Popular science monthly . enters the cavity in thedummy-catcher, drops down a chute and hits the blade of a bucket-wheel. Since thebucket-wheel is connected by belts with the indicator above, the pitcher sees his strikerecorded. The ball is ultimately sent back to him by a return trough. If the pitcher failsto make a strike, the ball drops into a bowl in which both the batter and catcher ball rolls into an opening and falls upon a bucket-wheel, connected by belts witha ball indicator. A special trough is provided for the return of the ball But such games, no iiiatlcT how in-genious a
Popular science monthly . enters the cavity in thedummy-catcher, drops down a chute and hits the blade of a bucket-wheel. Since thebucket-wheel is connected by belts with the indicator above, the pitcher sees his strikerecorded. The ball is ultimately sent back to him by a return trough. If the pitcher failsto make a strike, the ball drops into a bowl in which both the batter and catcher ball rolls into an opening and falls upon a bucket-wheel, connected by belts witha ball indicator. A special trough is provided for the return of the ball But such games, no iiiatlcT how in-genious and interesting to those wholove for itself, are tame sportfor the active and are really only forthe sedentary. Much larger and moreintricate mechanisms are invented, pat- iMiteil, and operated at country fairs,where the spectator becomes an actual])layer and ])itches against an auto-matic umpire. The automatic umpire is usuallysome form of opening in a background. Popular Scic72cc Mnntlihj 59 BELLTOSIGNALSTRmES. At the end of a lane formed by rope fences is a wall on which the figures of catchers arepainted, as well as enthusiastic occupants of grandstand seats. Two home plates areprovided—one for a dummy left-handed batter and the other for a dummy right-handedbatter. Immediately behind each home plate is a pad, corresponding with the strikearea. When the pitcher makes a strike, the pad moves back, completes an electriccircuit, and rings a bell. A spring returns the pad to position, whereupon the bell ceasesits ringing and the apparatus is ready for the next pitched ball
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