. St. Nicholas [serial]. BROWN, OF THE CHICAGO CLUB, NATIONAL LEAGUE. He has just finished pitching an out-drop, which has swung his bodyand arm far over to one side. He has followed through his pitch,and is instantly ready to field the hit which may be made, particularlyif it is a bunt, in the handling of which this pitcher is especially skilful. pitching represents more fun and less waiting,—that you have more to do when you pitch, and,therefore, have a better time,—let us also agreethat the plan of rotation in the pitchers box is. CHIEF BENDER, OF THE WORLDS CHAMPIONATHLETICS, AMERICAN LEAG
. St. Nicholas [serial]. BROWN, OF THE CHICAGO CLUB, NATIONAL LEAGUE. He has just finished pitching an out-drop, which has swung his bodyand arm far over to one side. He has followed through his pitch,and is instantly ready to field the hit which may be made, particularlyif it is a bunt, in the handling of which this pitcher is especially skilful. pitching represents more fun and less waiting,—that you have more to do when you pitch, and,therefore, have a better time,—let us also agreethat the plan of rotation in the pitchers box is. CHIEF BENDER, OF THE WORLDS CHAMPIONATHLETICS, AMERICAN has just pitched a straight fast ball. See the easy swing of hiswhole body in the follow through pose in which the camera caughthim, and note how the shoulder has backed up the arm in making thepitch. Bender led the American League in 1911 in percentage ofvictories with a mark of .773. show something of the way to such success, andalso of the way in which a young captain andmanager can determine which of his nine playersis already the best pitcher. Before you can either pitch well yourself, orjudge anothers pitching from the pitchers stand-point, you must, of course, know something ofthe theory of pitching—both the mechanics, orscience of the actual muscular act of pitching aball, and the theory on which the game is built,or the reasons why the pitcher must do the va-rious things he does. What is a pitcher for? To fool the batters ! To prevent the bat-ters from hitting the ball! To strike out asmany men as he can! To
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