Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-16 | Page 19 | Spitball Pitchers Fast Passing

I Spitball Pitchers Fast Passing I By Dr EA Service TV YORK Jan When 15 15 tie the St Louis Cardinals re recently released 1 Pitcher Alan Seth Soth- oron as a player and resigned him hir for lor coaching duties lulles another of the tho lingering raco race ot of vanishing spitball hurlers departed from train th o major leagues A survey ot of the last Int now die closes the fact tact that Dl merely six o othe the i the 17 11 hurlers unaffected by the rUling of ot the thO big bis league magnates against tho the use uso ot oS the tho and another other break brenk cries remain In Inthe inthe the big show And nd with one or two excel exceptions t ons the last ot of the spitball hurlers are gradually nearing the tho end of string a few tew years yeara the ill d will bu be but buta buta bua a memory The 17 placed on the exemption list for ter us of o freak deliveries Inc Included ded Bill Doak of at atthe the th St Louis Cardinals Phil Doug lag 1119 of ot the New York Giants Dana of the tho Braves Draves Clarence Mitchell ot of the Brooklyn Dodgers Doc Doe Ayres ot of tim tho WashinGton l senators Hay Kay Cald- Cald Caldwell Caldwell well ot of the tha Now New York Yankees Yankee Stanley kle Of o 0 the the Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Clev Clevland land Indians Dutch Leonard or of ortho the tho Boston fled lUd n d Sox Sor Jack Quinn ot of tho the New York Alan of tho the Boston Tied neil Sox So Urban Shocker of ot the St Louis s Browns Drowns Alan Sothoron of at the St St Louis Browns Drown Hay Kay Fisher of at o the Cincinnati Re-is Re Marvin Goodwin or of the tho St Louis CardInals and an I Urban Faber of ot the Chicago White While B Sox Mitchell now with tie the Grimes still with the Dodgers Coveleskie now with the Senators at Washington Quinn with the tho Athletics Shocker with the Yan- Yan Yankel's Yankees kees kels and of at the tho White Sox So K are aro the last of at the vanishing race rac who depend upon lIpon the tho li In Inthe inthe the pinches Doak retired several Beveral years ears ago ngo ai for the tho Florida realty boom Douglas was ousted from organ organ- baseball Rudolph nudolph has lies do- do deserted de sorted the tho box for tor coaching duty A Ayres res hasn't been heard ot of In three or tour four years ears ell Is at Little Ro Ro-k Ro lt In hi the Southern association Leonard Lonard recently stirred up a II nasty ba baseball ball scan dal da Fisher passed out several s years ears ears ago tJ ta become baseball coach at University of Michigan an and Marvin Goodwill Goodwin was in an airplane accident In Texas