How to play base ball . The out-curve is produced usually by grasping the ball with the firsttwo fingers and the thumb, with the back of the hand turned fingers are pressed firmly against the ball, which is gripped tight. Theout-curve may be either fast or The in-curve is pitched with a side-arm motion, the ball being releasedover the tips of the first two fingers, the arm being swept around with alateral motion. Some pitchers throw an in-curve by grasping the ballwith all four fingers and permitting it to slip over the tips. Hoiv to Play Base Ball. 47 BY *RUBE WADDELL Know
How to play base ball . The out-curve is produced usually by grasping the ball with the firsttwo fingers and the thumb, with the back of the hand turned fingers are pressed firmly against the ball, which is gripped tight. Theout-curve may be either fast or The in-curve is pitched with a side-arm motion, the ball being releasedover the tips of the first two fingers, the arm being swept around with alateral motion. Some pitchers throw an in-curve by grasping the ballwith all four fingers and permitting it to slip over the tips. Hoiv to Play Base Ball. 47 BY *RUBE WADDELL Knowledge of batsmens weaknesses is one of the first thingsa pitcher ought to have. Just this knowledge keeps many old-timers in the game after their pitching arms are not nearly sogood as those of younger men. When I first began to pitch inthe National League, or Louisville in 1897, I started a journaland jotted down the kind of balls which the different battersfound most difficult. Then before I pitched I looked into thisbook and refreshed my memory concerning the men I was topitch against. I do this now on new players, but I have in mymemory the failings of the old-timers. When I face a batter new to me, of course I must try to findhis weak point. I usually first shoot
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