Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 56
hesurprise that it brings to a batterwhen he is expecting something-else. I have often been asked, if it issuch a difficult ball to hit, why Idont use it all the time. The an-swer is that such a course wouldmake it easy to bat, and, besides, itis a ball which strains and tiresthe arm of the… … By permission of the American Sports Publishing Co., New York. MATHEWSONS FADEAWAY BALL. A. How the ball is grasped for start of the fadeaway. B. The ball is held lightly with the forefingers and thumb, and a slow twist is given to it. It sails up to the plate as dead as a brick, and,when mixed in…
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