The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 67
Straight Delivery. ing the ball twirl in one direction oranother, the skillful Pitcher can curveit to the right or to the left upward … In-Curve. or downward, so that only a bats-man of equal skill can strike it at all.The illustrations show the positionsof the hand and body for variouscurves. It requiresmuch judgment tomake a curved ballpass over theHome-plate, forwhen it leaves thePitchers hand itseems as if it weregoing to pass…
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