Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — BASE-BALL CURVES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BASE-BALL CURVES.

A Device for Olivine the Ball an Effective Curve. The “delivery* 1 of a base-ball so that the batsman shall be deceived into

“striking out” lias been made the subject of much study by expert pi'chers, and a device is here illustrated for giving to the ball the “curve” which is especially effective. It consists of an elastic strap having a thumb loop at one end and connected at its opposite end to a segment of a sphere, the latter being shaped to receive a section of %ke ball.