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Show JENNINGS AND MORRY OPPOSED TO SPITBALL It would not ho a had Idea to pas. a rule against the spltball, say sonic Captain George Morlarty of the Detroit Tlpem thlnkn this should be done, and Manager Jennings ngrer.i with him. "it's tough for a curve hall pitcher to work agnlnut a fellow with a aplttcr." hay the Detroit captain. '"Die splthall heaver gets tho ball wet and keeps on odd Inn moisture as the Innings mil on. Pretty roon It Is almost Impossible to handle the hall. "You take a curm hall pitcher and he' got to set a rtIp on that ball In order to nuke hlr curves break right, and how run any pitcher get a tight hold after a .pltball hurlor bni been Iuej-Ipr over the sphoro for five or alx Innings. In-nings. It Is Imporrdble. "It Ik no more than right that a rule should bo panned by the leigue and umpires given authority au-thority to allow pitcher to demand and receive a new ball." |