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SMe- 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. "Every spring," said the Rulie, f / <x, J|l ‘nuß Ms J jil B| 3 K w 1 i“ | mb i - -pt) Pesitron of hand* tor “Turkey T rotter.’’ "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 f z JTi /jjwi vi J W wl i & F* -XW I t B 1 My -Ji L. - „ -- ——— — -- t2‘ Pos'tion of hand for fast ball. | has the remarkable control of it that Matty has. He Is really the only pitcher that, can use ft sue- | cessfullj "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 SANTAL-MIDYI Q Relieves in 24 Hours 0 Catarrh of the Bladder All Drueff-f't Tinware nr Counterfeit isaßtal-midy had to learn—control. You have to 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 ___________. " wte ts:. wk : 1 I f ’WOhFw L ’ ' *l. ! i ' fil Ik - / a" l.:±I (3) Position-of hand for drop curve. 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." i - _ _ j "7~— * lB A> Norfolk Jacket Suits TO S2O JkgA 2-Piece Crash—*4 and *4 Skeleton Lined vV' ;^f TT /[□ \ r T’HE latest popular fashion for AA \[ A \ * “lounge” or dress, in the sea- JrX r H son’s preferred light or dark colors. \ o I \S=A Also fine selection in mohair, 1 t ffi crash and desirable summer pat- O terns of unfinished worsteds and I M cheviots. f j iIM Regular Standard, English and jjpV / J Box back models, S2O to $35. ' Parks=Ch am bers =Hardwick I sllll'l I I Ur I I 37 ° nd 39 Company p “ cA( " e I -®. « ® 11 _____ THE ATLANT A GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 1912. 'baseball! Diamond News and Gossip I 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. « r 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. • • 9 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. | r TIERNSHEIM CRACKERS BOY 1 MMENMS GOESINATRADE » 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. , —_ ’J 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. . | •• < • 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. **•*" IM M Stt Ma Jk sB: 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. 15