Clipping:Straight versus curved line pitchers; curve only comes with speed

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Date	Saturday, July 29, 1876
Text	The Chicago team has one advantage in possessing Spalding as their pitcher, and that is that, unlike Bond, Bradley, Devlin, and the other curved-line and swift-pace pitchers, he is not so hard on his catcher as they are, as his thorough command of the ball, his intimate knowledge of the batsmen, and his strategic skill make his delivery the least costly in wear and tear of the catcher. An illustration of this fact was afforded in the Mutual and Hartford game, when, owing to the inability of Allison, Harbidge, and Higham to give Bond the requisite support behind the bat—all suffering from sore hands, the result of the great pace they had to face—Bond was unable to send in his swiftest balls or to get on the curve with full effect, the result being his comparatively easy punishment. The curve comes only with speed, as a general thing, and when the catcher has sore hands the pace must be dropped, or passed balls will be the result.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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