Show t g Pitching Skill Grows With Age e c i V v c ft RANTING PANTING that figures do not nor speak untruthfully It Is safe to ft c e I G state rl right ht out loud In meeting that big league pitching of a sc c ft c J kind that counts Is essentially an old mans man's job An old oIl man ft ac In a n baseball sense Is anybody beyond the ordinarily youthful is c t mark of thirty years ft a ft c A glance at nt the final report on the major circuit hurling perform a ft tc C ances of last season Is proof of the tho correctness of ot the above e contention c c a C c 1 In n th the e National at I s league you find practically every veteran fi linger 6 of ot any S J ac 1 account up among the first twenty-five twenty men reckoned on a games ames won ft c and lost basis In the American league the proportion la Is about c The answer Is that while n pitcher may decline physically after atter thirty c he adds to his effectiveness by employing the cunning that years of ot J it V experience pile up in his mind ft V v vy y The Am American leu league ue boasts of two men who stand out above the ft c other old timers old because there Is no appreciable let lct down in their skill s c c after offer lon long years of service One Is Urban Faber of ot the White Sox who ft c ac c among other things Is a spitball pitcher The other Is 15 Jack Jock Quinn of ot c ft the Athletics He lie too employs n a The strange e feature of this ft Is that n a spatter always alwa's was looked upon as being the most wearing ft on an nn arm Faber familiarly known as us tined Red reached his fortieth birthday y ft last lost September and made his first appearance In the big show shuw as a n i Pirate in 1010 uno Last bast season for a team that was In the second division s ft most of the time he accomplished 13 victories against 7 defeats ts s c c V tc c Quinn now fort three forty years young and who was a n Yankee way back In ft a i mOD 1009 when they called them the Highlanders appeared In 31 games Baines foro for fot 15 o ft the Athletics and won IS while losing 7 7 Quinn pitched Innings ft I while whitt Faber linho worked 00 hut but th tho I 14 a. a T T it wY c c y A 11 I. I s e f fi t Io J c t Oj f if I l C i h jj x 1 J i i J E t A n J 1 Red Faber u vv u. u former had considerable of an nn advantage advantage ad ad- 1 vantage in laboring for a contender j That Grover Cleveland Cle Alexander Alexander Alexan- Alexan der Is the National leagues league's shinIng shin shin- ft Ing example of longevity requires 1 c no mention Old Pete who for ft years has hns defied the tile soundness of c training theories becomes forty forty- ft two next nett February but even with this burden on his shoulders he ft turned In 16 victories while losing 0 o for the Cards lust last season ft c Both Burleigh Grimes of ot the PIrates Pirates Pi- Pi s' s rates and Vance the tile II II- i Robin boast ha haIn having In gone ft past their thirty fifth fifth milestone Last Lost season with the Pirates 10 ft 9 seasons after his debut in the majors ma ma- maJ J jors Grimes WO won 25 and anti lost M. M ft Vance ance who ho had his Initial major a. a 0 trial back In JOB 1 with Pittsburgh ft a t copped 16 and antl lost 14 H. 1 |