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Thirty-five men last night attended the first meeting of the Varsity baseball squad at the Varsity Club. Coach Floyd Stahl gave the principal address...
...order to improve the calibre of Crimson baseball, Stahl has introduced several plans. Batters are aided by a batting machine intended to improve the swing. Another machine is used for throwing, so that catchers and pitchers can concentrate on accuracy. The new coach recognizes the difficulty that college pitchers have in throwing curves, so intends to stress aiming at the corners...
During the three weeks of unofficial drill, Stahl spent most of his time on fielding and teaching the pitcher how to keep a man on base. "With these fundamentals out of the way, we'll be able to concentrate on the other things more carefully," Stahl stated...
More important than new-fangled machines, will be the new spirit that Stahl hopes to institute. A graduate of Illinois University, Stahl never played professional baseball but has had all his dealings at colleges and with college men. For this reason he emphasizes the need and importance of spirit...
...Stahl's career started at Illinois where he played baseball, mostly in the infield. Following graduation he spent four years at Stiever High School in Ohio, coaching baseball and football. For the next eight years he was at Ohio State with six of these years being spent as head coach of the Buckeye nine. His teams were always right near the top and one year came within 1/2 a game of the winning Minnesota Gophers, who dominate the Big Ten baseball Conference...