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IOS ANGELES. July 3.—Light
weight Champion Ad Wol-
J gast and Jot Rivers, the
Mexican challenger, have Ifnished
training for their > scheduled 20-
round battle at Vernon arena to
morrow afternoon and todav are
resting.
Both the Cadillac boy and the lo
cal fighter are in prime condition
for the bill, and fans look for the
best lightweight cdmbat staged
her? in a long time.
Wolgast is ev«ry 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
lad 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 ths Clubs.
W 1. PC \V. L. P C
B’ham .47 26 .644 C nooga. 33 36 .478
M'mnhis 36 32 .529 Mont .33 39 458
N. Or. . 35 32 .523 Atlanta. .30 36 .455
Mobile . .38 39 .494 N'ville. . 29 41 .414
Yesterdays Results. x -
Birminghatn 3. Chattanooga 0
Atlanta 8. Mobile 5 (first game.)
Mobile 9. Atlanta 1 tsecond game.i
Nashville 2. Montgomery 0 'first game.)
Nashville 9. Montgomery 4 'second
game )
Memphis 3. New Orleans 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Columbia.
Columbus in Savannah.
Jacksonville in Macon.
Standing or the Clubs
tv. 1. !' M L P C
?av . 3 1 .750 .1 ville . 2 3 .400
''bus. .2 2 .500 Albany. .1 4 200—
Yesterday's Results
Saiannah 0. Columbus 0 (called at end
of eleventh inning, darkne 1
Jacksonville 8. Macon 2.
Columbia 9. Albany 0 ifr>rfented because
Albany refused to pay fines imposed by
umpire.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in St. Louis,
''leveland in Detroit.
New York in Washington.
Boston in Phalidelphia.
Standing of the Clubs.
\V. 1.. P C W L. P.C
Boston 47 22 .681 C'land. .33 34 .493
Phila 39 26 600 Detroit .34 36 .486
I'hii -go 39 29 .574 N York. 19 44 .302
Wash 33 3! .557 S. Louis 19 47 .288
Yesterday's Results.
Detroit. 8. Cleveland 7.
Washington 5. Phialdelphia 3.
St. Louis 3.-Chicago 1 'first game.)
■ imago 5. St Louis 4 I second gams'
New York Boston 7.
NATIONAL EAGL'E
Games Today,
Philadelphia in Boston.
Brooklyn ’n New Y»rk.
Standing n* the Clubs.
W I. '■«' W. L P.C
N
''hi'ago 36 26 581 Br'l lvn. .23 37 .383
F'hurg, .37 27 .'’7B S. Louis 2.3 38 .377
Chat'. 36 31 .537 i Boston . .19 48 .284
Yesterday’s Results.
Nrn York 7, Boston 3.
''lmago 9. Pittsburg 2.
Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn 6.
i'mrinnaf i-St. Lou's: off day.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L P C W L. P.C
'. bus 56 27 675 S Paul 35 4» .427
M anol” 49 28 636 M’w'kee 34 48 415
Toledo »50 29 633 L ville 28 16 .37.8
K. <'ity 37 32 .536 Fapolis. 29 50 .367
Yesterday's Results.
M iwaukee 3. St. Paul 1 (first game.'
-i Paul ' Milwaukee 0 (second game.)
' oiumbus S'. Indianapolis f
Minneapolis 6. Kansas City 5.
Toledo 7. Louisville 0
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs
W I pc W L P.C
tn ;t» r,«Q Newark 33 36 .478
Balti' 38 29 576 P'dence. .33 36 .471
J Cit< .3? 34 528 Buffalo 30 34 469
Toronto 35 .34 507 M'treal .27 41 .397
Yesterday's Results.
Rochester 6, Toronto 3 (first game.)
Toronto 5. Rochester 4 (second game *
tersm City 6. Newark 4
Providence 11. Baltimore 5.
Buffalo 6. Montreal 3
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L p.c W L. P C
F fb'rg 39 23 A?n R'anoke ’6 26 ~00
F th 34 32 tc. nw» '<o 32 >B4
Norfolk 33 29 532 R’hm'd 21 40 .344
Yesterday's Results.
Roanoke 2, Richmond 1
Petersburg 6, Norfolk 0
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Marquard Attributes His Unparalleled Success to McGraw
Greatest Pitcher of All Time Writes of His Baseball Career
Twirier Who Has Won Eighteen Consecutive
Gaines 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 Mfr
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 I
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. 1 consider them the finest, gamest lot of hall play
ers that ever made up a team. You mat be sure I appreciate
them.
1 certainly had a*hard time
in the big league from the
moment I was bought by
Manager McGraw for SII,OOO
•from Indianapolis in 1908 un
til last season, when 1 finally
began winning. People seem
ed to expect more of me than
of anyone else on account of
the price paid for me by the
club, and tvhen I couldn't
win for the Giants as T won
for Indianapolis, 1 was pan- •
ned right and left.
All that onl\ made me the
more determined to make
good. hut. it was a long pull.
Os course. I was greatly grat
ified when 1 finally succeed
ed : I would hardly have been
human' if I hadn’t.
It wav Wilbert Robinson, the
coach of the Giant pitchers, who
realli pushed ine in' 1 my stride.
"Robbie" the best old ■-y in the
world -took hold of me w hen I
didn't have much confidence in my
ability to get 'em over when run
ner- were on the bases. I would
be fearful of losing control, so I
would try to put the ball right
across the plate without anything
to it. Then the battels would give
me a fine lining.
"Robbie" took that out of me in
short order.
"You cut loose all the time and
payer mind where ft is going," he
told hie. "Aim for the plate, put
your stuff on the ball and let 'er
go.” he said; and that’s what I
did.
With hint coaching me constant
ly I soon found that 1 had control,
and my "stuff" at the same time.,
and then I got confidence. 1 think
"Robbie" is a wonderful adviser, for
a young pitcher, and J owe a great
deal to him.
Has Developed New Ball.
One thing which contributes
much to my work ''’is . ear. in my
judgment, is a new ball I have de
veloped that 1 call the "turkey
trot." This is the slow ball that
some one named the "buzzard wing
clip" not long ago. 1 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 ar Marlin
one spring, and winch the writers
nam'd the "quiver."
I'sing the same clutch on the ball
that 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 WEDJsESDAT, JULY 3, 1912.
hand as I turned it loose, I found
it took a peculiar break. I kept
working at it until I discovered 1*
had picked up a valuable slow ball,
and that •was something I needed.
1 use just the same motion as 1
do to deliver my fast ball, which
make- it all the better.
The hardest batter for me in the
big leagues i- 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
bit it. I believe it is much more
difficult to outguess Zimmerman
than Wagner.
Honu doesn't care much for a
slow ball, and I'd rather see him up
there in a pinch than Zimmerman,
or even a fellow like Joe Tinker.
Still, old Henns can certainly pickle
'em at times. They say he doesn't
like a spitball, but that is some
thing I have never fooled with. ■
O’Toole Is Toughest Opponent.
s The toughest pitcher for me—l
ihean the one who gives me the
hardest fight—is Marty O’Toole,
the Pittsburg boy, who came from
the same league I did. The game
at the Polo grounds this season,
"hen h° took me into extra in
nings. was the hardest and most
nerve racking fight I ever had in
iny 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
gives me a w arm argument, too.
Benton, of Cincinnati, gave me a
hard fight but A£a,rly O'Toole i
the boy w ho nvloes q?e hustle over
every inch of the route.
The hardest club in the National
league for me to beat is Boston.
That’s a tail-end outfit, but any
time I go against them they give
m° a battle. It's been true ever
since 1 got going good. It's a mys
tery I can't very well explain. 1
don't have a great deal o f trouble
against clubs that figure the to
one better than Boston. but w hen
ever 1 start against the Braves 1
anticipate trouble, no matter what
pitchei is working against me.
The only way I can account for
it is thai the Boston fellows are
just up there to take a swat at the
ball with the idea of fattening
their batting averages, and with
out an.' particular regard in the sit
uation of the game.
Boston Lacks "Inside Ball,''
Bv that I (m an that other clubs
plat more inside ball." a? you
"Rule Nfarquard W 7 rites for Georgian Readers Exclusively
Mis Personal Experiences as Paschall s Greatest Pitcher
RICHARD DE MARQUI6, more popularly known as "Rube" Marquard. is the greatest southpaw baseball
has ever developed. He is th° champion pitcher of the major leagues, and possessor of the 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 he is great. There is nothing of the "swelled head" about him. His won
derful success with the Gifyits the "Rube" attributes to the encouragement and help of his associates. To Mc-
Graw he tenders the humblest homage, for. says he. it was the Little Napoleon who stuck by him through three
.'ears of failure and disappointment, and whose sound 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, written exclusively for The Georgian by the great pitcher himself, "Rube”’
Marquard for the first time throw’s 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 bat more than he does Hans Wagner l —but let him tell It to you in his
ow n fashion.
\might .call it. and a pitcher knows
in a genera! way what to expect
from them. But about fall you can
look for from Boston is a steady
effort to slug the ball out of the
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
lias worked out that way. They
haven’t beaten me; and I also have
good luck against St. Louis. Chi
cago is always a hard club for
anybody, and so is Pittsburg and
Cincinnati, The Chicago fellow's
are great fighters from start to
finish.
In fact. 1 wouldn't say that any
club 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
club w ill give you trouble. I seem
to catch a lot of the best pitchers
as my opponents, although I don't
inind that particularly. I figure that
if I am lucky enough to win, that
it is more credit to beat a hard
pitcher than to beat an easy one.
The day 1 overheard a con
verjjation on a street car between
some'fans w ho 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 1 worked
against him he would beat me.
Confident He Cq»Hd Win.
It wasn't my turn to pitch, but I
felt good, and I wanted to meet
Alexander, so I asked Manager Mc-
Graw to let me work. I went to
him in the club house before the
game and told him 1 thought I
might be able to win, and he said:
"AD right, if you're that confi
dent. go ahead.”
I did win. but Alexander gave me
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 he is not al
lowed to pick his 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 and Robinson looking him
over; and McGraw is the Judge,
I think the manager of the
Giants van tell just from a man's
looks as h? 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 1 have done, or may dp.
Wh« n I 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. I al
ways believed, deep down, that I
could make good, but I was 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 I could get a better jump to my
fast ball. I lost control as soon
as I switched, and really had 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, wdth 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. J have never dissi
pated. and that has been of big ad
vantage e to me. 1 occasionally
smoke a cigar, or a cigarette, and
I chew tobacco when I am pitch
ing. I think most pitchers do. I
try to keep good hours and get
plenty of sleep, and I think that Is
important. 1 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 1 fanned fourteen men 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 go
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 1 consider that support the
most dependable in the league.
Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including |
Yesterday *s Games
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These averages include yesterday’s dou- •
hie bill with the Gulls. Jag
Players ~ | G. IAB.| R. | H. |Av.
Coombs, p: 1 11 0 i 1 lldbo
Dessau, n*l4 42 | 9 14 .3334 ;
Hemphill, cf 65 251 .30 81 .3231'9
Bailey, if 6 249 44 75 .301,
Harbison, ss.l 16 54 ' 5 16 .29W3
Alperman, 2b| 69 261 138 66 .253' ?
CSallahan, If.! 27 117 15 29 .248'
O’Brien, ss... 152 172 119 42 .244
Graham, c 24 70 ! 7 17 .243
Donahue, c| 24 75 I 7 18 .240 :
McElveen, 3b| 75 274 35 64 .234!
Atkins, pI 13 I 3 I 3 7 .213-
Sitton, p 14 I 35 17 7 .194
Brady, p 8 , 25 I 11 4 160'-
Agler, Ib6 18 2 I 2 1.111
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUS,
Games Today.
Gadsden in Rome
Selma in Bessemer
Anniston In Huntsville
Standing or the Clubs
W L P.O W L. P.C.
Gadsden 8 1 .889 B'ss'm'r 4 5 .444
H'tsville 6 5 .545 Selma 3 5 .375
Rome 4 5 444 A'nist'n 3 7 .300
Yesterday's Results.
Bessemer o. Selma 0 (eight innings;
darkness.)
Huntsville 8. Anniston 1.
Rome-Gadsden; rain.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Greensboro in Winston-Salem.
Spartanburg in Greenville.
Anderson in Charlotte.
Standing of the Clubs.
W L. P.C W L. P C.
A ders n 37 19 .661 Sp'b'rg 36 31 .464.
C'rlotte 32 34 .571 G’sboro 25 32 ,433 j
W.-S'm 30 29 .508 G'nville 22 37 ,373(
Yesterday s Results.
Charlotte 1, Anderson 0.
Greenville 6. Spartanburg 1.
Winston-Salem 12. Greensboro 5.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Cordele 6. Tifton 2
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today,
Columbus in Yazoo City.
Meridian in Jackson
Vicksburg in Greenwood.
Standing of the Clubl.
W L P C W. L. P C
M'ldian 9 3 .750 Y City 4 5 44s
C’mbus 7 4 .636 G'nwood 4 7 .364:
V'ksb'rg 5 I .556 Jackson 3 8 .2001
Yesterday’s Result*.
Meridian 5. Jackson 2.
Vicksburg 5. Greenwood 2.
Columbus 11, Yazoo City 2.
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