Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 197
THE ART OF PITCHING Play ball! With the first touch of the spring breezes, andoften long before the frost is well out of theground, a hundred thousand men and boys hunt spent in which he has not had a base-ball in hishands. And, if he be a true knight of the leathersphere, the green diamond, and… … RUSSELL FORD, OF THE NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS. Showing the follow through motion, as the ball was released forthe pitch long before the arm crossed the body of the pitcher. up the old gloves, the much-used bats, the dentedmasks, the stained and roughened balls, and be-gin the summers campaign. Most of…
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