Show J N I B BLASTS L LP P B T THEORY H 9 I I VETERAN STAR I AVOIDS SNAP I iN N DELIVERY Hasn't Hada Had a Sore Arm Armin Armin Armin in 22 Years as a Pitching Ace Ih H B BILLY F FA A DITCHER tEll lTd JACI JACK QUI of at the th PITCHER P Red lied Sox out as one of at o greatest grelet t thIe After Arter 22 tears ear eara of ot pitching g gi cater part of 11 It ii In ip the tha I he maj maj- maj r league Quinn Is ItI as asgood good goot as he h e er c er a a was as n III a MI has tI the ho log Ing of the Boston Boton Red So So 50 In th stages of the 1924 1 24 league leal-league league race raco rac Quinn Is a spitball pichet I It ItI Iti I hI his hla a ace ac e In the hol hole lIe He H h h- h gOOd speed sped and a 1 sharp rp cur eur cur i but tIle he old Is still his hla one heat het bet bt I IThe The spitball spit hall is generally regard regard- regarded re ard pd ard-pd ed cd as the th hardest of all alt on a pitchers pitcher s a arm The career of most moot a using the mols mols- mols ball has been boen short Quinn I 1 a tie tie- de decided elded exception 0 as tar far is i such stick a y I Is HM U ORE SORE W l I ha e ner neer ne cr had a eor sor- sor arm orm In I my life remarked Quinn to 10 m recently when hn I asked him hm If It the th constant contant uw ot of the tho th spitball ba bothered him The spitball Is no hard on tile the arm than Ihan the cun curse e or fat fast ball bail If thrOn n properly continued Mont Moet spitball pl pitchers hers ha ha c Ie e al- al alca al always ways nys ca worked on the theory that to toI I get II a a sharp downward donard break on n the ball It 1 i to let it It go with lIh a snap There I Is a motion to such a deliver The Th The spitball thrown thron n In ouch mch a manner mallner Is hard on the arm acm How to Ho Hoever However ever a curie cun I ball thrown thron n with a snap to the th delhery dIry Is just Junt AS In- In Injurious In Injurious jurious The Tiie belief bellet that the I hard on the arm i la Is all a mth nuth 1 he harm Is done by the method methol used by a majority of pitchers In lit till 0 ng ng it 11 OT OT RD JI O 0 I H I throw my fast tat ball run oUT ur i and the same tree tre R a y mo- mo motion mo 1110 motion tion lion and find there Is I no ditto once ence In the strain on 00 the tie arm Most pitchers are arc at fault In the de tie tie- de 11 Pry Jack Quinn Is 10 a S of or fo tot tot- tunc foi-tunc tune tunc a as far as baseball Is e ed ed Hl III carter Career cr as ns a pitch or i r reads read rc a amor more mor like Frank II rhel fiction He has hu he been en In tn and out of the majors three Ihre times Ho HI has pitch pitched ed d In the th Amerl American an National Fed al leagues It Is a rather t f lCt that the Vold War Var ar gave Quinn a 11 anew aneT ne new len on n life lit after afler he hat had se seemingly pasted passed out of the major majora for good Back In 1918 1518 Quinn was g for lor the Vernon club of o the tho PacIfic Coast league Because of at o lh lb tho e that organization Its lis season tt Ml Ut G mf CIT CH The major leagues had geall call because of the 10 lose loi ot of rany nany pIa ers for or se senico Ie Pil Ph- ers ers era of bIg bir league caliber cliber w ro ro at RI a premIum Quinn was aas I a given riven permission olon to finIsh the th season with aith th hite Sox of the American leagLe league lI II Hewon on aon fite fi th e games ramea out of ot 1 he New l lork ork rk Americans American It seem hat had hada hada a prior claim to his ser aen Icel anti ho he was aas awarded to that team Icam In 1919 He lIe spent three vear van with the Yankees and was traded to 10 Boston In 1922 1 22 This li i his third year with aith Ith the lh Red Sox Box American league batter batters say ay hA hAla haIs la Is a n better bellr pitcher today today than hon ahen he made mad his bIg ble leagie lIh the New York club In 1803 1909 |