Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1910 — OTTO HESS IS SUCCESSFUL [ARTICLE]

OTTO HESS IS SUCCESSFUL

Delivery of Leading Pitcher in Southern League Deceptive to Batters— Has Fine Control. Otto Hess is the most successful twirler in the Southern league this season. In fact, there are several reason’s for the Dutchman’s wonderful success, reasons known to the ball players and to the fans and to nearly every one. The main reason of his wonderful success is his fine control. Otto has been slinging them across the plate this year with reckless abandon. He has been walking very few men for a left-hander and this has had a lot to do with the majority of winnings that he has accumulated. But there is one reason, known only to the ball players, to which his big success can be attributed. Hess, as every fan who has seen him in action knows, is no small man by any means. In fact, he is a six-footer, and this has aided him greatly in fooling the batter. To use the~~expression of the ball Y>layers, they have been “swinging at his motion.” Probably the fans don’t realize what this means. Hess’ height is an answer to the question, though a meager one. To be explicit, Hess is so tall that when he winds up to deliver the ball, the batters have become accustomed to catching this motion and not the ball when It is delivered.