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Show JACK QUINN ON TWENTIETH YEAR One of Few Remaining Spit-ballers Spit-ballers in American. Jack Quint), one of the last of the fast disappearing race of spltball pitchers, Is beginning hli fifth year with the Maekmen and bis twentieth In the majors. Quinn, who la forty-two years of age. Is already In good shape, having trained for two weeks at Hot Springs, Ark., before going South. He attributes attrib-utes bis success to hard work, lie was a breaker boy In the coal mines near Pottsvtlla, Pa., before he took up basket bull and a strong physique bas carried him through many years on the ball field. "There are only a few of us still tn the gome," said Quinn. "Red Fa-ber Fa-ber of Chicago and myself are the only two spttballers left In the American Amer-ican league. I believe Grimes of New York and Mitchell of the Cardinals are the only ones In the Nationals. "Crban Shocker died last year and BUI Doak and Stanley Coveleskle bave 1 i"i sl Jack Quinn. retired, so there are only a few remaining, re-maining, but we still manage to get by and fool the batters. "When the baseba'll powers ruled out the spltball seven years ago I think they bad In mind to legislate only against trick pitching. I have always contended that few batters were ever hurt by spltball pitching. "I see nothing mysterious about the spltter. Just take a baseball, moisten it a little on the side near the thumb and let the ball slip Inward or away from you as you throw, depending on where you want it to go. That's all there Is to It" |