New Britain herald., 1923-09-19
Speaking of Sports

sjistiatsststitisftstuitstsitfstfsfttttrsttft
 The Washington team Of Water
 bury will bowl the Rogers state leag
 ueEs tonight at 5 o'clock al the Rec
 rsatlen alleys
 Hartford. hy winning from the Worcester club yesterday elinehed the Eastern league title,
 All former national golf champs survive in the national tourney ex. eept Evans. Willie Hunter busted him from the amateur tourney yes' terday,
 Washington tied its major league record Of i6s double plays in one sea. son, establlshed last year. in the rec- end Eame with st. Louis here yester- day.
 Bluge took Ezzell's grounder. tag ged Gerber on the base line and re- tired the batter at first to complete the play which tied the mark The Senator's have i6 games more to play this season.
 Why are Babe Adams and Grover Cleveland Alexander. two veteran pitchers Of the National league. right up among the leaders in games won?
 The answer is control. These two great pitchers have the happy faculty of getting the ball over. The oppo- sition must earn their way on the bases with Adams or Alexander pitch ing.
 The National league averages re- veal some interesting facts relative 10 these two great pitchers. Adams. in winning 13 out of his first IT games gave only 1T bases on balls, an aver age of one game.
 Alexander, always noted for his steadiness, boasts an even better rec ord for control. In winning IS of his first 25 games, Alexander passed only 1s men. considerably less than one game.
 Control! That is why Adams, past the 70 mark, and Alexander, on the way to that figure, are still pitching winning ball. When they work there isn't any wasted energy They get the ball over-make the batter earn their way on.
 There will be practice for the Rovers A. c. football team this eve- ming at 6:45 at Browns field on Small ley street.
 The Redlands will not practice to- night but will drill at St. Mary's field on Sunday morning. >
 This eleven expects to play it's first game a week from Sunday.
 The Mohawks will practice tomor- row night. A game with the High school may be arranged shortly.
 Pitching has become serious prob lem in the major leagues. Not a team in either the National or Ameri- can League is willing to stand pat on its pitching staff. The various scouts now out in search for promising ma terial have been instructed to pay particular attention to the pitchers and not pass up any pitcher who looks at all worth while.
 For some years the advantage has been with the batters by wide mar- gin. The supremacy the pitchers once held was swept away when alr7 trick deliveries were placed under the ban. This made for an entire change in pitching on the part of great many big leaguers. Some of the pitchers found 1t impossible to adapt themselves to new style and passed out Others met with varying suc- cess in adhering to the new rules. With the passing of the spitbai and all forms of trick deliveries, also came the ban on soiling the ball or the use of resin to help the pitcher C get a tirmer grip on the ball. The c rules called for the abolition of any f and all foreign substances and resin was placed ill list. For years a great c many pitchers have used resin. With out it they were unable to get their old time grip on the ball, and in throwing curve, the hold secured on