Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1919 — WHY JOHN PAUL JONES WONT USE FAST BALL [ARTICLE]

WHY JOHN PAUL JONES WONT USE FAST BALL

Lew McCarty tells an Interesting story of John Paul Jones, the Giant youngster now with the Toronto club, who Is expected to develop into a major league hurler of first rank with a little more experience. “This spring,” says McCarty, “I tried to get Jones to cut loose with all the speed he had, for I could see he was holding back, but he wouldn’t do it. One day I asked him why he persisted in keeping under wraps and he told me. “ *Once I was pitching against the best pal I have,’ he said ‘and I cut loose with a fast ball. My control wasn’t good and the ball hit him in the hip. The injury laid him up for three months and marked the end of his baseball career. Since then I’ve never put all my speed on a ball.' ”