Clipping:The development of the hop, skip, and jump delivery
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| Date | Wednesday, February 9, 1887 |
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| Text | [from a column by Ward defending the new rules] It is said that the new position will be too much of a strain--that it is unnatural. In reality, barring the overhand throw, it is the exact position and motion in vogue prior to 1884. With the over-hand throw came the desire ofr more speed, and to get that pitchers adopted the running jump. The new style is the simplest and most natural possible, and this is evidence by the fact that pitchers formerly did more work with less fatigue than has been possible under the outgoing system. Out of four or five pitchers and as many catchers it has often been difficult to select a battery in condition. The game had developed abnormally in the pitching department. A premium was placed on mere speed, and skill legislated out of the position. In their efforts to keep up this speed, the pitchers wore themselves out and battered down their catchers. Even to the lover of the so called “pitchers’ game” the system could not have been satisfactory. A records of a few base hits no longer necessarily indicated a skillfully pitched game. It might, and often did, mean only that some fellow who could throw a ball like a streak of lightning had managed, through the intimidating effect of a few bruised ribs, to frighten the batters away from the plate. The new regulations will reintroduce strategic work and the sinning pitcher next season, other things being nearly equal, will be the one possessed of the most skill. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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