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Rube Marquard, Giants' Star,
Tells His Pitching Secrets
By Sam (‘pane.
PITCHING, according to Rube
Marquard, is like making love
- -everybody does it differently.
But also, like making love, there
afe certain general rules of suc
cess that must.be. followed.
Marquard ’is the pitching senSa- I
lion of the baseball season. After I
loafing for several years on Mana- I
ger McGraw's staff, he developed, I
last season, into one of the greatest
left-handers that ever broke into
baseball, and this season his record
has been remarkable. He has won
twelve straight games and bls They
nomenal work in the box Js not 5
the least of the. reasons that, the
Giants are running away with the
pennant.
Several years ago. when the fans
were speaking of .Marquard as.an
"Jll.flflfl bloomer” and in similar >|
unkindly terms. George M'iltse told i
the writer that Marquard could I
"put more stuff on a ball than
-au,v-.lefi-haiijer in the busines-. ' i
M'iltse is a veteran left-hander
himself, so his opinion counts for
something
Marquard in this interview tells
the, readers. ~f The Georgian the
secr?t of successful pitching.
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"you hear all sorts of stories about
new tutd weird -pitching tricks that
are going to’reyttlutioniz.e the game.
Snipe-ms these, new balls are really
good and some of them ate not.
The .dpitball, which 1 don't use at
all, ig one of the* comparatively
new freaks of pitching that has
really done remarkable work and
at one time threatened to give
rise to special legislation ‘in the
American h ague,
Matty's Fadeaway.
"Matty has a fadeaway hall that
is a” wonder, Other pitchers can
throw this ball, but' none of them
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that Matty has. He Is really the
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"And this brings- me down tn
what I was getting at. Freak balls
tin all right for a change, and a
pitcher must have some curves and
. kuake good. th" foun
dation of all good pitching lies in
two things control and change of
pa<v. A pitcher Ural hasn't got
these two —especially the first—-is
no good, no matter how many
slants and queer jumps he can give
a baseball.
"That was the hardest thing I
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put the ball over the plate for
big league batters. They don't
strike at bad ones. And if you
put them square over the plate
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they hit 'em a mile. This means
that you have to work the sides of
the plate, 'working the corners,’
pitchers call it. and that takes con
t rol.
"Change of pace is necessary, be
cause if you pitch every ball at
the same rate of speed the oppos
ing batters soon learn to time It
and hit it. A’ou have to mix up
fast ones and slow ones, and the
same motion in throwing must be
used, or they will he able to tell
which is the fast, and which the
slow one before it leaves your hand..
My Turkey Trotter,
“I have a slow hall I call the‘tur
key trotter.' I hold the ball wedged
between my middle fingers and
supported by the thumb. Natural
ly you can't hold the ball firmly,
j and the final snap of the wrist
Ilia; gives-the speed does not take
effect. Going through the air. it
is wabbled from side to side, and
the batter can not gauge its speed
until it is upon him. The secret of
all slow balls' L<s that the ball is
not securely gripped close, in to the
hand.
"The slow ball, thrown with the
same, motion, is very effective fol
lowing a fast curve or a ’fast' ball.
The fast ball, usually thrown high,
has a sharp break close in to the
hatter, and this, combined with the
terrific speed, makes it especially
hard to hit. Perfect mastery of
these two balls makes a danger
ous pitcher without anything else,
and when you have a good curve
along with them you have all of It.
The fast one is held with the two
fingers and the thumb —tightly, and
thrown straight out with all the
strength of the arm.
“The drop curve that I depend on
for most of my curve work is
thrown b'\ holding the ball exactly
as it is held for >the fast- .one. In
fact, a pitcher should, to the eye
: of the batter, hold the ball as
neatly the same each time as pos
sible. But the peculiar break of
the drop is given by releasing the
ball over the top of the fingers with
j an under turn of the hand. It is
i .'. cry b ird tty hit."
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THE ATLANT A GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 1912.
'baseball!
Diamond News and Gossip
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When the season had just started they
called the Beds the Belted Knights of
O'Day. Now they call them the much
belted knights.
• * •
Xnotber fine old diamond legent in
“ruint." It was always said that Tiru Mc»
Cormick was the only pitcher who ever
quit baseball while his arm was still
right. Now James kicks in with a con
fession that he broke a ligament; four
years before he -quit, that he muffed
through a quartet of seasons anil that the
arm has bothered him ever since. ’
Galloping in from third on any <»lr| kind
of a ground ball, when said galloping
means a certain "out,” is poor baseball
Yet a lot' of good teams are doing it
right along, not only in the Southern, but
in the National, as well.
« * •
It's out now why Art.e Hofman was
released. Art got sore at Cholly Murphy,
called him a "chuckle-headed, silly old
woman" and agreed to slap his wrist if he
didn’t like it. Hence the ran?
«• • •
Artie Hofman may take "Scoops'
•(’arey’s place regularly on the Pirate
team.
Mike Donlin's nether limbs are oonsid
crable'shaky these days. But so long as
Mike continues m bat a shade over .375
■he can probably haYfe his job.
i> • •
. President Lynch has promised tn plas
ter such a fine <ui the next man who puts
oil. turpentine, liniment, pepper or any
thing else on the baH-that they will be all
summer paying it. He admits that he is
tired of the poor sportsmanship of the
players who have it in for spitball pitch-
• • •
Chicago writers say that Cole will never
be a great■ pitcher because he hasn’t the
intelligence.
Hugh Fullerton ha.” it that the Sox "are
playing’the kind of ball that won malo
dorous fame for McGraw in New York and
that hurt the game under Tebeau in
Cleveland, Hanlon in Baltimore and Bill
O'Rourke at ‘Baltimore." That might
justly be considered a knock.
• * •
The* Pittsburg team has been cut to 22
players. Mickey Keliher and Harry Gard
ner were the last to go.
r • •
John .McGraw is planning to build up a
team in New York that-will withstand the
ravages of time and which will make the
famous <’ub machine of other days sink
clean out of memory. We wish him all
the hard luck in the world.
George Bell, of Academy Corners. Pa.,
celebrated his drop to ('lass A A ball by
shutting out the Baltimore chib. It was
Newark's first shut-out of the year.
Ted Easterly uses the biggest bat in the
major leagues \n average player can't
even pick it up unless he's feeling extra
strong.
• • •
Hal Chase selects new bats by nibbling
the wood. He often chews up a cord or
more before he finds one that tastes right.
« * •
(’lark Griffith’s Washington team is the
\ congest that ever made a noise in the
big leagues. The average of the players
outside the pitchers is 22.
< * •
Ever' time there is talk that the White
Sox will trade Ed Walsh Charles Comls
key has always said that he would just
as soon trade his grandstand. The last
time the rumor came out her made it
stronger and threw .in his franchise along
with the stand.
The Red Sox have bought Van Dyke, ol
Worcester, claimed by many to be the best
pitcher in the New England league.
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In the third Inning of the first game a
very peculiar play occurred. Case bit a
high flv behind second base and East and
Callahan went after it East made the
catch, but it bounded out of his hands
info Callahan's. This made an out sec
ond baseman to center fielder.
* a •
Well, well' Along comes a rumor now
that the attendance is poor in Chatta
nooga and that the owners there arc
ready i<» quit.
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Case and I'essau both pitched a good
game- yesterday.
Hemphill got a triple in the first game
and a double and single in the second
yesterday.
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GOESINATRADE
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Determined to win a pennant if it
strains the resources of the baseball
association to the last notch, President
Callaw ay. has just closed two deals for
Players. fine brings "Humpty" Me-
Elveen to Atlanta in place of S.vkeS.
Tim ofher lands for the locals Third
Baseman Harbison from the' Spartan
burg club, of* the Carolina association.
McElveen is known well in the
South. He broke in with Nashville.
The Vo,ls. sent him to Brooklyn, where
he piayytfi .fjilrly useful ball for" some
time. The Dodgers returned him so
the Southern league and he pliyed 88
games with Montgomery last year,
batting .376 and fielding' well.
McElveen is big. young, strong, a
husky, hitter, a useful fielder and a
go us i all -afo u n'd ~-p lay er.
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THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games’ Today.
Nashville in \tlanta at Ponce Del.eon;
game called al 4 o'clock.
Mobile in Birmingham.
Montgomery in New firleans.
Memphis in Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. C. P C
Bharn .33 21 fill M mphis 26 27 431
.Mobile . .32 25 .561 Mont .. .25 29 ..463
C’nooga. 27 24 .529 Atlanta. 21 27 .438
New Or 25 24 .510 N'ville . 20 32 .385
Yesterday's Results.
Nashville 6, Atlanta 0.
Nashville 5. Atlanta 4
Chattanooga 4., Memphis 3.
Mobile 6. Birmingham 4.
New Orleans-Montgomery,- rain.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Columbia.
Columbus in Jacksonville.
Savannah in Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
\V. I. PC. W L. P.C.
J'ville. ..25 14 .641 C'bus . 19 23 .452
Albany .28 16 .636 Macon .16 26 .381
S’nah. . .26 18 .591 Cola . . .12 29 .293
Yesterday’s Results.
Alban,' 7, Columbia 1.
Macon 8, Savannah 3.
Jacksonville-Columbia, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today,
New York in Chicago.
Boston in St Louis.
Washingion in Detroit
Philadelphia in Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs
W. I. P C W. L. P.C
Boston .30 78 .625 Detroit .25 26 . 49fl
Chicago 31 20 ,008 C'land 23 24 489
Wash 29 21 .586 N York 16 29 .356
Phila. . .28 23 .549 S. Louis 14 35 .286
Yesterday’s Results.
Washington 3. Detroit 2.
New York fi. Chicago 3.
Philadelphila 8. Cleveland 7.
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•• < • NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today.
St. Louis in Boston.
Pittsburg.in, Brooklyn.
Chicago in New York
Cincinnati in Philadelphia,
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P.C.
N. York .35 8 .814 Phila. .19 22 .463
Chicago .25 19 .568 S Louis. 22 28 ,4-tn
C'nati' . 26 22 .542 B’klyn. ,14 28 .333
P'burg. .23 20 .535 Boston . 15 32 .319
Yesterday's Results.
Newt Vork 8. Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati 3.
Pittsburg 16. Brooklyn 4.
Boston 2. St. Louis 1.
BOXING '
Late News and Views
Joe Sherman, the Memphis pug. is on
his way io Little Rock, where lie is sched
uled t<» box ten rounds with Ray Temple
June 19.
• « •
Sherman has been boxing around
Memphis for some time a fid fans look for
him to register a win over Temple. H«>n
ever, he will have, to g»> some, as Ray h;is
a victory over Joe Mandot to his credit.
• « •
Young I iclniont T the fighter who refused
to box in Atlanta because the attendance
was too small tn suit him, is continuing
to do good fighting. HiP latest win was
over <>llie Kirke.
• • •
K. (» Brown, the sturdy Ifttje New York
lightweight, has challenged the winner of
the Wo]gast - Rivers bout.
« « •
When the champion wad shown Brown's
challenge ho said Brown would be a
cinch for him and that he would like to
make a side bet of SIO,OOO.
• • •
Jack CardiTT is scheduled to box Timmy
Gardner .July 3 Cardiff Was a preacher
until very recently when‘he quit the pul
pit for the ring He says every one-has
to live and that he-will bp able to makp
more money boxing than preaching the
gospel.
• • a
< 'barley White and Young Shugroe have
been rematched for a return bout tn Be
staged in New York June IS.
If White is returned the winner he will
probably be chosen to box Young Jack
O'Brien in* Philadelphia June 25. aU'lTio
initial show to be staged in the big $150,-
000 building recently completed there.
• • •
Manager Gibson, of the Garden Athletic
club, New York, is trying to arrange a
bout between Bombardier Wells, the Eng
lish champ, ami Luther McCarthy.
• • •
one of the big Gotham clubs has prom
ised Ernie Zanders, a. crack at Alike Gib.
bons some time in the near future. Zand
ers is confident he can hold his own with
any of the Gotham welters
« • •
Eddie Kervin Is claiming the bantam
weight title for his protege. Jimmy Walsh.
Kervin says Coulon only weighs 110 which
Is flyweight instead of bantamweight.
Walsh recently fought Johnny Kllbane to
a twelve-round draw.
JACKSONVILLE CLUB IS
VICTIM OF HARD RAINS
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. June 12. This
burg has established a new marathon
raining record. The last two series of
games hav*> been rained out.
Fortunately for the Jacksonville club,
it goes on the road tonight for-a trip
and possibly by the time it returns Jack
sonville will be dried out.
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makes hot
days cool
In Bottles—lce Cold at
the ball game.
IT’S
SIMPLY
D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S
“Call the Boy with the Khaki Coat”
A Friend of Quaker for Twenty-Two Years
Mr. (J. R. Howder, 63 years of age, ’
who lives at 110 t'enirr street, this 1
city, has been a friend of Quaker fc!x- '
tract for twenty-two years. Whtn he
first became acquainted with its won- ,
derful virtues he had been ailing for
years from stomach troubles, and had
used quite a few of the many remedies .
on the market at that time, but found
nothing to give real permanent relief
until he at last found the first package
of Quaker Herbs, put up at that time
in a dry form. Ho was cured by a few
weeks' use of them, and since then each
year, usually at the spring time; ho
gives himself and al! the family a
course of the great medicine, and if
more healthy-looking and vigorous
feeling man at the ago of 63 can be
found in Atlanta it will take more than
the normal eyes to find him. Mr. How -
def has raised two children on "Qua
ker," and thee have never had the
ipuny. i'.tie -allow complexions of th<‘
average child, nor have they suffered
O’Keefe Beats Devlin; Slow
Count Costs Him a Knockout
TU»MM Y 'O'KEEb’E won a deci
' si.vc victory over Tommy
.Devlin at the Gate City
"Athletic club," deserving the
a ward t.h-a.t wa s handed him by the
referee-manager-matchmaker of
the club. In fact, to many it looked
as though O'Keefe had'very prop
erly knocked out his man in the
fifth round. But the referee-man
ager-matchmaker's arm was tired
and he dolled off the. count in
bunches of about two seconds. Ac
cording to Waterbury and Inger
sol time, Devlin Tine'e rested "oh the
canvas about thirteen seconds.
It was a corking fight. hnd-Dev
lin proved that he is one of the
gamest young men that ■ ever
stepped into a ring. Ho Sure ks'a
bear for taking punishment.
O'Keefe, on the other hand, fipianiit
a surprise by displaying some
swell hitting power. Athough
neither boy really knows enough
about the manly art to keep him
self warm, they sure put up a fine
rough-and-tumble scrap and the
fans were more than satisfied.
Only a handful of fans saw the
bout. The house was "papered”
well by the press agents and, con
sidering the fact that the fighters
fought at top speed all the way,
they were unfortunate in pulling
down only a wee amount' for their
energy.
For four rounds the milling was
even. In the fifth O'Keefe opened
up at full speed and a right liook
sent Devlin to the floor for the full
count. As he arose another right
floored him again for a “nine.”
Finally he struggled to his feet, but
before he could put up his hands a
right swing flush on the jaw sent
Devlin down for the third time. He
was out cold, and had the ref
eree-manager-matchmaker counted
from the many ills that beset the grow
ing child, more especially the hundreds
of worms anad other intestinal para
sites that infest, the human system of
those who do not properly cleanse the
digestive tract each year. When Mr.
Howder first began to use the Quaker
medicine himself lie weighed just ex
actly 130 pounds Now lie tips the
beam at 198, and’it's all good. healthy
muscle and sinew' and steady nerves,
not a lot of bloat. This gentleman
called at Coursey & Munn's drug store
and after talking to the Quakers a
while took three more bottles of Qua
ker Extract. which he interpled giving
to a friend who is beginning to mani
fest some of the symptoms of pellagra.
He knew that the same remedy had al
ready cured a case in Mariella, and is
doing yeoman service in six hr seven
pther cases right in Atlanta. Now,
those of you who are inclined to doubt
that the Quaker Remedies are perma
nent in their cura.tj.ve viitjre, or who
think that when once the remedies have
properly, O'Keefe would have
earned brackets rightJhere.
The sixth round was all
O'Keefe’s, bus Devlin was dead
game, and he came out of his cor
ner in the seventh looking really
fresh. A hot mix in the center of
the ring finally ended with Devlin
flopping on the canvas for the full
count. He managed to weather
the round out i>y-clinching and
hugging.
Devlin had,the best of the eighth
simply because. of his ruggedness.
He slugged all through this period
and had O’Keefe backing up. The
ninth was even.
In the tenth round, during a red
hot mix, both boys fell through the
ropes to the floor. Neither was in
jured and as soon as they climbed
back into the arena started battling
again at top speed.
Spider Britt and Mayer Pries
fought a. corking eight-round semi
windup, with honors even.
LOOKOUTS BUY ALLEN
FROM MEMPHIS CLUB
TENN.. June 12.
Cnltalnooga' purchased Pitcher Allen
frbfJ Memphis today. Inflelder Spen
cer haw been placed with the Fort
Worth, Texas, club. Runs?r has been
recalled from Danville as utility man,
pending a deal for an outfielder.
ONE CATCHER WORKS FOR
TWO TEAMS IN SAME GAME
YAZOO CITY, MISS., June 12—In the
double-header baseball games here yes
terday between Yazoo City and Columbus,
of the Cotton States league, the Yazoo
catcher retired In the second Inning be
cause of injuries.
No utility player was available, so
Taylor, catcher for Columbus, caught for
both teams. Everything went well ex
cept that It complicated the tax of keep
ing the box score. Yazoo won both
games, 4-2 and 6-4.
made a friend they are easily shaken
off. Just take ft walk over to Mr. Hol -
der's residence on Center street and ask
him personally what he knows of the
Quaker's medicines. He'll be only too
glad to explain why he has used them
for so many years, whenthere are over
200 other remedies that are sold on the
druggists' shelves today. And remem
ber, too, that if you suffer from any
possible branch of stomach, liver, kid
ney or blood troubles, or you and your
little ones have worms of any kind,
here is a cure, one that has created
over 300 permanent cures right here in
your own city, right on your very
threshold, so to speak, where you have
the privilege to investigate them at
your will.
These wonderful remedies—Quaker
Extracl, 6 for $5.00, 3’fqr $2.50 or SI.OO
a bottle < >il of Balm. ?5c or 5 for SI.OO
, in be obtained at Coursey & Munn's
Prog Store. 29 Marietta street. We
, prepay express charges on all orders of
$3.00 or over.
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