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Rube Marquard, Giants’ Star,
Tells His Pitching Secrets
By Sam Crane.
• TAITCHING, according to Rube
T Marquard, Is like making love
—everybody does it differently.
But also, like making love, there
are certain general rules of sue- •
cess that must be followed.
Marquard is the pitching sensa
tion of the baseball season. After
loafing for several years on Mana
ger McGraw’s staff, he developed,
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 his phe
nomenal work in the box is not
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
"811.0Q0 bloomer” and in similar
unkindly terms. George Wiltse told
the writer that Marquard could
"put more stuff on a ball than
any left-hander in the business.”
,Wiltse is a veteran left-hander
himself, so his opinion counts for
something.
Marquard in this interview tells
rhe readers of The Georgian the
secret of successful pitching.
“Every spring,” said the Rube.
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T rotter.”
“you hear all sorts of stories about
new and weird pitching tricks that
are going to revolutionize the game.
Some of these new balls are really
good and some of them are not.
The spitball, which I don't use at
all, is one of the comparatively
new freaks of pitching that has
really dpne remarkable work and
at one time threatened to give
rise to special legislation in the
American league
Matty's Fadeaway.
“Matty has a fadeaway ball that
is a wonder. Other pitchers can
throw this ball, but none of them
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has th c remarkable control of it
that Matty has. He is really the
only pitcher that can use it suc
cessfully. . .
“And this brings me down to
what I was getting al. Freak balls
are all right for a change, and a
pitcher must have some curves and
breaks to make good, but the foun
dation of all good pitching Iles in
two things—control and change of
pace. A pitcher that hasn't got
these two —especially the first—ls
no good, no mattei how many
slants and queer Jumps he can give
a baseball.
“That was the hardest thing I
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had to learn —control. You have to
put the ball over the plate for
big league baiters. They don't
“trike at bad ones. And if you
put them square over the plate
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(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
trol.
"< 'hange 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 if
and hit it. You have to mix up
fast ones and slow ones, and the
same motion in throwing must be
used, or they will be able to tell
which is tne fast and which the
! slow one before it leaves your hand.
My Turkey Trotter.
“I have a slow ball 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,
and the final snap of the wrist
that gives the speed does not take
effect. Going through the air. it
is wabbled from side to side, and
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■ the batter can not gauge its speed
until it is upon him. The secret of
all slow balls is 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
batter, 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
i thrown by holding the ball exactly
j as it is held for the fast one. In
fact, a pitcher should, to the eye
of the batter, hold the ball as
nearly 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
an under turn of the hand. It is
very hard to hit."
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12. 1912.
TIGERS GET LAKE AND
SENATORS GET PELTY
ST. LOUIS. June 12.—Two veteran
pitchers of the St. Louis American
league baseball team have just been
sold. Barney Petty was disposed of to
Washington and joe Lake to Detroit.
Pitcher Wielman. of the Maysville Blue
Grass league, yvas signed by the local
American league club.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Todav.
Nashville in Atlanta at Ponce DeLeon;
game called at 4 o'clock
Mobile in Birmingham.
Montgomery in New Orleans.
Memphis in Chattanooga
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C W. L. PC.
B ham .33 21 .611 M m phis 26 27 .491
Mobile . .32 25 .561. Mont. . .25 29 ,4t>3
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 a. Atlanta 4
Chattanooga 4, Memphis 3
Mobile 6, Birmingham 4.
New Orleans-Montgomery , rain.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Todav.
Albany in Columbia
Columbus in Jacksonville.
Savannah In Macon.
Standing of the Clubs
W. I. P C 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,
Albany 7. Columbia I.
I Macon 8, Savannah 3.
j Jacksonville-Columbia, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
New York in Chicago.
Boston in St. Louis.
Washington in Detroit.
Philadelphia in Cleveland
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. PC W L. P.C.
Boston . 30 78 .625 Detroit . 25 26 .490
Chicago .31 20 .60S 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 6, Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 8. Cleveland 7.
Boston 4, St. Louis 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today.
St Louis in Boston
Pittsburg in Brooklyn.
<2bicago in New York.
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
.r 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 28 440
C'nati . 26 22 .542 B’klyn. .14 28 .333
P'burg. .23 20 .535 Boston . 15 32 .319
Yesterday’s Results.
New York 8, Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 5. Cincinnati 3.
Pittsburg 16, Brooklyn 4.
Boston 2, St. Louis 1.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Milwaukee in Columbus.
Kansas City in Toledo.
Minneapolis in Indianapolis.
St. Paul in Louisville.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. 1,. P C. W L. P.C.
Toledo . 38 17 .691 L'ville . .22 33 .400
C'bus '3B 20 .655 S. Paul 23 37 .383
M'apolis 36 20 .643 I’apolis. .22 37 .373
K. City .31 28 .525 M’w'kee 19 36 .345
Yesterday’s Results.
Louisville 6, St. Paul 3.
Louisville 4. St. Paul o.
Minneapolis 6, Indianapolis 3.
Columbus 9, Milwaukee 6.
Toledo 6. Kansas City 5.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
United States League.
Pittsburg 9, Richmond 5.
Only one game scheduled.
Kitty League.
Clarksville 7, Evansville 4.
Cairo 5. Hopkinsville 0.
Paducah 8, Henderson 1.
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LOOKOUTS BUY ALLEN
FROM MEMPHIS CLUB
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. June 12.
Chattanooga purchased Pitcher Allen
from Memphis today. Infielder Spen
cer has been placed with the Fort
Worth, Texas, club. Runser has been
recalled from Danville as utility man,
pending a deal for an outfielder.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Toronto In Buffalo.
Montreal in Rochester
Jersey City In Baltimore
Newark in Providence
Standing of the Clubs
\V. L. P C W. L. P C
Roch. . .29 16 .644 Toronto .19 24 442
J Citv .27 20 .574 M’treal 19 26 .422
Buffalo 22 17 .564 Newark .20 25 .444
B’more .22 22 .500 P’dence .17 26 .395
Yesterday’s Results.
Baltimore 11. Jersey City 5.
Providence 5, Newark 0.
Rochester 5. Montreal 3.
Montreal 3. Rochester 2
Toronto 4. Buffalo 3.
R YESTERDAY’S GAMES
FIRST GAME.
The Score.
Atlanta ab. r. h po. a. e.
Bailey. If 4 0 1 0 0 0
Hemphill, rs 4 0 11 0 0
Callahan, cf 4 0 3 2 0 n
Alperman, 3b 4 0 0 0 2 0
O'Dell, lb 4 0 0 14 1 0
East. 2b. 4 0 0 3 2 1
O'Brien, ss 4 0 0 2 4 2
Graham, c 4 0 1 4 4 1
Dessau, p 3 0 11 0 0
Totals 35 0 7 27 13 -4
Nashville. ab r h po a e
James. If 4 1 2 1 0 n
Lindsay, ss 5 11 2 4 0
Welchonce, cf 3 1 3 3 0 0
Young, rs 3 0 0 1 0 0
Perry, 2b 4 11 2 8 1
Schwartz, lb 4 0 1 13 0 0
McDonald, 3b 3 1 0 0 11
Elliott, c 4 10 5 10
Case, p 3 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 27 14 2
Score bv innings: R
Nashville'ooo 300 300—6
Atlanta 000 000 000—0
Summary: Three-base hit, Hemphill.
Double play Graham to O’Dell. Struck
out —By Dessau 2. by Case 2. Bases on
balls—Off Dessau 1. Sacrifice hits —Wei
chonce, Young. Case. Stolen base—-Cal
lahan Time—l:37. empires—Breiten
stein and Pfenninger
SECOND GAME.
The Score.
Nashville. ab. r. h. po. a e
Storch. If 5 1 3 1 0 n
Lindsay, ss 4 1 0 3 9 0
Welehonce. cf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Young, rs 4 1 0 2 0 0
perry, 2b 3 1.1 5 2 0
Schwartz, lb 4 0 1 12 2 0
McDonald, 3b 4 0 11. 11
Elliott, c 0 0 0 11 1
Glenn, c 4 11 3 11
Bair, p 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals ...134 5 7 30 18 3
Atlanta. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Bailey. If 4 0 0 3 0 0
Hemphill, rs 5 12 10 0
Callahan, cf 4 1 0 1 0 0
Alperman. 3b 5 0 2 1 4 1
O’Dell, lb 5 0 1 13 3 2
East. 2b 4 0 0 3 1 •» 1
O’Brien, ss 3 1 2 1 3 0
Donahue, c 2 11 6 1 0
Atkins, p 2 0 11 5 2
xSykes 1 0 0
Brady, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 30 17 6
x Bat ted for Atkins In ninth.
Score by innings: R
Nashville . . 011 002 000 I—s
Atlanta 101 200 000 o—4
Summary: Two-base hits —Hemphill,
Schwartz. Double play—East to O’Dell.
Innings pitched—By Atkins 9, with 5 hits
and 4 runs Struck out—By Bair 4, by
Brady 1. by Atkins 5. Bases on balls—
Off Bair 4 Sacrifice hits Lindsay, Wel
chonce 2. Perry, Donahue. Bair. Stolen
bases—Bailey. Alperman. Wild pitch—
Atkins. Time of game—Two hours Um
pires Pfenninger and Breitenstein.
DE ORO HAS EASY TIME
IN DEFEATING RALPH
TRENTON, N. J„ June 12—Alfred
DeOro, the Cuban expert, defeated Ed
ward I. Ralph, the Hightstown, N. J.,
barber, by the score of 200 to 141 in the
first block of 200 points of the 600-
point pocket billiard match for the na
tional championship here. DeOro out
classed his adversary at every turn.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Norfolk in Lynchburg
Petersburg in Newport News.
Richmond in Roanoke
Portsmouth in Danville.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C W L. P C.
Ranoke 28 16 .636 P’sm'th 18 16 .529
Norfolk 24 16 .615 N. N’ws 19 21 .475
P'sb’rg 26 17 .605 D’nville It 25 .306
R'hm'd 22 19 .537 L'hb'rg 10 32 238
Yesterday’s Results.
Petersburg 13, Newport News 0.
Lynchburg 7, Norfolk 0.
Richmond 6, Roanoke 5.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Austin in Beaumont.
Waco in Galveston.
Fort Worth in Houston
Dallas in San Antonio
Standing of the Clubs.
W. J.. P C. W. L. P.C
H ust'n 38 19 .667 Waco 28 30 483
S. An’io 32 28 .533 Austin 27 30 .474
B’mont 28 26 .519 G’vest’n 26 30 .464
Dallas 27 28 .491 F. Wth 22 25 ,386
Yesterday's Results.
Houston 5, Fort Worth 0
Dallas 10. San Antonio 2.
Beaumont 6. Austin 0.
Waco 7, Galveston 6.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Columbus In Yazoo City.
Jackson in Greenwood.
Vicksburg in Meridian
Standing of the Ctube.
W. L. P C W L. P.
J’ckson 34 20 .630 Vksb'rg 26 27 .491
Y City 32 22 .593 Embus 23 31 .426
M idian 31 22 .685 G’nwood 17 36 321
Yesterday's Results.
Jackson 7, Greenwood 3.
Yazoo City 5, Columbus 2 (first game)
Yazoo City 6. Columbus 4 (second
game).
Meridian 11, Vicksburg 5.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. 1,. P.C. W L. P.C
A ders’n 29 12 .707 W.-S m 18 24 .429
Sp’b'rg 20 20 .500 G’sborn 14 23 398
C'rlotte 22 26 458 G’nville 14 26 350
Yesterday's Results.
Spartanburg 3, Greensboro 2.
Charlotte 4. Winston-Salem 3
Anderson 6. Greenville 2.
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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. G. R. Howder, 63 years of age,
who lives at 110 Center street, this
city, has been a friend of Quaker Ex
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. He was cured by a few
weeks' use of them, and since then each
vear, usually at the spring time, he
gives himself and all the family a
course of the great medicine, and if
mote healthy-looking and vigorous
feeling man at the age of 63 can be
found in Atlanta ft will take more than
the normal eyes to find him. Mr. How
der has raised two children on "Qua
ker." and they have never had the
puny, pale, sallow complexions of the
average child, nor have they suffered
O’Keefe Beats Devlin; Slow
Count Costs Him a Knockout
Tommy O’KEEFE won a deci
sive victory over Tommy
Devlin at the Gate City
"Athletic club,” deserving the
award that was handed him by the
referee-manager-matchmaker of
the ciub. In fact, to many it looked
as though O’Keefe had very prop
erly knocked out his man in the
fifth round. Rut 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 once rested on the
canvas about thirteen seconds.
It was a corking fight, and Dev
lin proved that he is one of the
gamest young men that ever
stepped into a ring. He sure Is a
bear for taking punishment.
O’Keefe, on the other hand, sprang
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 hook
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 he weighed just ex
actly 130 pounds. Now he 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 Intended 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 Marietta, and is
doing yeoman service In six or seven
other cases right in Atlanta. Now,
those of you who are inclined to doubt
that the Quaker Remedies are perma
nent In their curative virtue, or who
think that when once the remedies have
properly, O’Keefe would have
earned brackets right here.
The sixth round was all
O’Keefe's, but 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 by clinching and
hugging.
Devlin had the best of the eighth
simply because of his ruggedness.
He slugged ali 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 Priea
fought a corking eight-round semi
windup, with honors even.
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Rome in Huntsville.
Gadsden in Anniston.
Bessemer in Selma.
Standing or the Clubs
W L. P.C. W. L. P.C.
A'nlst’n 27 16 628 B'ss’m’r 21 26 .447
Selma 23 21 .523 G’dsden 19 26 422
Rome 21 22 488 H’svljle 19 26 .422
Yesterday's Results.
Selma 4, Bessemer 3.
Anniston 6, Gadsden 1.
Huntsville 6, Rome 4.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Asheville in Knoxville.
Bristol in Morristown
Johnson City in Cleveland.
Standing of the Cluba.
W. L. P.C I W. L. P.C.
Bristol 15 9 .625 J. City 12 11 .522
A'eville 13 10 .565 K’xville 14 13 .519
C’vel'nd 13 11 .542 I M’town 914 .391
Yesterday's Results.
Cleveland 2. Johnson City 1.
Knoxville 13, Asheville 11.
Morristown 6, Bristol 1.
made a friend they are easily shaken
off. just take a walk over to Mr. Hoar
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
Extract, 6 for $5.00, 3 tor $2.50 or SI.OO
a bottle: Oil of Balm, 25c or 5 for SI.OO
—can be obtained at Coursey & Munn’s
Drug Store, 29 Marietta street. We
prepay express charges on all orders ol
$3.00 or over.
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