The Shawnee News (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 21, Ed. 2 Sunday, April 9, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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LA 5B*T niniin*
ALL SPORTS WORTH WHILE
i. EDWARD SEDA.R SPORTING EDITOR
Hugh, jennings A GLIMMER OF WHAT IS GOING ON FROM TIME TO TIME James Vaughn
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Russell Ford and his Freak Ball Delivery
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Cancels Match
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fort it It all over peoplK bart for-
gmurt tkat a aaidi e*«* *as agreed
ypoc. Xt+tktr Woigasi oor ioatt
reta tk* discredit of kariag sidt-
vttpped a eoottn4er tor tke tit it. As
a mxtigf of fa- *. Mrrf'arlaDd talked
oi€f tkt tenau of tke natch with
both miA Wolgaat and they
agrttd upon weights sod all oihtr
eo9 4ltioos. They havta't discovertd
ai^ytkisg nttv sboat Packcy's weight.
McFariatd has fought after weigh-
ing In at i23 pounds four hours be-
fore entering tke ring. He will make
j iun Flynn, of Poekio, has Wen
\ Aatck*d to asett Jeff Clara, at iop-
I .ka. March It. Flynn offtr«4 to post
j lljM forfeit to meet Carl Morris
, bat Morris ignored the challenge.
Morris Panthers didn't do a thi^g:
to tke Muskogee teaxn tke otker daj.j
bat pot aa % to 1 defeat orer them ]
Mnskog«ee manager, kowever, prom-'
ists to do better ia tke fatare Ht!
says his team will come out chain -1
pkms Wooderful; marreloua
I Says a Tulsa paptr "Billy Stone, j
who owns tke fight pictures of tke j
| \forris-8chreck go will go to Bliss, j
j Okia. where they are being devtl- j
j ped aod will cot o«t such parts of;
' hem aa he deems necessar? We
| woold s'iggesr to Billy that he cat
Ktafs
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Baseball Season
Opens the 15th
To the frsscaaL fan ■ big leag~&.t
- pec (Mr aeosoa aboct tbt of
, April every year. Bat tat real ojatr-,
ag of t^t season takes place si*'
z*lon tiai. It u tit *ork i l
"h* Sooii tiai alana ti« year ia i
*-kt iniseoai; world.
; Uhtb coaditiOB ct the n. who
•tport north ia April tha: cooata
; tor msch mo:e thae ihe arerag* laa
.?prtciai«. A team that ia ia tip-'
op aaape wheo *±« < aanipionahip ■
! raet cjl-j will aimaja g« the Jampj
••a tha elab that raa ioto toast area-
iher ia the aosth aid r«ora«i hottr
clj aaJf '-ooditiC'ted.
Tt<i CT* the wiad the H%i aad ie
irai are treated with tare aad|
iscki:<e dariag the atin::; trip asdi
I > teas saa had nceeaafal v^aiher'
' iMad cowl groo&d* ia the aouth JttT
. vin w*i". tteir oppoae£ta vho hare.
:o: bcea ao fortaaate. aiae timee j
<*t of tes dsriae the Brat aiocth ot
Jim Vaagha- at the Sea Y<
Tulm, oa whoa Kaaage- I
Caaae plac«a peat depei.:--
Va-jghi. vhile b iag Jar frac
aeaaaiioaal type f hia ctsb-cu
R-sae: Ford, ia mach the attod
of the two aad caa be eoaaiat-
relied upon to pitch a good n
when he ia ia ahapt Va;Jts-:
cor roiag at top apeed
Ba; -_hert ia aach a thing of re-
.rziDg north OTertraiied. a fe*
eara ag:- Frank Boaemaaa vaa zaade
lanager of the Boctos Natiosai
?ague teajc. Dova aoath that aprtag
e started his m^-c off at a mid-
eason rate of speed. He worked the
Pitchers Must
Have Nerv
+-Fingered Brown, the :
t of the Chicago Coha
tha; no matter what a pi:
> deceive the natsxnaa ht •
tke nerre e^side*.
en what is tkt greatew
tke
: gone atale. spring
science and every year
e attention is devoted
tke work in the warm-
a powerful lot to do
&g of the pennant.
ao ne
•r. On tke otker aaj
ve everything efav- a
d bell bt a dub. Tber
day when lie pin
upon to use his nervy
oae requisite in 1
a really great pitch
l iiLv « a *■- £«e
The Denver Bears will be here
AprU U. all rigfc*. Tke manager of
the Shawnee team experts to kave a
-:rong team ready by that time.
Tickets are already being sold in
jrreat numbers and a crack game
! will undoubtedly take pLace
Riaos«il Ford, tke prem
Yankees during tke seasoi
that mads him famous.
On tke left at tkt top is a p
when in moo: instances he does
tke long tapering fingers and the
delivery. On the top at the right,
to deliver an ordinary apitter, or
etare of Ford ia/ing the batter. He appears to be moistening tke ba.'.
not do so A; the bottom is ;te pitching hand of Russell Ford, showing
scimitar-shap*d Thninb. wkicb Ford declares has much to do with his freak
Ford's hand is shown grasping tke nail in the manner used when abtrit
a fast balL On tke bottom, is the grip used to pitch him famous freak
first 'Ire rounds at all events j apitter,** which has proved to te is e
Matkewsor/
fad#*away
>et a Word of Scandal.
marred the call of a neighbor on
Mrs. W. P. Spaugh of Manville. Wyo^
•^ho said: "She told me Dr. King's
j New Life Pills had cared her of ob-
! i>tinate kidney trouble, and made her
| feel like a new woman." Easy, but
sure remedy for stomach, liver and
kidney troubles. Only Zlc at all
•iruggis:*. •
isn't called
It's the
makeup of
Aid I dc.n
qualification that is absolute*;
sential. The pitcher depending
fcis curve suddenly d-scovers ti
his curve ball don'i work T
break isn't there. It's up to 1
nerve. If he hss lots of it hr m
keep tke opposing batsman standi
still until he recovers himself,
he hasn't the nerve, he is In for
beating. So wiib the fellow ti
depends upon his speed He
covers to his amaiement that i
first ball is without the jump. If
an inning or two. or maybe for
half game. Suddenly it comes ;ta
and he is all right If he bass
the nerve, he is sure to blow Sai
way with control. A pitcher hj
denly goes wild. The only thing
the world that will settle bim is t
nerve.
TWO OLD TIMERS IN BIG LEAGUE MET AT PONCE DE LEON PARK IN ATLANTA
Xe* York, April 1—Two of the
fre*i«( pitchers in the American
lea«u met at Poae« de Leoa park
in Atlanta. Oa.. a couple of weeka
ago. Thtjr acre Kuaaeil Ford, the
sensational ipttball twlrler of the,
Sew York American, and Waiter j
Johnson, the John Heekin for speed
ot the Washington team.
Ford and Jobnsos arc cloaa
friends and duriag the practice of
the Natkmals one mora lag Ford
•trolled out In a uniform to vork a
bit before the game la the afternoon
between the Yaakeea and Otto Jor-
dan's Aalaata club of the Southern
league
Johnson waa well warmed up br
the time the New Yorker arrived at
the grounds aod be was fairly burn-
ing the atmosphere with a fast ball
that had a peculiar break to IL
"Where do you get all that speed
from. Walter?" Ford aaked of the tall
Washington box man.
'Gee, I don't know,* answered
Johnson
About ten minutes later Ford be-
gan catting loose with his spitt.r,
which to the freakiest of all freak
deliveries.
'And how la the dickens do you
make that ball break that way.
Rust?" aaked Johnson.
"I couldn't tell yon If you paid me
a IE 11 lion dollar*," replied Ford.
And there yoa are. The art of
baseball pitching cannot be taught;
it mast be natural. Of course a
pitcher can be taught when to pitch
low ball. He can be shown how to
change hia pace, mixing in a dope
ball with his fast one*. But in a
matter of currea be finds It hard
work to instruct another man ao that
he caa deliver the same bee re
As la every caae there are ticep-I
tlons to this rule. For instance. >
Jack Quiaa, who was next to Ford;
in winning percentage for the Tat - j
kees last s-ison, has finally master-'
ed one of Ford's spltters. But it was!
only after watching Ford pitch, day
In and day out, all through the South-
ern practice of the New York dul
that Qulnn could get the ball to
break light.
When Ford waa with Atlanta a!
few years ago he waa the posseaso.
of a side-hand spltter that was
peacheriao But as he waa a nat-
ural overhand heaver he found tha
the side-arm ball was injuring his
wing. Therefore, he discovered ani
perfected an over-hand wet fling.:
which laat season won 26 out of I!
12 games lor him.
Now Qulnn Is a distinct side-arm
twlrler. H* always had a good spit
ter. but Ford spent hour after houri
with him at Athens. Ga. where
the Yankees '.raised this year, show-
ing bim how to fliag the old spitter
that put Atlaota on the baaeball map.
Siace then Qulnn has beea working
03 the ball and today be lias it dowa [
put. With his eld apitter aa good as
ever the fcjsky Yaakee ia propabiy
the only boxmaa in the world who
caa honeatly boas: of having two
separate and distinct wet deliveries !
But there isn't one caae ia a hun-
dred where a successful twlrler o?
a certain curve can teach it to eome
other man.
Batting is different. Many writ-
ers will say that a batsman cannot
be made. Now I am going to prove
that they caa.
When Scott Arthur Irwin took the
Yankee youngcurs, commonly called
Yannigans, south, the first of laat
March, be had as likely a bunch of
recruita as one coald wish to see.
The first day they went out for prac-
tice they stood at the plate and slam-
med the ball to all sections of the
lot. A lew days later when the
pitchers' arms began to get right and
they put something on the pellet,
the demon clooters of the first few
days began swinging like a gate and
miasiag the ball entirely.
It was a caae of a home run or
a strike out with them. That goes
in the bush leagues but not in fast
company. Of the thirteen youngsters
in the camp not one was using the
bat that would bring them the best
result. Immediately I-win secured
aew sticks for tha men.
Those that had been using long
light wagon tongues were given short
heavy ones. They were told to stop
swinging at the ball and to chop
their stroke. Where they formerly i
stood at the plate with the right'
shoulder lowered if a right handl
batsman, they were shown 11 they'
kept their rigat aide higher up they
would get more steam behind their
drives and vice versa-
Then they were told how to hit
with the runner; how to hit to right
field or to left or to bunt, just as
the occaaion called for.
Bill Bailey, an outfielder Irwin un-
earthed in the Tri-State league, a
wonderful fielder and possessor of
a sensational wing, was the poorest
hitter of the eatire outfit when he
landed In Athena. He used a long,
light stick and his one idea was to
wallop tke ball over the fence. He
waa a mark for a pitcher with a
good change ot pace.
Irwin instructed him In the art of
big league batting, and Inside of a'
I
week he was the most scientific i
surest hitter on the club. And ah
he learned In that week on batti
has assured him of a regular j
with the Sew Tork club thia seas-'
Batting can be taught but pitchi:
ran not.
Jack Knight, of the Highland,:
is worrying over his arm. Despi
the short throw from second ba.-
the 'soup bone" seems to be pis>-.:
htm tricks, as It always hss done
the spring-
Hugh Daly, one armed pi true
the Cleveland National league
Chicago Union association lean
holds the world's season strike
record. In 1SS4 he pitched St gam
and struck out tit batters, an Are
age of (.5$ a game.
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