Clipping:A pitching machine
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Date | Tuesday, February 25, 1890 |
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Text | A machine has just been invented for training the eyes to judge swiftly pitched and erratically curved balls. The machine is a powerful spring securely fastened to a piece of heavy timber. On the top of the spring is a cap-like arrangement into which the regulation base ball snugly fits. This is pulled down and fastened to an ingeniously made catch, or series of catches rather, for it can be set at any curve or angle to suit the operator. The spring is on a line with a home-plate at the lower end of the yard. One of the players manipulates the machine while the others take turns with the bat. A ball is placed in the cup, the operator fastens the spring down to any catch he chooses, the combinations of curves and straight balls being almost innumerable, while at the same time it is an utter impossibility for the batsman to anticipate how it is going to come. When ready the operator relieves the catch and the ball is thrown with the force of a bullet., quoting the New York Press |
Source | Philadelphia Times |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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