The Washington times., 1922-12-03

AT LEAST TWO
MORE YEARS
Jack Quinn Expects to Pitch
for Boston Red Sox in Sea-
sons of '23 and "a.
by JAMES J. CORBETT.
(copyrisht. 1924. by King Features
Service. Inc.)
A FTER twenty years in base
u bah harness there is . man
~ ON the roster Of the Boston
Red Sox who is stil regarded as
Q star performer.
And the man is Jack Quinn.
There is much In the story of
his life and in his career as a
ball player, which should serve as
a model for youngsters who are
breaking into the game and whose
ambition is to live long rs a satel-
lite in the baseball armament.
Quinn has endured for a genera
tion--and is still q big leaguer-be-
cause, AZ he puts Il:
II took care Of myself during
every baseball season. and was
twice as careful between seasons.
II isn't SO hard for a fellow to
keep In shape while the battling
h on. but during the winter.
when he has nothing to do, there
In the big danger for him.
AVOID DESIRE TO LOAF.
He is inclined to loaf. to take
things easy. and to dissipate Just
q little bit. And. II be does, he
is going to slip quickly as an
athlete and be dealt out OF 'big
time long before the allotted
period"
The story OF Oufnn's career h
spotted with many ups. many
downs, and then some more ups.
IL In q singular fsct that In his
nineteenth year ~ baseball
player he was Of mighty help to
the pennant- winning team. and that
In his twentieth season. with q
rival team. he came close TO halt
ing the final pennant dash Of his
former mates-
Quinn was with the Yankees Of
1921, and his splendid work. espe-
cially In relief chores, assisted ma
terially In their climb 10 the PEN
nant. He hooked ike q fixture for
1872, but early In the season the
Yankee management decided he was
Of no great use.
QUINN TO RED sOx.
So Quinn was chased along In q
deal to the Red Sox. He declared:
when the Yankees traded me
| to the Sox II fretted me q httls
bit. decided I'd make them ~
Rret having let mo loose think
accomplished that purpose."
And Quinn surely did.
II was Quinn who heat the Tan
KEGS again and again during the
season when his new team cIsshed
with his old aggregation. The
Yanks could whip the Bostcaians
most Of tho time. but they COULDN'T
do It when Quinn was ON the
I mound.
Quinn started his. career with the
Connellsville. Pa. aggregation. HIS
pitching was done in hfs leisure
| time. His regular occupation vAs
blacksmith for a mining company.
After establishing quite . record at
kConncllsville, Pa, he went to
Macon. &C.. and later to Toledo.
Quinn contracted q sore srm
while there and quilt baseball tenn
porarily. But whep<they began ex-
lperimenting with his splitter, they
found that he could play that sort
Iof baseball whether his arm was
sore or not. From that day on
Jack Quinn has developed into cue
of the best spitbali pitchers the
game has known.
COMES TO YANKEES.
After getting hack into baseball
harness again he was with the
Pottsville PaJ team. then with
Richmond, Va. and Afterwards went
to the Yankees. He Was with
them for several years. but Was
released to Rochester In 1919. The
Boston Braves bought him from
Rocheeter. but Quinn refused to re-
port and became Q member OF the
FEDERAL League.
After that league went out Of
business Quinn went out to the
Pacific coast and made rood there.
His showing was 20 splendid that
IN 1918 both the Yankees and the
white 0ox put IN claim Tor him.
He was awarded to the Yankees
and vas with that team until near
the midseason Of 1872. He sAyE
( ''I ann getting old a. basehaIlers
70, but ! think that stih have
few good years left IN my Usscm.
Ths oId arm peenpsa to be voykinU
a we'll IN 1872 % Il did az any
time since 1918 and. because I keeD
nursang IL carefully. I am hopeful
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