles.
& SO well understood that
w. boy knows them. They
inning of the wonders Of
|Sclching. After them come
rN pace. the slow ball. the
|.s the ''knuckle ball. the
G.s a score of curves and
FNA curves, and to tell how
Eaf are done IL is necessary
E555 55oes them. md how.
" and Kid Nichols were
Fg pitchers OF fast ball. al.
= used curves while depend
t'straight' one for their
ess. They pitched the ball
\ |s,eing dircctl- overland, with
|rf Id as straight as possible
b Instant Of releasing the ball
f. II tightly with the finger
" iely with the thumb, The
re increased the speed of