further antedating of "screw ball" 1919

[Sam Clements]

From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Hard enough to kill--which in fact he did, an Indians infielder named
> Chapman, if memory serves.    I seem to recall Mays was never the same
after
> that.  (Although that was even more true of Chapman...)

Mays went 27-9 the next year, helping the Yanks to a pennant.  He was never
the same, just better.

SC