Word: right-handedness
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Exactly 132 pitches later, rapid Robert Feller had walked five men, fanned eleven, and given up nothing more substantial than two lazy outfield flies. For this great performance, he rated about 75% of the credit. The other 25% went to lean-jawed, iron-man Catcher Frank Hayes, who outguessed the...
Pitcher Joe Hatten, a 28-year-old southpaw, looks like the nearest thing to a freshman Dizzy Dean. He has a deadly sidearm motion that should baffle right-handed hitters, has a curve ball that can turn a corner. The Dodgers thought enough of him before he entered the Navy...
He plays a lot of middle-70 golf (he bats and chops wood lefthanded, golfs and throws right-handed).
What he lacks in experience (one season in the Piedmont League, two Army years with the Randolph Field team) is heavily outweighed by 23-year-old Dave Ferriss' superabundant self-confidence. The batters say he has a deceptive motion, almost uncanny control, a natural sinker, a sidearmed curve that...
For the visitors, right-handed Roy Merritt was just a shade less effective. The Crimson ganged up on him for two runs in the first inning, but thereafter they were completely squelched, emerging from the battle with only four blows.