The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10

and thumbs touching each other on tho
nuor hack 20 hi- head with palms up. DE
cOIntS one. raises his Zee, six incnss.
ankles i'ght tossthsr. and holds them
there an instant.
At the count &c two he raises the legs
60 an angle 10 q degrees and stops them
I again three. the legs are raised slowly an
, III perD~ndtc'IlAT with the btrty; four, the
fe~t are lowered until over the fncei I'VE.
be drops them until the tOeu touch the
door above hts head: siS. the feet are RAISED
half way up again: seyea. they are again
perpendicular eight. they drop "a ~
degrees: nine, Ia =ix inche~ from the uoor.
ten. the heels touch the floor. elsven, the
arms are raised slowly until perpendlca.
lar. twelve. they are droppesl outward untAl
the lacks t.HlCh the floor. thirtsen land
worst. the body - rlised slowly 60 sit .
ting position without the aid ~ The ham =.
Then he rolls sack and sfaTta over agar
/ brown ran ~ through the exercise
dozen titns-- without breathing hard. when
b in perfect addition. and he does ~ morn
ing and niynt during the training season
I some ~ his students have gone through
! the exercise four times. got To eleven
/ once
! Those persons who imagine that base
! llall IN a Enn y 90 some epectal gtft of nature
! should have been in the Training camp Of
I tho New YORK Giants q few years ago, and
their ideas would have changed. Fairly
/ in the training sraaon the wdad had flashed
J around the circuit 'Matty's arm h gone
Translated, that means a rsvtaaon %
all the pennant calculations OF all the clubs
! in the National League. " Mathswson' Q
arm really vas permanently injured the
. New Work club GO aed to he a champion
} ship factor. wandered out onto the train
4 ing field a few days later. whsrO nearly
| forty men were hard az work.
over NJ one side a graceful. Handsome
. t1Vish looking man was throwing slowly
I aud with evident caution to a young
catcher. slowly and studying every
move in order TO avoid Jerking or twisting
a damaged shoulder. he kept pitching
trying 20 throw the soreness out.
"He had drawn q little cross In the dirt
upon which he pivoted his right foot. and
I two fee in front u that and foot 10 the
I left was a hole In the sand. - he threw
I he swVlug 81 his stride and instead Of
planting his left foot straight n from, he
swung Il into the hole TO the left He had
changed his pitching motion TO accommo-
date the sore shoulder and prevent adding
| TO the strain
| Presently he swung his arm slowly
overland The hall noated away. Sse<Aed
TO hesitate in midair. dropped downward
and 10 the right with a slow. twisting.
curve motion
Here, what's that. Mattyg ! caIleCI
60 him
| That's the fadsr he replied. smiling.
4 had read OF the 'fACiesway' and he
level 10 une q the spring nature fakes
evolved bv imaginative reporters. But
| IL was true MatheWnon realizing that he
might never again b. strong enough ~
mitch the fast Jump hall or the wonder-
1 hi fast curve that had made him the
! greatest pitching sensation Of years. had
n..r.is,..nt prac,ice had evolved a nsw
{ 'sysism of SAINTS 10y which he came near
/ reyolut ionizinw pitching
Hour after hour. despite the deadening
main in his shoulder. he kept at 10 Pitch
ing pitchinx twisting his hand a little
to INCHES Co th. eft or she right. 20 And
how the change in stride would affect
the ball. he worked until be developed
one ~ the most u,lyzlinR curves ever
mitchell How MANY hours OG suffering
and hard work were required to perfect
| hrs 'fadeaway' and make ham again one
-Ou. sprinG down IN IVES. IA den. Ind j..
List River had found itself. flooded the
. Valley Of Vnpors' and lost itself again
! le.yinx the ground plastsred With two
inches u alluvial mud Sawdust poured
upon th,. mud made paths 10y which the
y,,.-sts could paaa dry shod from the hotels
81 the buhblinR srrfnRn scattered through
the valley
Along one nf tho-a paths a man 1.-THE
active. and graceful, swathed In heavy fan
n..ls .Ueatsr. and a blanket coat was
nir,.,.,ting wildly Tires. long gliding
I,au. A rliid waltz turn a triple reverse
. a Eyr1.couiC spin. three more long. Gid
ing stets4 "A SERIES u reversing revolutions
so andy executed that IL looked as 10 the
mans legs would become tangled. three
more -fatr aud - on until the human top
cam. spiuning up 80 where I was sitting
an a fence
: Wba, 'h. s,jrkens are YOU up to now
Rr,Wn...9' 1 ,.1llsSi
Medical Brown. premier pitcher Of
tho Ia-el,aU world PAINTING and h,lahed
.,,pUcJ .uiuniug leane,i against the
Ssncs iauShsd ami -aid. Learning 10
tlsld l,iu,-
Then b.. IA shed ~ down a side path
k..auin0 IN his imitation 81 a gyroscops.
~rhirh L.J .Iiur--i An ecc.ntric and l..av.
ms n.. Itlzzlssl | watched him waltz
,Tros- th. tnud rruztsd valley spin along
,nntb.r t,ath and finally sprint 90 the
b.,,si
-Si, yuon,hs afterward the reason for
his scc,.ntric ,ianc,. was nads. plain. The
Cb;,,,g, and -burk ls.s..llal II clut.. weV,,
G,b,i1y f1T tin. remnant Of the National
J..ay,,s Tommy Leach was on second
-. and Fr.-i Clarke az LAT clarke
t,,,,cJ 1,yyn me third tIa-a line
.Rrnwn who vas pitching. Ieapad for
~, 81 -.-iZ.-d ths. l1ali and while seeminRly
-,.;n,,ir, ill.,. /, ,ut, ON hi. feet threw With
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