Clipping:Nichols' curves

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Date	Sunday, January 7, 1877
Text	I think, said Seward, that he is the best pitcher in the United Stated, with the possible exception of Tommy Bond. His effectiveness is due to his various styles of pitching, for where one fails he has others to fall back on. He uses either “curve” at will to an extraordinary degree. His outward curve is especially deceptive, for though it looks to the batsman as though the ball would go directly over the plate, by the time it gets that far it is beyond his reach. This, of course, keeps his catcher very busy, but not so much so as a tricky habit which has of pitching an apparently fair ball, which drops just as it reaches the plate, and is extremely annoying to the batsman. Nichols has such a perfect command of his ball that frequently during the past season, after two balls had been called and two bad balls delivered, he has pitched the batsman out on strikes. Chicago Tribune January 7, 1877, quoting an interview of George Seward in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Source	Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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