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= i j SUSPENSIONS FOR PITCHERS I | USING "SPIT BALL" i. ■ .4 NEW YORK, N. Y., May 18.— President Ford Frick, of the National League, yesterday declared war against pitchers on his circuit who resort to use of the outlawed spit ball and announced that ten-day suspensions would be given any players charged with doctoring the ball. President Fricks action was precipitated by the alleged use of "spitters" by Fred Frankhouse, of the Boston Bees, against the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, when umpires halted the game and warned the pitcher after Harry Craft, of the Reds, had been knocked unconscious. Frick wired Frankhouse a warning today, but said his communication was aimed at all pitchers on the circuit due to reports that moisture is being applied to the ball by some of them seeking to put more stuff on their pitches. The baseball rules provide that a pitcher be warned once by the umpire, then ejected from the game, the latter action carrying with it automatic suspension for ten days. President Fricks telegram to Frankhouse follows: "This is official warning to you that any further action on your part in tampering or attempting to tamper with the ball will be followed immediately by ten days suspension. This is a formal warning required under section 2, rule 27 of the pitching rules. This office does not propose to tolerate such conduct on the part of any pitcher, and there will be no leniency shown in violations." ,
