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HTML

<div id="sprite" class="pos1"></div>

CSS

#sprite {
    background-image: url('http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RzAQQvY1zGw/THkAQxmG-rI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/t43KiybA2aM/s1600/Numbers.jpg');
    width: 100px;
    height : 150px;
}
#sprite.pos1 {
    background-position: -120px 0;    
}
#sprite.pos2 {
    background-position: -240px 0;    
}

JavaScript

var $sprite = $('#sprite');

/* * /
$sprite.removeAttr('class').addClass('pos2');
/* */