Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-20
Bell Did More Than Any Other
Tiger to Beat Out
Orioles.
IS CURVE BALL PITCHER

man and boy who makes . success Of
the game must possess qualities which
commend him not only for his In
herent abiity-ths result, perhaps, Of
a healthy heritage IN the form Of a
sturdy physique. but the knowledge
which every fan feels. viz, that with
out the proper principles, grit, cool
ness, brain work and sand" no
player can hsht his way into the
public spotlight by making a success
Of the game.
Have you ever tried 10 picture the
feelings of a star siugger as he steps
up TO the plate and the thrill he must
feel in the confidence the fans have
in him to make good. and still If it
kwere not for his own confidence in
himself in the beginning, when he
was unknown and had to make his
start, he would be az obscure as the
small farmer boy who can bring
down an apple with unerring c
racy and even fetch down a bird with
a stone.
Bell Best Tiger TwirIer.
Bell was entitled to be ranked as
The DCSL DIIIuCI lnC 4NCWdl team
possessed last season, and viii
possess again next season, we hope
He was what ball players call a
"~curve-ball pitcher hat is. he de-
ponds more ON his curve-ball. prin-
cipally an o~utcurve and a drop, than
a fast one" In fact, George hasn't
any fast one" with a hop to it, in
the strict sense Of the anne
| A curve-ball pitcher needs control
even more than the other class Of
| pitcher, who mixes straight one with
the hooks, and it is a well-known fact
| that all pitchers need control.
George has such perfect control OF
his curve ball that 1t seems he can
make it curve as he wishes, to the ex-
4 tent of a fraction of an inchs HIS
| ability to throw a withdrawing
| teaser, start another the same way
and then come back with a curve
ball that scarcely breaks two Inches
is what bafies the batsman. George
has a perfect move to throw to first
base to catch unners mapping, a
point which many other pitchers even
| in the big leagues have not.
Bell q Bane to Bfrds.
Early IN the season the Tigers did
not have a pitcher who could stop the
smuggling Orioles until Bell was called
on. He debutted by beating the Birds
in easy fashion, and arose to the
crisis at a time when the Tigers We're
beginning to lose confidence In their
ability Of aver beating the Birds in q
contest. Later they took hope and
| finished ahead of the Birds, q feat
| which might well be credited 70 Bells
| steel wing. His arm was lame after
| pitching two games in four days
against the Birds and then Jumping
| from hot weather at Baltimore TO a
| rather cold, windy day at Providence
and trying to beat the CLANS after a
days rest at a time when there was
no necessity for his being overworked
Attention was called to. the mistake
at the time in these columns. and the
prediction was borne out. Dent.
Enzmann and Schardt had been rest
ing without starting q game for more
than a week. yet Bell was forced TO
/ the front. and he injured his arm in
| obeying his managers commando. He
was of no use to the team after that
until B~onesetter Reese restored his
arm, and he proved at the end of the
season that his arm vas not perma-
nently injured-a lucky thing for
Newark fans.