Show Billy The fact tact that h two tug 0 of or the greatest spitball pitchers In the th American league nero cre recently traded and walvet asked on another makes makl It appeal as It Ir the th 1 will 1111 soon be b passe Cleveland sent dent Stan Stanley Ie Cooles- Cooles kl kie Ide to Washington while tho Iho St At StLouis Louis BI 0 n traded Pitcher Ur- Ur Urban Ur Urban ban Shocker to New Now York At about the th same sam time the tho Bos Boston Bog Bog- Boton ton Red Sox asked tor for Waivers on Pitcher Pilcher Jack Quinn There are in the tho American league at the present time timo only a it half hair doen pitchers who ha c the th tight right I to use I the I In he spitball The fact tact that three of or them ere recently placed on the market mak makes s it seem as ae If I the moist delivery Is certainly on the tho decline 1 Of the tho six lx pitchers using the Spitball three of or them need it to toI I In in whIle the other three proba proba- probably proba- proba probably I bly buy could get set along If Ir ed of ot that form Of ot delivery Co and nd Hu sell might bo be termed exclusive spitball 1 Jack Quinn resorts to Its use a a majority of times limes Leonard of Detroit one of or the few tew left len handers banders to dabble 1 with Ith the spitball use uses usei It only on rare occa- occa occa occasions At such times he h tries to toI iet et the ball bail with his back to the batsman so as to add to the I tion deception Shocker who aho 1 ho nih will be 1 with nith the Yankees next son seison has so much I other stuff that the dropping of the would mean nothing to hI pitching success I Since Sine he had trouble 1 with aith Ith his arm several e eral years ears ago Faber of larm Chicago is using less and Ilesa less and winning consistently He HeI H bluffs the tho far tar more mor than he uses it I Probably no pitcher in the th Amer Amer- AmerIcan Amer- Amer Amerlean American ican lean league resorts to the I more than Stanley Coveleskie Ite He H etarl tarts with lIh the and fInishes with it Is tho the way Roger star shortstop aptly describes s style You don t need to worry Vorry about what Is I going coing to be b pitched except the eness ot of the tho break on the and that's enough At the time tim Washington made mado mad the deal tor for Co CO there vaO wa some lon as to the numbe or of pitchers a club could carry Some contended that since Washington had one Allan Alian Russell III in Its lis lineup It was not to sign another unless was disposed of When the th new ne legislation was as put Into in 1919 the American league ue made a house rule that no club could carry more mor than tao tw tv 0 spitball pitchers The fact tact wa as agreed upon by bowner o ners and and bul hul- hul to the umpires No doubt the rul rule Is In effect Other wise Is would not hase hae hamade ha hamade e made the th deal I It I is just possible that greatly help the th world orld champs The warm arm ther l of 01 Washington Is sure to benefit him La t season he 1 was ans as good ahen hen his fast tast was working but buthe buthe bulhe he only hid h d it about third one of the th time Next summer It may be b different 00 op |