Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1917 — PRACTICAL THEORY BY FOHL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRACTICAL THEORY BY FOHL

Will Not Permit Young Pitchers to Use New Balls While Going Through Training Manager Fohl, during the short period the first bunch of players worked out at New Orleans, refused to permit the use of new baseballs, insisting that the players toss about old wingy horse-

hides. There’s a reason for this. Here’s Fohl’s theory: “Give a young ball player a new ball and he has a tendency to cut loose, just to see how hard and how far he can throw it. With an old ball it is different. In the first place an old ball will not travel far; secondly, the boys will see plenty of new balls, before the season is oyer.” ■ -

Manager Lee Fohl.