Gunnison Valley News | 1919-08-01 | Page 4 | Why John Paul Jones Won't use Fast Ball

$ ...............! t WHY JOHN PAUL JONES ! WON'T USE FAST BALL ; Lew McCarty tells an inter- j i esting story of John Paul Jones, i the Giant youngster now with j the Toronto club, who Is expect- J i ed to develop into a major ? J league hurler of first rank with i ? a little more experience. 1 "This spring," says MeCnrty, j t "I tried to get Jone to cut loose j I with all the speed he had, for I could see he was holding back, i i but he wouldn't do it. One day f I I asked him why he persisted In ! i keeping under wraps and he told t 111 e- T r " 'Once I was pitching against t the best pal I have,' he said 'and I I cut loose with a fast ball. My j S control wasn't good and the ball T hit him in the hip. The injury ! . laid him up for three months t and marked the end of his base- ball career. Since then I've never f I put all my speed on a ball.' " I