The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-20

9l the hardest for a batter to hit. One
oaa oa itelheld had held Chicago helpless
saT snd peaten them decisively, and the
a oitt"Jbm1ng i"bng gay, after the champions in
preak moment had started a slash.
IVHg Vg attack upon Willis. "Young Cy''
,inung was sent in to chock them on
me ,neory that change from n right
to iei eit-handed pitcher might stop "the
.pteak, although every player knows
;naC mn :il Wnen team starts hitting, Moth
dnHnt dH VIII stop them except sheer acci-
Gt Geht or a sudden change of ''luck. -
ulpson had observed LeiGeld s effective
use OF ms last ball against Chicago and
signaled Young to pitch fast ones. The
S Plohs made seven straight hits be.
@ aore fonng was retired, and all be
cause Gibson did not difrereutiate be.
oWeen Two kinds of fast ball. Leifield s
low "ns'0' uo"n anu
I!tching and studying batters is an
art IN itself, and the pitcher who knows
Ine men who oppose him, and who can
put the ball where he wants it TO go is
great PITCHER, and one who sometimes
can stop 1.-THE break In the art of
pitching, the batter, so far as brain,
work goes, is q failure, except in in
stances IN which batters are men OF
desperate courage and fearless. The
oattcr IN matching wits with the pitch
er, has no chance, because he is TAX
ing all the risk of injury. and trying
TO 'outguess the pitcher is danger
Gus. as tho one who blunders NAV re.
ceive a blow on the head that will end
ms career. The pitcher, on the other
hand, can study the batter, analyzo his
position and condition of nervousness.
and, If he has sufficient control of the
oall; he can prevent him from hitting
observe closely a pitcher when "'the
preaK comes: Up TO that time he
mas been pitching coolly, taking his
the break' he. hurries, returns the
pan as fast as he gets it,, loses head
loses control, and loses tho game Ma
thewson, one of the greatest of them
all, has only that one fault. and the
instant the tide turns against New
YORK, every effort of the other players
rs to slow down Mathewson and make
him hold the ball, instead Of pitching
as soon as IL returns to his hands.
One of the prettiest bits Of brainwork
was done by Leificld, by which he won
hard-fought game from Boston and
STAYED off defeat by sheer cleverness
Pittsburg had been leading, but "thc
break - came against them. and Bos
ton started smuggling and piling up runs
rapidly, until ono more hit meant vic
tory; when Bill Dahlen came to bat.
Dahlen is dangerous hitter "insde -
which means when the ball is pitched
between him aud the plate, and Lei
held knew this, So he attempted to make
hls fast ball go high and outside. In
stead the ball escaped him and went
waist high across the plato, on the
inside corner, just where Dahlen likes
to hat. Dahlen, expecting n high fast
one, was surprised, and swung at the
ball, missing it. Instantly the entire
Plttsburg team was screaming at Lei.
field, abusing him for making the blum
der and ordering him not to pitch in
side again
Leifeld Instantly decided that. as
the ball away, he would expect fast
ball outside, so instead of pitching
there, he deliberately repeated his blum
der and Dahlcn struck again. Clarke,
angry and fearing Leifield had lost con
troll and would lose the game, rushed
III and ordered him to keep the ball
outside, Leifcld nodded assent, but
pitched the ball where Dahlcn likes, it
best for the third time, and Dahlen
struck out because he had been out.
guessed and outgeneraled.
Another game which Leifeld won late
in 1908 after one of the hardest strug
giles of the year, was won by his brainy
pitching to John King, Chicago S
heavy-hitting catcher, who came to bat
in the eighth inning with men on see
ond and third bases, and one out. Lei
field pitched three balls so far from the
plate King could not reach them. and
King naturally supposed that Leiield
was going to give him base on balls
fill the bases and increase the chances
for double play, so he was stretching
as far as possible, hoping Leificld would
pitch close enough to the plate for him
to hit TO right field Instead Lcifcld
shot fn hall 81 iraiohf ornr 10 nI no
and followed this up by curying two
over, striking King ont. and the re-
suit was that Brown lost his first game
in three years to Pittsburg.
There are three decisive moments that
stand alone in baseball history. Posi-
bly, the greatest of these was the fa
nous tenth inning al Columbus, Ohio,
When, with one hit, "Big Davc' Orr
decided the American association race
aud kept st. Louis from breaking all
records as pennant winning team.
Brooklyn and ST. Louis practically were
tied for the championship on the last
day Of the season. If both teams lost
or both won, st. Louis would win ITS
fifth pennant. II ST. Louis won and
Brooklyn lost, the Browns would have
the honors-but if Brooklyn won and
st. Louis lost, Brooklyn would win.
BROOKLYN, playing in the east, alreudy
had won, and St Louis aud Columbus
were tied in the ninth inning. st. Louis
scored one run in the tenth-and with
runners on second base. two men out
and three balls and two strikes called
Orr stood at the plate with one ball
left to decide the season, He drove it
over the center field fence-sent home
a runner ahead of him, and won the
pcnnant for Brooklyn, his hit, accord
ing to many, being the longest ever
The famous spit ball pitched by Jack
Chcsbro, which slipped and beat New
York out of a "ennant, the pitch of
Theo. Breitenstein. the veteran, which
gave Nashville victory in the ninth in
ming of the last game of the season,
and with it the pennant, are historic
events of recent years.