anaheim-bulletin 1954-05-03

PITCHING By *Carl Hubbell From the book "How to Play" published by The Sporting News Chapter 8 A WARM-UP PITCHER Memory will be of increasing benefit to you the further you progress in baseball, because the higher minors and in the big leagues you face the same hitters for more than one season, and frequently for a long period of years. Your job against them may depend on memory. If you don't remember readily, you must train your memory. Use a book if necessary at the start, to jot down the danger pitches, so that you may recall them, and impress them on your mind. In this connection, it is true that big league pitchers must remember to throw to specific spots against certain hitters. But in starting out you should not worry about the spots. That is something you will not need for several years. There will be an in-between period before you can consider pitching to spots. This in-between time comes after you are able to put your three pitches over the plate. Then you may begin working to keep the curve low, and the fast ball on the inside or outside of the plate. Pitching to spots will follow, as a natural development. To illustrate to you the biggest fault of all in a young pitcher, let's go to Melbourne once again, for a practice game to a practice catcher. We make him throw harder and harder. Of course, he does not come close to a strike. Then we tell him that is the only thing he is doing differently when he goes from the warm-up to the mound. If he is a good prospect who doesn't panic in a game, that's all the lesson he needs. This is the key to correct the worst fault of young pitchers: Unless you have your balance, and feel loose and in control of your body on the mound, you cannot throw many strikes; an off-balance pitcher defeats all the instruction and all the practice he has had. Never beat yourself, and always make the other club beat you. That is quite a broad statement. What I refer to are the two ways in which a pitcher can hurt his chance to win, and these are the base on balls and poor fielding of his position. The walk is worse than anything else. It is the bug-a-boo of pitching. When you are in a close game you must be particularly careful not to walk the first man up in an innning. That starts more big innings than anything else. Be sure to make the hitter hit, and then you have a much-better-than-even chance to get him out. Los Alamitos Starts Final Racing Week LOS ALAMITOS — Quarter horse racing enters its final week at the Los Alamitos track today with a nine-race card slated for Saturday featuring the $7500 added California quarter horse championship at 440 yards. Rukin String, Gold Bar, Bardella, Dark Sin, Barbara L. and possibly Miss Meyers, were scheduled for the race, elimax of the current 22-day meeting. PCL Standings PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pct. OB San Diego 17 10 .630 Oakland 17 11 .607 Sacramento 16 12 .571 Los Angeles 15 14 .517 Portland 13 13 .500 Seattle 13 15 .464 Hollywood 12 15 .444 San Francisco 7 20 .259 Sunday's results: Hollywood 7-4 San Francisco 1 Sacramento 8-5 Seattle 3-4 Portland 4 San Diego 3 Los Angeles 13-2 Oakland 12-4 tween period before you can consider pitching to spots. This in-between time comes after you are able to put your three pitches over the plate. Then you may begin working to keep the curve low, and the fast ball on the inside or outside of the plate. Pitching to spots will follow, as a natural development. To illustrate to you the biggest fault of all in a young pitcher, let's go to Melbourne once again, for a practice game. I am impressed, and so are my scouts and instructors by one pitcher as he warms up. He has a smooth, stylish delivery, with the essential follow-through. His pitches have sharp action and are always on, or quite close to, the plate. He is a dandy—warming up. The same pitcher takes the mound in the game, and he has no resemblance to the promising young chap who pleased us so much in the warmup. His pitches are flying here and there. He walks man after man. He looks as if never had an hour's training in his life. But the boy doesn't puzzle us. We know what is wrong. He has gotten all keyed up nervously, has forgotten about style, and is trying to throw the ball harder than he can throw it. In doing so, he has twisted himself off balance, and has lost all smoothness, rhythm and follow-through. It's a cinch he is not going to throw strikes. We take that boy aside and ask him to throw his hardest This is the eighth in a series of articles to help give proper instruction to boys in How to Play Baseball. Future columns will include Infielding, Catching, Outfielding and Base Running. Chapters prior to this are available from this newspaper, or you can order "HOW TO PLAY," consisting of 112 pages, from The Syracuse News, 2018 Washington Ave., St. Louis 3, Mo., for fifty cents a copy. PCC Spring Practice Enters Next to Last Year SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—Spring football practice, possibly the next to last in Pacific Coast Conference history, began today in many schools up and down the Pacific Coast. The PCC ordered spring practice abolished starting in 1966, although a number of coaches, including Lynn Waldorf of California have indicated they will fight to keep it. READY ROGER—Roger Pinkstall one of Coach John Wallin pitching staff, is ready for action if the call should come as the Colonist nining faces Newpo Beach on the latter's diamond tomorrow. The Anaheim creat beat league-leading Fullerton la Thursday, 3-2. (Bulletin Photo) NEW! "JIM BO" INTRODUCING JIM BO—the most sensational invention in the history of fishing—the artificial minnow that swims. 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GB 17 10 .630 17 11 .607 ½ ento 16 12 .571 1½ eles 15 14 .517 3 y's results: God 7-4 San Francisco 1-1 ento 8-5 Seattle 3-4 14 San Diego 3 geles 13-2 Oakland 12-4 BOLTIN' BRONC—Saddle Brone Riding is an exciting event to watch, and patrons of the Sheriff's will witness some of the best in the country on May 8th and 9th, when the Riverside County riff's Relief Association presents its first Annual Rodeo. The rider must leave the chute with feet in the stirrups and both spurs on the horse's shoulders. He must then scratch the horse both feet on each shoulder in the first four jumps and then spur both ways. The contestant stay in this precarious position for ten seconds. He can be disqualified for loss of a stirrup, chains on the reins, being bucked off, hitting the horse with his hat or pulling leather. In to get the most violent action from the bucking horse, the flank cinch is pulled tight just a horse leaves the chute. SPORTS Major League Stand By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. Chicago 11 6 .64 Detroit 9 5 .64 SPORTS BOB WICKS, Editor Nine Colonists Enter CIF Swim Meet The AUHS swimming season is over. It finished with the recent Sunset League Meet which produced another rash of new Colonist school records. But there is still the CIF meet and Anaheim will be well represented with Jack Trott Tom Frank, Dick Grover, Hiroshi Shinoda, Frank Cushing, Jerald Ard, Fred Hund, Ken Barker and Ned Belanger. The preliminary meet gets underway at Long Beach next Friday. In the Sunset League Meet, Anaheim placed fourth in team standings in the Class A bracket, fourth in Class B, and second in Class C. Bee Frank Cushing took the 100 yard backstroke for the only Anaheim win, the 1:12.7 was a new school record. The old mark was 1:13.7 set this year. The varsity event saw the Colonist's medley relay team, Richard Bamford, Jo Pat Williams and Wendell Taylor, place fourth. Hiroshi Shinoda took fifth in the 50 yard free style. Williams copped sixth in the 100 yard breaststroke and Shinoda took second in the 100 yard free style for individual honors while the free style relay team, Bamford, Taylor, Bill Ensminger, and Shinoda, placed third. In the Bees, the AUHS medley relay team, Frank Cushing, Ernest Leonard and Fred Hund, placed second. Jerald Ard took second in the 50 yard free style while Ken Barker placed sixth. Paul Winters moved into fifth in the 100 yard breaststroke. Cushing then set the new backstroke record to cop the event for Anaheim. Fred Hund took a fifth in the 100 yard free style, Jack Trott was second in diving and Ken Barker placed third in the individual medley. The free style relay team, Trott, Belanger, Hund and Ard, placed third. Anaheim placed second in the Cee medley relay. Tom Frank, Dick Grover and Dan Garrison. Grover then tied for second in the 50 yard free style after setting a new school record in the prelims, 27.2, bettering old record of 27.7 set this year. Tom Frank placed second in the 50 yard breaststroke. In the prelims, he set a new school and new Sunset League record of 33.9. The old school record was set by Dick Grover this year while the League mark was set by Bob Waite of Fullerton in 1940. Grover was sixth in this event. Frank was second in the 50-yard breaststroke. He had set a new school record in the prelims of 32.9 bettering Garth Menges 1946 record time of 33.2. The Colonist's free style relay team, Bill Fults, Dan Garrison, Marshall Quarton and Dennis Mayeda, copped fourth. TEAM SCORING Class A Huntington Beach ... 80 Newport Beach ... 62 Santa Ana ... 42 Anaheim ... 21 Major League Standings By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. Chicago ... 11 6 .64 Detroit ... 9 5 .64 Cleveland ... 9 6 .60 Philadelphia ... 8 6 .57 New York ... 7 9 .43 Washington ... 6 9 .40 Baltimore ... 5 9 .35 Boston ... 4 9 Sunday's Results: New York 12-0 Detroit 4-4 Chicago 4-1 Philadelphia 2-6 Cleveland 6-6 Washington 4-1 Baltimore at Boston postpone NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Philadelphia ... 9 6 .60 St. Louis ... 9 7 .56 Brooklyn ... 9 7 .56 Cincinnati ... 10 8 .55 New York ... 9 8 .52 Chicago ... 6 7 Pittsburgh ... 7 12 .36 Milwaukee ... 5 9 .35 Sunday's Results: St. Louis 10-7 New York 6-6 Chicago 5-10 Pittsburgh 3-1 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn at Milwaukee post Fullerton Class B Fullerton Newport Harbor Santa Ana Anaheim Huntington Beach Class C Newport Harbor Anaheim Fullerton Huntington Beach Santa Ana NOW! NEW'54 WANT A LOT OF MILEAGE FOR A LITTLE MONEY? ASK US FOR GOOD YEAR TIRE TREADING $795 6:00x16 TREAD GONE can't beat the best, and we use the best. 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The first game will start at 7 p.m. with the second slated for 8:30 p.m. In some quarters, the Elks team is favored off their last year's win in the Bulletin tourney and City League. However, there are those who feel that one of the other three nines will end up with the trophy. If the Elks should win again, then a third win at any time in the future will bring the beautiful trophy into their fold permanently. This fact seems to be spurring them on as they have blasted aside all competition. SPORTS PARADE OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK (UP)—Starting two weeks from today you'll be able to see five fights a week on your television set which may help explain why so many virtual strangers from foreign shores are bopping each other on video all of a sudden. Last Friday as an example it was Paoli Rosi of Italy against Orlando Zulueta of Cuba. This Friday night it will be Chico Var-Lausse (pronounced "law-say" not "lou-sey") of Argentina. Don't get the impression that the United States has run out of prize fighters. Yankee Bucks It is simply that while we have a good crop of main-eventers they are able to fight only so often. Meanwhile the cameras must be fed. This talent demand and the payoff in depreciated but still-acceptable Yankee dollars accounts for the invasion. In the old days B. C. before LONG BEACH — D. Patrick Ahern. committee chairman and director of the annual American Legion Junior Baseball Anaheim Tournament calls the first committee meeting today to set plans for the ninth annual Anaheim Tourney. Committee members from Major League Standings By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Chicago 11 6 .647 Cottontown 9 5 .643 ½ Lewland 9 6 .600 1 Indelphia 8 6 .571 1½ New York 7 9 .438 3½ Washington 6 9 .400 4 Timoree 5 9 .357 4½ Baltimore 4 9 .308 5 Today's Results: W York 12-0 Detroit 4-4 Chicago 4-1 Philadelphia 2-0 Lewland 6-6 Washington 4-3 Timoree at Boston postponed National League W L Pct. GB Indelphia 9 6 .600 Louis 9 7 .563½ Brooklyn 9 7 .563½ Cincinnati 10 8 .556½ W York 9 8 .529 1 Cagogo 6 7 .462 2 Tsburgh 7 12 .368 4 Waukee 5 9 .357 3½ Sunday's Results: Louis 10-7 New York 6-9 Chicago 5-10 Pittsburgh 3-18 Indelphia 4 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn at Milwaukee postponed Fullerton .....14 Class B Delerton .....60 Import Harbor .....56 Sta Ana .....47 Theim .....43 Huntington Beach .....26 Class C Import Harbor .....59 Theim .....30 Delerton .....29 Huntington Beach .....19 Sta Ana .....0 Don't get the impression that the United States has run out of prize fighters. Yankee Bucks It is simply that while we have a good crop of main-eventers they are able to fight only so often. Meanwhile the cameras must be fed. This talent demand and the payoff in depreciated but still-acceptable Yankee dollars accounts for the invasion. In the old days B. C. before cameras, the imports had to be of fair repute when they landed. Such was the case among foreign fist-cuffers of the ilk of Luis Angel Firpo, Georges Carpentier, Max Schmeling and Arturo Godoy just to name a few who stick out in memory. A Flock of Imports But all of a sudden we are up to our girdles in a flock of foreigners. These include Rosi Zulueta, middleweights Pierre Langlois and Jacque Royer, both of France, Buhl Scholtz of Germany, heavyweights Cesar Brion of Argentina, Nine Valdes of Cuba, Hein Ten-Hoff of Germany and Earl Walls of Canada and lightweight Hector Ahern Calls Junior Legion Baseball Meeting LONG BEACH — D. Patrick Ahern, committee chairman and director of the annual American Legion Junior Baseball Anaheim Tournament calls the first committee meeting today to set plans for the ninth annual Anaheim Tourney. Committee members from Orange and Los Angeles Counties will convene at 7 pm., May 18, at Currie's Santa Fe Restaurant, 1735 West Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach. 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