Clipping:Trying to explain a legal delivery

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Date Saturday, February 23, 1867
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The rule in question, No. 7, states that “it shall be regarded as a throw if the arm be bent at the elbow at an angle from the body, “ &c., and further on it says, “A pitched ball is one delivered with the arm straight, and swinging perpendicularly and free from the body.” Now, this does not mean that the arm must literally be kept straight, or not bent at the elbow, in delivery, but only that it must not be so bent outward from the body, and to prevent this outward bend of the arm the word “perpendicularly” was introduced. Creighton pitched with a perfectly straight arm as far as the perpendicular line was concerned, but of course his arm was bent at the elbow in making the forward swing in delivery. A ball can be sent in at full speed with a straight arm, and with a straight arm no ball can possibly be thrown, and the main object of the amendment was to put a stop to the jerking and throwing style of delivery which prevailed to such an extent last season.

Source Philadelphia City Item
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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