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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 138

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 138 — the first stepstoward the acquisition of this method, let theplayer take the ball in his hand, and bringing itback just level with his ear, planting both feetfirmly, attempt to throw the ball without usingthe legs or body. At first the throw is awkwardand feeble, but constant practice speedily… … the straight,forward mo-tion of thehand, wrist,and the arm. I ne secret illustrations of the short-arm throw. of the throw is, of course, keeping the hand in a line with the arm and not swinging it out to the side and awayfrom the head, where much of the accuracy andsome of the quickness is lost.…

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