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Mira • WFM 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 If It’s at Hartmao’s, It’s Correct” ABOUT SUMMER ill OXFORDS Wp give especial attei> tion tn the ankln fitting 'l'ialities, the most essen tia) feature in a low-cut shoe. Our popular line of Oxfords for men Sjicludes all styles and all leathers, with an especially large and attractive line of tan* ' 55.50 Io 56.00 | hirer Street , n PP Peters Rldq. i " II s Correct. It's at Hartman’*” 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 Cool Summer Suits W jr Delightfully cool are our Suits of Cana- " z '\ X ' ian ras h and S umar--the porous texture permitting the cool breezes to pass through J and circulate where they are welcome. vßesides the question of comfort these are Suits of striking elegance, of graceful *** cut with long easy rolling lapels. English '/K ©r medium fitting models. " W Colors in the Crash are soft grays and •| tans, making particularly smart mid-sum- .U I mer wear: or dark hlue which may he '] smartly combined with white trousers. /# I , $25, $21.50 and S3O. u '^ s Sumar in blue, brown or gray, with pin stripe of white, $25 Wc Close at 12 o'Clock Thursday, July 4 Geo. Muse Clothing Co. 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 HERNSHEIH. Riccn, lorl /drink /\ goo d\ / hearty/ \ f ° r \ \ 7 it’s \yo u/ \/ a favorite refreshing at the always delicious ball whole bracing some L A /game[_ A J Five o °/\centimes / X / I V / X Z REr > ROCK CO. " X> Z XZ ATLANTA XZ 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 ■— 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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