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WDLGfiST AND
RM REST
TODAY FOR OR
LOIS ANGELES. July 3.—Light
weight Champion Ad Wol
gast and Joe Rivers, the
Mexican challenger, have finished
(raining for their scheduled 20-
ound battle at Vernon arena to
morrow afternoon and today are
resting.
Both .the Cadillac boy and the lo
cal fighter are in prime condition
the bill, and fans look for the
best lightweight combat staged
here in a long time.
Wolgast is every inch a cham
pion a glutton for punishment, ag
gressive and wonderfully clever
from a purely "fighting” view
point.
Rivers' rise has been rapid. Only
recently did he become too large
for the featherweight division. He
suffered one defeat when he fought
in the 122-pound class, a knock
out at the hands of Johnny Kil
bane. and that has generally been
considered a fluke. The Mexican is
a powerful puncher and a clever
lari as well.
Wolgast is a strong favorite in
the betting.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Mobile in Atlanta.
Birmingham in Chattanooga.
Montgomery in Nashville.
New. Orleans in Memphis.
Standing of the Club*.
W 1.. P C W L. P C
B ham 17 26 .644 C nooga. 33 36 .478
M niphis .36 32 .529 Mont. .33 39 .458
N <ir 35 32 .522 Atlanta. 30 36 .455
Mobile .38 39 .494 N'vllle. .29 41 .414
Yesterday s Results.
Birmingham 3. Chattanooga o
\tlanta 8. Mobile 5 (first game.'
Mobile 9. Atlanta 1 (second game.!
Nashville "2. Montgomery 0 (first game.)
Nashville 9, Montgomery 4 (second
game. >
Memphis 3. New Orleans 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany ttt Columbia.
Columbus in Savannah.
Jacksonville in Macon.
Standing or the Ciube.
W- 1- P <’ W. L. PC.
Cola. . 4 1 .800 Macon .2 3 .400
Sav .31 .750 J'ville. . 2 3 .400
("bus. .2-2 .500 Albany. . 1 4 .200
Yesterday’s Results.
Savannah 0, Columbus 0 (called at end
of eleventh inning: darkness.)
Jacksonville 8. Macon 2.
Columbia 9. Albany 0 (forfented because
Albany refused to pay fines imposed by
umpire.) ■ ’
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in St. Louis.
Cleveland in Detroit.
New York in Washington.
Boston in Phalidelphfa.
. Standing of the Cluba.
w i. p c W, L- F.C
Boston .4/-22 .681 ("land 33 34 193
Phila 39 26 .600' Detroit . 34 36' .486
Chicago .39 29 .574 N. York. 1.9 44 .302
Wash 39 '3l .557 S. Louis 19 47 .288
Yesterday's Results.
Detroit 8. Cleveland 7.
W ashington 5. I’hialdelphia 3.
Rt. Louis 2 Chicago I (first game.'
Chicago 5, St. Louis. 4 (second game.)
New York .9. Boston 7.
NATIONAL '. EAGUE
Games Today.
Philadelphia in Boston.
Brooklyn In New York.
Standing o’ the Clubs.
W I. pc W L. PC.
N York 52 11 825 Phila. 32 40 .444
Chicago. 36 26 .581 Br'klyn. .23 37 .383
P’burg 37 27 .578 S. Louis 23 38 .377
C'nati. 36 31 .537 Boston . .19 48 .284
Yesterday’s Results.
New York 7. Boston 3.
Chicago 9. Pittsburg 2.
Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn 6.
cinc.innati-SL Louis: off day.
DENVER FIGHT FANS BET
HEAVILY ON TITLE BOUTS
DENVER, (’nij).. July 3. For the first
’ Jie ihere was much activity in the het
'big on the’ Johnson-Fix nn fight in this
• >t\ today. Early in the morning John
ruled a strong favorite at <»ckis of
’<• 1. but the niany supporters of the
•'ojorado fireman forced the odds down tr
"» 1. and some bets were registered at=
low as S to 5.
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NAPS GET COLLEGE MAN.
' ’I.EVELANT). OHIO. July Ken
heth Nash, captain and shortstop of the
Brown.university baseball team, report
od here fora tryout with the Cleveland
American league club
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Atlanta vs. Montgomery
PONCE DE LEON PARK
Game Called 4:00
Marquard Attributes His Unparalleled Success to McGraw
Greatest Pitcher of All Time Writes of His Baseball Career
Twirl er Who Has Won Eighteen Consecutive
Games Since Beginning of Season Declares He
Had a Hard Time Remaining in Big League.
Fears Boston More Than Any Other Club.
Zimmerman His Nemesis at Bat.
By RUBE MARQUARD.
MY success as a pitcher is due, first, to Manager John Mc-
Graw, of the Giants, for his faith in me and in giving
me a chance when nearly everybody else was calling
me a failure. McGraw kept saying I was a pitcher when 1
sometimes almost doubted it. myself, and so it is McGraw who
is responsible for me being a member of a championship club.
And. ( naturally, that club has contributed very largely to
my success. The boys behind me—each and every one—have
helped me. I consider them the finest, gamest lot of ball play
ers that ever made up a team. You may be sure I appreciate
them.
1 certainly had a hard time
in the big league from the
moment I was bought by
Manager Met J raw for SII,OOO
from Indianapolis in 1908 un
til last season, when I finally
began winning. People seem
ed to expect more of me than
of anyone else on account of
the price for me by the
club, and when I couldn't
win for the Giants as 1 won
for Indianapolis. I was pan
ned right and left.
All that only made me the
more determined to make
good, but it was a long pull.
Os course. I was greatly grat
ified when I finally succeed
ed; 1 would hardly have been
human- if 1 hadn't.
It was Wilbert Robinson, the
roach of the Giant pitchers, who
really pushed me into my stride.
"Robbie”—the best old boy in the
world —took hold of me when I
didn't have much confidence in my
ability to get 'em over when run
ners were on the bases. I would
be fearful of losing control, so 1
would try to put the ball right
across the plate without anything
to it. Then the batters would give
me a fine lacing.
• Robbie” took that out of me in
short order.
“You cut loose all the time, and
never mind where ft is going," he
told me. "Aim for the. plate, put
yoni stuff otr the ball and let er
go." lie said-: and that's w-hat I
did.
With him coaching me constant
ly 1 soon found that 1 had control,
and my -"stuff" at the same time,
and then J got confidence. I think
"Robbie" is a wonderful adviser for
a young pitcher, and I owe a great
deal to him.
Has Developed New Ball.
one thing which contributes
much to my work this year. In my
judgment, is a n*w ball I have de
veloped that I call the "turkey
trot." This is the slow ball thal
some one named the “buzzard wing
dip" not long ago. I was monkey
ing with different deliveries one day,
trying to pick up a knuckle ball
and also trying.to throw that thing
that Mathewson showed at Marlin
one spring, and which the writers
named the "quiver."
Using the same clutch on the ball
tli il I use to throw my fast one.
only letting the ball slip through
the first and second fingers of my
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1912.
hand as 1 turned It loose. I found
it took a peculiar break. I kept
working at it until I discovered I
had picked up a valuable slow ball,
and that was something I needed.
I use Just the same motion as I
do to deliver my fast ball, which
makes it all the belter.
The hardest batter for me in the
big leagues is Heine Zimmerman,
of Chicago, but I guess he is just
as hard for all pitchers, judging
from his batting average. He is
certainly a wonderful natural hit
ter. You can't tell what he is go
ing to hit. or where he Is going to
hit it. I believe it is much more
(difficult to outguess Zimmerman
than Wagner.
Hands doesn't care much for a
slow ball, and I’d rather see him up
ihere in a pinch than Zimmerman,
or even a fellow like Joe Tinker.
Still, old Honus can certainly pickle
'em at times. They say be doesn't
like a spitball, but that is some
thing I have never fooled with.
O'Toole Is Toughest Opponent.
The toughest pitcher for me—l
mean the one who gives me the
hardest fight—is Marty O’Toole,
the Pittsburg boy. who came from
the same league I did. ’Bite game
at the Polo grounds this season,
when he took me into extra in
nings. was the hardest and most
nerve racking fight 1 ever had in
my life. Marty gave me the most
trouble at the bat. too. I think
he is a grand pitcher He has cer
tainly always given me a run for
my money.
Lew Richie, of Chicago, usually
gi.ves me a. warm argument, too.
Benton, of Cincinnati, gave me a
bard fight, but Marty O'Toole is
the boy who makes me hustle over
every inch of the route.
The hardest club in the National
league for rae to beat is Boston.
That's a tail-end outfit, but any
time I go against them they give
me a battle. It's been true ever
since I got going good. It's a mys
tery I can't very we’ll explain. I
don't have a great deal of trouble
against dubs that figure three to
one better than Boston, but when
ever I start against the Brave® I
anticipate trouble, no majtter what
pitcher is working against me.
The only way I can account for
it is that the Roston fellows are
just up there to take a swat at the
ball with, the idea of fattening
their batting averages, and with
out any particular regard to the sit
uation of the game.
Boston Lacks “Inside Ball."
Bv that I mean that other clubs
play more "inside ball," as you
\Gritesfor Georgian Readers Exclusively
His Personal Experiences as Baseball s Greatest Pitcher
RICHARD DE MARQUIS, mors popularly known as "Rube" Marquard. is the greatest southpaw baseball
has ever developed. He is the champion pitcher of the major leagues, and possessor of tlie modern
pitching record for consecutive victories. The great left-hander of the Giants has won eighteen consecu
tive games this season, and has yet to taste defeat.
Yet Marquard is as modest as lie is great. There is nothing of the "swelled head" about him His won
derful success with tlie Giants the "Rube" attributes to the encouragement and help of his associates. To Mc-
Graw he tenders tlie humblest homage, for. says he. it was the Little Napoleon who stuck by him through three
years of failure and disappointment, and whose -ound advice in changing a faulty delivery finally led the big
port-sider to unqualified success.
Wilbert Robinson, the Giants’ coach, according to the great pitcher, was almost as instrumental as McGraw
in shaping the major league-destiny of this wonderful star. ,
In the accompanying article, wrrrtten exclusively for The Georgian by the great pitched- himself. "Rube”
Marquard tor the first time throws light upon some inside facts of his major league career. He tells why Bos
ton has always been the toughest proposition for him, and lauds Marty O’Toole as his greatest diamond rival.
Marquard fears Heine Zimmerman at the hat more than he does Hans Wagner—but let him tell It to you in his
own fashion.
might call it, and a pitcher knows
in a general way what to expect
from them. But about all you can
look for from Boston is a - steady
“ effort to slug the ball out of she
lot—and those boys can do it. too.
I have a good deal of respect for
the hitting powers of the Bos
tonians.
I guess I have my best success
against Philadelphia. At least, it
has worked out that way. They
haven't'beaten me: and 1 also have
good luck again t St. Louis. Chi
cago is always a hard club for
anybody, and so is Pittsburg and
Cincinnati. The Chicago fellows
are great fighters from start to
finish.
z In fact. 1 wouldn't say that any
dub in the league is a "mark” for
me. or for any pitcher, and 1 never
go into a game that I don't look
for a hard fight. You never can
tell at what moment the weakest
dub will give you trouble, i seem
to catch a lot of the best pitchers
as my opponents, although I don't
mind that particularly. I figure that
if I am lucky enough to win.
it is more credit to beat a hard
pitcher than to beat an easy one.
The other day 1 overheard a con
versation on a street car between
some fans who were discussing the
game that was on for that after
noon. They were saying that Alex
ander would probably work for
Philadelphia, and that if I worked
against him he would beat me.
Confident He Could Win.
. It wasn't my turn to pitch."but I
felt good, arid I wanted to meet
Alexander, so tasked Manager Mc-
Graw to let me work. I went to
him tn the .*! h house before the
game and told him I thought I
might be able to "In. arid be said:
“All right, if you're that confi
dent. go ahead."
I did win. but Alexander gave tne
a tough fight. He is a great pitch
er, I think. I have asked McGraw
before to let me pitch certain
games, but as a rule a Giant pitch
er never knows when he is to work,
and you may be sure lie Is not al
lowed to pick bis games. When he
knows it is his'turn he also knows
that McGraw expects him to be
ready to work. He warms up. with
McGraw amd Robinson looking him
over; and McGraw is the judge.
I think the manager of the
Giants can tell just from a man's
looks as he sits on the bench
Whether he is in condition to pitch.
He makes mighty few mistakes.in
that respect. I consider him the
greatest man in baseball, and I can
never give him too much credit for
anything I have done, or may do.
When 1 was going so poorly in
the first three years I was with the
club it was McGraw who kept the
heart in me. He told me to pay
no attention to the "roasts" from
the fans in the grandstand. 1 al
ways believed, deep down, that I
could make good, but I wrfs mighty
discouraged sometimes.
McGraw Changes Pitching Style.
When I first began pitching I
used a side arm delivery almost al
together. and that was my style
when I came to the Giants. Mc-
Graw told me to abandon the side
arm style and pitch overhanded,
so 1 could get a better Jump to my
fast ball. I lost control as soon
as I switched, and really bad to
start In and learn how to pitch all
over again; but It was a great thing
for me, that change. I rarely use a
side arm movement now : so that is
another example of McGraw's judg
ment.
Naturally, with my new delivery,
I don’t use a cross-fire like many
left-handers. I believe now that
the side arm movement is very
wearing on a pitcher.
If I were giving a boy advice
about how to succeed in the big
league as a pitcher. I would tell
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him that, first of all. he must take
care of himself. I have never dissi
pated. and that has been of big ad
vantage to me. I occasionally
smoke a cigar, or a cigarette, and
I chew tobacco when I am pitch
ing. I think mdst pitchers do. I
try to keep good hours and get
plenty of sleep, and 1 think that is
important. I figure about three
days rest between games is enough
for me. I weigh 185 pounds in
pitching condition, and I pick up
little weight in the winter.
When 1 first got to going good I
was out after strike-out records,
but after a game against Boston,
when I fanned fourteen mon in
eight innings and wore myself out.
I quit that. They came on and
gave me a beating in extra innings,
because I was too weak to v ,
through as a result of my play
for a record. I now follow Christy
Mathewson's system of depending
upon my support to a great extent
and I consider that support the
most dependable in the league.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday*s Games
These averages Include yesterday's dou»
ble bill with the Gulls ._.
Players —|_G._ |AB. |_R._ i_H_ I Av.
Coombs, pI 1 11 0 11 11000
Dessau, p 14 42 S 14 1.333
Hemphill, cf 65 :251 I 30 81 .323
Bailey, rs 69 249 1 44 75 1.301
Harbison, ss'l6 54 5 16 .296
Al perman. 2b 69 261 I 38 | 66 .263
Callahan, isl 27 1117 I 15 29 .248
O'Brien, ssl 52 1172 119 42 1.244
Graham, c 24 70 7 117 1.243
Donahue, c 24 i 75 J 7 18 .240
McElveen. 3b 75 '274 35 164 .234
Atkins, p 13 1 33 I 3 I 7 |.213
Sitton, p 1 14 !35 17 ‘.194
Brady, p 8 25 1 4 .160
Agler, Ib.. 61 18 2 2 .11.1
PITCHER WALDORF WILL
SIGN CONTRACT TODAY
Rudolph Waldorf, the big right-hand
pitcher secured from the Cubs by Man
ager Hemphill, will sign an Atlanta con
tract today, and will be gixen a try-out
al Poncey park at an early date. Wal
dorf is as big as a house, has plenty of
steam and knows how to mix his curves,
which should go toward making him a
good man.
He did some pitching while at Notre
Dame, and looked so good that Manager
Change grabbed him. He is only here
uniter an optional agreement. Manager
Hemphill may give him a try-out in one
of the games tomorrow
PETE O’BRiEN TURNED
LOOSE BY HEMPHILL
Peter J. O'Biien. the former big
league star, who has been on the
("rackers' salary list since the start cf
the present season, was given his un
conditional release by the Atlanta
Baseball association this morning, and
('hug Coombs, the Carolina league
pitcher, was signed as utility man.
Waivers were asked on O'Brien, but
as none of the clubs wanted him h®
was made a free agent.
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