Clipping:Umpiring breaking balls

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Date	Tuesday, August 10, 1886
Text	Umpire John Kelly was recently asked which of the Association pitcher were the hardest to umpire for, barring all kicking propensities. “I regard Ramsey and Morris the hardest,” said Kelly. “Ramsey has a drop ball taht is very hard to judge. It looks like a ‘rising ball’ until just about the time it gets up to the plate, when it suddenly drops, and of course fools both the batsman and the umpire. With Morris, however,” continued Kelly, “this is different. Morris, if he had a good ‘drop ball’ like Ramsey, would be invincible. His mean balls are those that he sends shooting around the batsmen’s neck and body. To look at the ball it seems as if it were coming straight over the outside corner of the plate, when in reality it shoots in, and if the batter is not pretty active he is very liable to get a soaker in the neck.
Source	Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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