How to play base ball . n 1896, tbefirst year I played professional ball. I had pitched a morn-ing game at Oil City and shut tbe team out 8 to o. In tbe after-noon both teams returned to Franklin for another game. Theman intending to pitch for us got drunk, so I went in again. Intbe second inning, with the score 2 to o against us, a line ballbit me in tbe forehead and knocked me unconscious for aboutfive minutes. I was sore and insisted on pitching out tbe beat them 16 to 2, and they did not get another man to firstbase, while I made two home runs, two double-baggers and asingle. That
How to play base ball . n 1896, tbefirst year I played professional ball. I had pitched a morn-ing game at Oil City and shut tbe team out 8 to o. In tbe after-noon both teams returned to Franklin for another game. Theman intending to pitch for us got drunk, so I went in again. Intbe second inning, with the score 2 to o against us, a line ballbit me in tbe forehead and knocked me unconscious for aboutfive minutes. I was sore and insisted on pitching out tbe beat them 16 to 2, and they did not get another man to firstbase, while I made two home runs, two double-baggers and asingle. That night the manager of tbe Oil City met me on thestreet and said: Youre a regular robber; no one but a rubecould recover from an accident like that and finish the fastened the nickname to me and it has stuck. 1^ BY BERT CUNNINGHAM Study to control your ball. Some of tbe greatest pitcbers inthe business have not as good curves as the less successful men,but they have what others lack, control of tbe ball. Tbe man. How to Play Base Ball. 51 who can put the ball just where he wants it and knows that hecan do this is the successful pitcher, provided, of course, he has areasonable amount of skill to combine with control. Dont make the mistake of throwing too many curves. Thepitcher who can get along with the least use of curves is likelyto be successful and last longer, for the throwing of curves ishard on the arm. Save your arm if you want to stay in thebusiness is a good motto. Study the batter. Without knowing him you are at sea andmust try him out to learn his weak points. To be successful infast company a pitcher must learn to field his position and hemust learn to bat. Many times a pitcher, when his infield is inthe air can save his own game by fielding. A good fielding pitcherhas less to contend with than one who cannot field, inasmuch asbunting will not be attempted against Practice the fieldingof bunts continuously. In pitching, the out curve is usually the mo
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