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Carl Hubbell And His ‘Screw BallHead For Baseball’s Hall Of FameBy GAYLE TALBOT (Associated Press Sports Writer) NEW YORK (JPj — A skinnylittle guy, lithe and loose as arunning stream, stands out there on the rubber, squinting his to see what his catcher has on his mind.Presently he ties himaelt in a knot, untvinds smoothly, and with an easy motion of Ins left arm sends the' white sphere drifting toward the plate. Prom the press box it doesn t look like a fast ball.I It comes up lazily on the outside corner and at the right moment appears to break outward maybe two or three inches.It looks a lot like what the kids call an inshoot, only it bends the opposite way for a southpaw. You say to yourself: Han, I could murder that thing. It looks, that easy.But is it? Watch the batter. Bracing himself, he swings from the heels, a mighty effort. Bat end ball meet and a squashy sound echoes through the stands. The pellet pops skyward and an infielder saunters over to trap it —like shooting catfish in a tub.■I Saw Hubbeir And that is Carl Hubbell of the Giants and his screw ball.” Both the man and his pet delivery are heading toward baseball's hall of fame as fast as the summer days pass. Ten, twenty years from now we'll be saying: I saw •Carl Hubbell back in 1D33. There was a pitcher.On July 27 the slim pecan farmer from Oklahoma scored his eighth shutout of the year, blanking Brooklyn, 2 to 0. At the same time'he ran his string of consecutive scoreless innings to 38’a and chalked up his sixteenth victory.The last man to pitch eight shutouts in a National league season was Babe Adame, in 1900. Grover Cleveland Alexander turned in 16 for the Phillies in 1916. Back in his prime with Washington, Walt Johnson once pitched 56 successive scoreless innings. Alexander and Johnson are the only so-called modem mounds-men in the same class with Hubbell as shut out artists.With two more months to go, {he Giants’ wizard should come close to Alex's great record, andOld Masters — And The NewHere's a fine action shot of Carl Hubbell, the Giants’ sensational shuotout ace, flanked by two mound immortals of another baseball generation, Grover Cleveland Alexander (top), and Walter Johnson Carl is the slickest whitcwasher to come along since -their heyday.he seems certain to pass Adams’ mark that has stood for 13 years.It’s Deceptive If you have suspected there is more to Hubbell’s screw ball” than appears from the grandstand, you are dead right, as any batter who has observed its gyrations at first hand will be gladto attest.It looks like a chinch as it comes up, declared one well known slugger. But just as get ready to knock it out of county it starts doing things, seems to wohble and bend and drop, all at the same time.” That would seem to explain everything, including those shutouts. Any ball that cuts up like that Isn't to be trusted.And it doesn’t bother his arm at ail,” marvelled Manager Eill Terry. He can throw that thing three out of four times and never feel it the next day.”Knows His Rights Hubbell is supposed to have complained bitterly in one game because, after he has tossed five straight “screw balls,” his catcher insisted on a curve the next What’s the idea of never wanting me to throw a screw ball?” he demanded of the backstop in a mid-diamond conference.
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Moberly Monitor Index
Moberly, Missouri, US
Tue, Aug 01, 1933
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