The Washington times., 1932-03-30
CAREYCOUNTS
HEAVILY ON
QUINN
BY BABE RUTH

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
30.-The Old Guard of present
day baseball figures to play a
prominent part in the campaign
which gets under way in about
three weeks. I have been reading
The reports from various training
camps and I notice that the play
erS who may be claSSed as
real veterans are getting many
OF the headlines. I feel that /
may be permitted to speak with
some authority about the vet
Grams of the game as I have been
around the big leagues quite b
while myself, and belong to this
group.
The daddy of them all, Jack
Quinn, is counted upon by Max
Carey to do plenty of game say.
Ing for the Brooklyn team this
year. Jack did so we'll as a res.
cuer last season that he was
rewarded with a raise in salary
for this year. And that in itself
is quite distinction at this
time. They tell me that Jack has
been following his own program
OF getting into shape, just as he
has done for years. No manager
would attempt to improve on that
because Quinn usually gets into
pitching trim by the time the sea-
son opens and is always ready
after that. Quinn will be At in
July.
McGraw Uses Vets
I notice that John McGraw also
has a pair of real veterans in
his pitching squad and he in
tends to use both of them con-
Siderably during the season, &C
cording to reports from the
Giants training camp. I don't
mean thaS Clarence Mitchell and
Adolf Luque will be used as
starting pitchers every fourth
day but they will get into more
box scores than many younger
pitcher with a stronger arm.
Luque will be AZ in August and
Mitchell celebrated his forty-first
birthday last month. Each has
been around the big leagues a
long time and knows all there is
to be known about pitching.
Red Faber, of the White SoX,
is older than either of these two
Giants and still holds a place in
the White Sox plans. Faber will
be a. before the coming season
fades out. Then there is Eppa |
Rixey who is almost Al, and
Sam Jones who is fast approach
ing the 40-year mark. These vet
erans have gone we'll beyond the
normal span of big league pitch
ing activity because they we're
able to pitch with their heads as
well as with their arms, and be-
cause their pitching motion and
style did not wear out their
arms.
SpitbalIerS Last
Years ago we were told that
the spitball would wear out an
arm much earlier than the dry
delivery but we find Quinn, Fa-
ber, Mitchell and Burleigh Grimes
still holding on. Perhaps they
would have held the pace any
way.
Dazzy Vance is another who
must be classed with the old
guard as he was 80 early this
month. Grimes will be SO in
August and Jess Barnes will
touch the same mark in July.
You will find all these names in
many a box score. Herb Pen
mock is past 38 and I know Herb
will do lot of pitching for the
Yankees this year. Other pitch
ers who are we'll along in years
are Remy Kremer and Bill Sher-
del, who celebrate their thirty
sixth birthdays this year. In the
35-year class we find Larry Ben
ton, Rip Collins, Eddie Rommel
and Tom Zachary.
Know How to Pitch
All these fellows know how toi
pitch. with the accent on the
chow" They may not have such
arms as many younger pitcher
but it has long been proved that
you can't continually throw a
ball past big league hitters. Of
course. Walter Johnson, Lefty
Grove and a few others have
done very well by Strong-arming
the hitters with binding speed,
but for the most part a pitcher
must have more than youth and
strength in his favor.
HAWKS SEEK PITCHERS
The Hawk Pee Wees want