The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-21

That's right; We do know that, "
said Pipp. HE has an arm of steel;
an arm that never wears out. I've
heard much about arms of steel. I've
heard of all the great pitchers OF
other days, but there is one who has
an arm the equal Of any of them.
and that is old John"
How old is he?" asked Bob
Meusel.
No one knows that" answered
Scotty; he just stood us on our
heads out there today. We We're de.
feated by him by the score of Q to 6.
but old John deserved to win
The players were talking over
their defeat.
Talk about TennysOn's brook
that goes babbIing on forever. He's
an athlete who is not human"
said Dugan. Why that old fellow
had a lot Of stuff out there today.
We got only six hits while the Red
SOx collected eleven hits off Jones
and Bush. The splitter out there
at Fenway Park was Just as good
this afternoon as when I batted
against Quinn the first time ten
years ago. It's better. in fact"
But how old is he?" impatiently
asked Meusel again.
well, the records in Who's who
say that he is only thirty-nine.'
tNEhot'c IA he
II met Quinn down in Hot Springs
two months ago. He said he was
entering his twenty-fifth year in
baseball: that is, professional base
ball. This, according to his own
account. makes him close to forty.
three years of age. The records
show him to be in baseball only
twenty!one years. That's wrong"
HE was not born In Haxeltor.
said Pipp. II remember
while he was with us some writer
from New York wrote story about
how he and Stanley Coveleskie en-
gagged in a pitchers battle.
HE referred to the game as the
battle of two poles, implying that
Quinn, like Coveleskie, was of Polish
extraction.
"Quinn was very indignant the
next day. Il wish that reporter
would get things straight said
Quinn. I'm not q Pole. I'm not
what they say / am. They must
mean some other Quinn, l was
born i'm Wales. I'm Of Welsh
parentage, born In Wales. / wish
those fellows who ' write would
get that straight
Quinn, so the story goes, spells
his name with one n" His right
name Is Picus--John Quin Picus.
Ills mothers name was Quin
When he started playing ball he
adopted his mothers name. Quin,
and that is what he is known by
today. The writer's throughout the
country added the other m to his
name.
After Quinn had beaten the Yam.
KEGS the writer went down to the
Red Sox dr,~ sing room to see how
many times he defeated his former
teammates.
With the other Red Sox players
John Quinn was taking his shower
after subduing the Yankees.
How many times have you de.
feated the Yankees?" That was
our first question.
II think" said Quinn, I've
pitched against them twelve times
an average of six times during the
years of 1922 and 1928, and of these
games I've won ten and lost two"
Quinn has dark skin that is
tanned like leather. He leads a
good life out among the coal re.
gions where he worked as youth
in the coal mines. -
That's where he says he de.
veloped his arm of steel that has
been able to hurl the devastating
splitter all these years" said Pipp.
Talk about a spitball running a
fellows arm, continued Pipp.
That's proof he has an arm Of
crucible steel. Ten out OF twelve
That's as good as any. other pitcher
has done against us, including
Shocker and Ehmke."