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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 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.… … FIRST-BASE MAN THROWING TO SECOND FOR A DOUELE-PLAV. of perfection as to get the ball away toward secondalmost on the instant it strikes the hands. Theyaid the throwing by a slight twist of the body. The quickness of this method of throwingis, of course, due to the fact that there is nodelay caused…

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