New-York tribune., 1911-03-23
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Place for Army.Navy Football
Game Still in Doubt.
SPITBALL MUCH MALIGNE0
So Says Ed Walsh in Shouting
the Praises of the Elusive
and Wet Delivery.

Representatives Of the athletic COM
mittees Of the Naval Academy at An
napolis and the Military Academy at West
Point met IN Philadelphia yesterday ana
discussed plans for the Army and Navy
football game next fall. 30 definite de-
cision as 10 whether the contest viii be
played on Franklin Field. Philadelphia or
IN this city. at one n the baseball parks,
WIS reached.
Lieutenant Commander Lanning. chair
man Of the athletic committee OF the
Naval Academy and Lieutenant Conn
mandcr W. ". Builard represented An
napolis. while Captain W. r. Gordon and
Lieutenant IT, W. Nelly were present on
behalf ~ West Point
As exclusively told in The Tribune just
after the Navy eleven defeated the Army
team. last fall. lack Of tickets ~ Frank
lin Field the gridiron OF the University
Of Pennsylvania. opened the way 10 the
spectacular game being transferred TO TINS
city. Washington also was talked Of but
no grounds were available in that city.
The chief objection 10 the game being
played here is the distance from An
napolis but this may be overcome, as ~
was when the elevens played at Princeton
several years ago, if Pennsylvania is not
more liberal in distributing seats Under
tie arrangement of the last few years the
Army and Navy were limited to about
$500 seats each. which we're not halr
enough 10 supply the demand Pennsyl-
vania donated the field and kept about
the same number of seats. the proceeds
from the sale of which. after expenses
deducted. vert to charity.
Ed Walsh. the great pitcher OF the CHI
cago White Sox. says tho spit ball Is here
to stay. and that. contrary to the genera
idea. IL IL easier on the arm than any
ether effective delivery. In signed stale
ment in "The Chicago Record-Herald'
Walsh SAYS:
Does the spit ball put the pitchers arm
out of commission sooner than any other
kind of delivery? II does not and, In TACT,
might explain that it i the easiest or an
the STYLES have. Clark GrifAth' now fhsn.
ager of the Cincinnati team told me hve
years ago that I was done for as pitcher
on account of that particular delivery.
Well have used It this spring ana II
works Just as So'G ever.
Few outside ot the PLAYERS on the team
know how much use the ball In actual
games Well, sometimes nine ont or Ten
balls | throw are Of that style of dolvery.
y
innnG. | used II right along, ana beheVc
the opponents got one hit.
They say that the ball can't be controlled.
There IS where they are wrong [ use il
time and again on the third strike win
men on bases II il Just as easy - handle
as the overland drop, for instance which
j. one Of the hardest on the pitchers that
know of
TO my way Of thinking it is the coming
delivery and more and more pitchers will
use il. | would not advise young pitchers
To try il 10 the exclusion or everything
else hut If they once start they should
keen at il until they have mastered 1t.
There are other effective deliveries, but
none that j. easier on the arm. critics opln-
ION TO the contrary. Also there mas peen
the idea that it can't be controlled. That is
another fallacy.
Speaking of tho White Scx. Charley
comskey Is out with statement that MS
team will win the American League pen
nant. The Old Roman IS as optimistic as
ever, but few critics can agree with him,
Russell Blackhurne. the $4,000 lnhelder
OF the White Sox. who must undergo an
operation 20 remove a floating cartilage
from his knee. is now ranked as the
wealthiest of All baseball players He IS
said 10 have s200Ooo waiting for him or
the settlement Of an estate in which he is
will never be seen on the diamond again
even IL he RECEIVERS the use OF his leg.
With the PENNSYLVANIA relay carnival six
weeks off. 2l teams have been entered in
the various races. This means that the an
rual fixture will he on a bigger scale than
ever before Applications have been MADE
hy number Of clubs TO enter teams, but
these have been denied, and the carnival.
as usual. will be restricted to college ana
! school teams.
The Whirlwind Athletic club, of Brook
] lyn will be the scene Of two interesting
ten-round bouts tonight. Young
Ahearn. the dancing master one Of the
fastest lightweight boxers in the ring, will
/ face Grover Hayes, the rugged little fellow
( fror, Philadelphia who also is "A clever boy.
/ Dave Deshlcr, of Boston, Will cross gloves
with Paddy Sullivan in the main bout.
/ Both boys are fairly clever and each Is
terrific hitter.
Two ten-round bouts will be witnessed by
nombers of the Metropolitan Athletic Club
! at the Bronx clubhouse tonight. Tommy
! Murray. fast little fellow, will meet tn"
veteran of past DAYS, Mike Richey, while
I Jlmmy Carol Of San Francisco. will face
( Mike GRADY \ set Of fast preliminary con
tests will fll out the programme.
Marty Brown, a comnE featherweight ot
tie West SIDE. will meet Young Brown
! at tLo Long Acre Athletic Club to-ni-ht.
/ Roth bows are products of the amateur
tournaments held at the West side C!uJ Oh
! Saturday nights.
4 three-mile race for the amateur chsm-
rionship OF the East will be decided this
evening at the METROPOLITAN roller rink, on
Broadway. This Is the third race IN the
series now bers conducted for the cham
uionshlp titles, and it IS expected that the
winners Of the first two ev@ntS-Edward
Burton. of New York, who captured the
one-mile championship. and ". WINNER,
of Newark, who took the two-mile title
will be Oh hand. among others.
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