Can a Ball Really Curve?

Curve pitching was all the rage in 18 77. Skeptics questioned whether this was actually possible or an optical illusion. Professors argued pro and con pitchers, setting up demonstrations to prove that the ball was curving horizontally. Here is on performed between innings in a po season exhibition game between boston and cincinnati on october twentieth, 18 77,. reported in the c Cincinnati daily gazette, October 20 second.