PERFECT CONTROL

This black & white film is about learning how to pitch certain pitches taught by the legendary Babe Ruth. The copyright is 1956. Opening: Castle Films presents Babe Ruth, King of Swat in Perfect Control (:06-:20). A teacher teaches geography to a class. A student raises his hand but the teacher will not call on him. Another child sits on the dunce chair while the teacher has the class recite the times tables. A child seated has a Babe Ruth book and he opens the book to see a picture of Babe Ruth (:21-1:27). The boy falls asleep, wakes up and sees the janitor walk by who then turns into Babe Ruth. The child rises, smiling, Babe enters and tells the teacher not to keep the boys inside when there's baseball to be played. Babe Ruth scolds the teacher and the boys all race outside. Babe Ruth has the boys gathered around him. Babe Ruth puts on his glove and prepares to pitch. The teacher comes outside and asks to catch. The teacher shows an old photo of himself playing baseball (1:28-3:51). Babe asks the teacher to catch. The teacher puts on the catchers outfit. Babe throws a pitch and hits the catcher in the throat, the kids laugh. After that, the Babe starts throwing back and forth to the catcher. Babe Ruth throws all types of pitches. Slow motion of Babe throwing (3:52-5:21). Babe shows how to throw a curve ball, the difference between a fastball and a curve. The Babe pitches and the boy who's batting steps away from the pitch. Babe shows the boys how to throw a knuckleball and then throws it in slow motion. The Babe talks about control and holds the ball. He has the catcher hold the glove without moving and he aims and gets the ball in it. An African American child asks to pitch the other boys take other positions (5:22-6:56). Babe Ruth steps into the batter's box. The African American boy pitches to Babe and he hits one to the right, then the left and then up the center. The fourth pitch is drilled by Babe Ruth deep. A boy says he has it, runs after it, starts going up a slide, starts to fall back and falls into his teachers arms, knocking them both over. The boy wakes up and starts doing the times table. The Babe Ruth picture in the book winks at the boy (6:57-8:03). No end credits .

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[Music] and that will be all of the geography for today Leroy turn around and now boys we will take up our arithmetic lesson no we will begin with the multiplication table of five I said no are you ready [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what do you mean kidneys boys and their winners based quality please biorhythmic for time 416 three strikes you're out thanks our equity come on boys [Applause] who's got a close Here I am Oh fine now listen who wants to catch somebody get up [Applause] and I hear you did you needed a catcher oh yes I'd certainly like to catch for you I certainly can did you ever play with the old championship those things oh I wasn't looking I danced on the rubber and then warm up nice and easy throw a few easy for a while and then after your arm is nice and loose I'm gonna show you how to throw a fastball hey you hold the ball like this and then you throw the ball or the natural snap of the wrist which makes the ball break at the finish now watch I'll show you one I'm gonna show you how to throw a curveball I known to throw a curveball you just tuck your thumb under a letter and the turn of the wrist makes the ball curve now watch fastball curveball now you get up there at the bat now throw one day I'll show you how to throw a knuckleball now I know how to throw a knuckleball you hold it like this now a knuckleball is the snap of the wrist but a sort of a push movement which prevents the ball from spinning now step back now and I'll show you how to throw one now the most important thing about pitching is control you can throw fast ones curves nuk lers or anything you want to throw but without control it is absolutely useless now I'm going to try and sure the control is Professor hold your glove up there with it now I'm gonna turn it that glove right in the middle to the pitching on the pitcher alright you do the pitching and I'll do the heavy you know professor there's controlling batting is same as there's controlling pitching now controlling batting is what we call play setting now you get back there and I'll show you how to hit a ball and the right field on the ground now let's button that feel on the ground now hit run through the box [Applause] 6 is 36 6 times 7 is 42 6 times 8 is 48 fighter [Music]

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