Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — CAN CONTROL HIS DELIVERY [ARTICLE]

CAN CONTROL HIS DELIVERY

Detroit Flinger Can Serve Curves, Fast and Slow Balls With Three ” Distinct Motions. Jean Dubuc of the Detroit Tigers attributes his success as an American League pitcher to the fact that he can deliver his curves, his slow ball and his fast ball with three different motidhs, and have control of the ball by his motion. “YeArs ago, when I was pitching with Notre frame college, I learned that speed without control was valueless. I always had pretty fair control of my delivery, but with the acquired knowledge I began perfecting different deliveries and control of the ball in each,” says Jean. “It took years of patient effort to acquire the delivery I now have, but I believe it is one of the least trying on the arm and shoulder muscles, for the reason that I put the weight of my body behind the pitches and do not depend on the strength of my arm to send up a fast ball. "I worked with my slow ball for three months before I could get a curve to it and after that it took me three years to perfect the delivery.” Dubuc declares that his delivery would be an ideal one for a left-hand-er, inasmuch as hitting such a ball from a left-handed pitcher would be much harder. The ball would come up to the batter on an entirely new angle, and Jean insists that the best batters in the major leagues would be puzzled. Various persons have been given credit for developing Dubuc, and among those honored is Hugh Jennings. Hughey, however, declares that Dubuc alone is responsible. “Jean is one of those players who never wastes a moment,” says Jen* nlngs. , “When he is on the bench -and another man is pitching, the Frenchman is always figuring what he would throw the batter. What is more valuable, he makes his comments aloud, and the young pitchers on the club can gain valuable hints by listening to the sensation of 1912.”