. St. Nicholas [serial]. d and gentle- natured wilfully to throw so near the batsman asto make him fear to step too close to the his control is so perfect, and his dispositionis so well known, players stand to the platewhen he is on the mound, and make more hits offhim by so doing than they otherwise so, in 1911, Johnson hit but eight batsmen,and gave bases on balls to seventy more, having1228 men charged with times at bat against him,in 323 innings of play. Johnson, too, had won-derful control. And, to clinch the argument—if any more beneeded —consider the remarkable games
. St. Nicholas [serial]. d and gentle- natured wilfully to throw so near the batsman asto make him fear to step too close to the his control is so perfect, and his dispositionis so well known, players stand to the platewhen he is on the mound, and make more hits offhim by so doing than they otherwise so, in 1911, Johnson hit but eight batsmen,and gave bases on balls to seventy more, having1228 men charged with times at bat against him,in 323 innings of play. Johnson, too, had won-derful control. And, to clinch the argument—if any more beneeded —consider the remarkable games pitchedin both Big Leagues in 1911. In the AmericanLeague there were two no-hit games pitched dur-ing the season, Wood, of Boston, turning thismost unusual trick against St. Louis, and Walsh,of Chicago, shutting out Boston without a , of Philadelphia, Wood, of Boston, andWalsh, of Chicago, each pitched also a one-hitgame during the season. All these pitchers aremen noted for control—on the days when they. Finish of the slow ball. pitched these phenomenal games, they had prac-tically perfect control. In the National League there was no no-hitgame in 1911, but ten pitchers pitched one-hitgames. Compare the list with the pitchers rec-ords, and you find almost all men of fine were Moore, Philadelphia; Fromme, Cin-cinnati ; Rucker, Brooklyn; Chalmers, Philadel-phia; Steele, Pittsburg; Marquard, New York;Alexander, Philadelphia; Woodburn, St. Louis;Burns, Philadelphia, and Cole, Chicago. Once having control of the fast ball, you arein a position to take up some variety of you need advice (which, in all probability,you wont take) and caution about your arm(which you probably wont heed). The adviceis this: dont try to master more than one curve,shoot, hook, or slant at a time; dont try ever to 1012.] PLAYING THE GAME 807 master more than two or three. Great pitchersdo not—why should you? Walter Johnson, the American League pitcher(Washington),
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