The reliable book of outdoor games. Containing official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc (1893)
Chadwick, Henry, 1824-1908 · New York, F. M. Lupton · leaf 10
r ball is a ball delivered by the Eitcher while standing wholly within the lines ofis position, and facing the batsman, the ball sodelivered to pass over the home base, not loioerthan the batsmans knee, nor higher than hisshoulder, provided a ball so delivered thattouches the bat of the batsman in… … Fig. B. over the home base above the batsmans shoul-der or belovj the knee. THE THEORY OF THE CURVE. The theory of imparting a curve to the ball asit goes horizontally through the air from thepitchers hand to4he bat is very simple. The position when in the act of delivering acurved ball is shown in…
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