Clipping:Deacon White advocates underhand pitching
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| Date | Wednesday, October 17, 1888 |
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| Text | [from R. M. Larner's column]“Deacon” White is a warm advocate of returning to the underhand-throwing rule, which he believes will not only improve batting, but materially reduce the expenses of maintaining the professional clubs. He contends that as long as pitchers are allowed to indulge in the throw-as-you-please style of delivery each club will be obliged to keep a large number of pitchers constantly on hand. He cited a number of instances to show that certain clubs have carried from three to five pitchers all through the season at high salaries, some of whom have not played enough to keep themselves in condition. Under the present system the strain upon a pitcher's arm is very great, and he realizes that he is liable to break down at any moment, and therefore demands the highest figure he thinks he can obtain. The Deacon says he imagines from what he has heard and read in the newspapers that the pitchers will be removed back five feet next year. This he considers a fatal and expensive mistake. Five feet further back the pitchers will have to exert themselves more than they do now, and the result will be that each club will be compelled to engage several additional pitchers to go through the season. Pitchers who are confined to the underhand style of delivery can pitch day in and day out without oerio0usly affecting or injuring themselves. One, or perhaps two, substitute or change pitchers will be all that any club will need. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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