Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1918 — STOP FREAK BALL PITCHING [ARTICLE]

STOP FREAK BALL PITCHING

Elimination Ought to Result in More Batting, Making Games Enjoyable to Fans. The elimination of all freak pitching from the American association this coming season ought to result In more batting and consequently in more enjoyable games for the spectators. The layman naturally, thinks that It will be pretty hard work to regulate this matter of freak pitching, but those who have studied the problem say that It is comparatively easy, so that part need not concern us at all, savs Milwaukee Sentinel. Where there la a rule they say it can be enforced. Drastic measures may be necessary, but that does not concern the patron. The probabilities are that the average baseball follower would really like to see more hitting, and If the rule works out to this end It will be nn accepted one.