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tfarquard Tells of His “System” in Baffling Batters
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Sensational Southpaw Makes Study of the Various Men
MORE WILL
HURLTODAYAT
MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. July 23.
riateci over yesterday’s conquest,
whic!l pulled them out of eighth place,
the n „ abers of the Atlanta team were
fn o,>zins at 9:30 o’clock last night un
d', nrirrs of Manager Hemphill to
t? , urf a full night's rest. The real ob
-1( 1. wue to be in perfect trim to cap
today's battle from the Billikens.
T J he crackers were in excellent shape
, n arising shortly after daybreak, hav
i'np pj-sed through the hottest night
f t ) t e season in Montgomery.
It v.js announced that Waldorf will
mr the visitors, while Donahue
"h take charge of the receiving de
partment. The line-up of Atlanta will
be the same as yesterday.
It < a tossup between Johns and Her.
h r , f,. the Montgomery box this aft
ernoon. It's Johns' turn, but Herbert
[ just rejoined the team and there
i9 ’"a'chance that he may pitch. Me
fliister is billed to catch. The weath
is co inc what cloudy, but hot.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Game, Today.
Atlanta in Montgomery
Chattanooga in Birmingham.
Nashville in Mobile.
Memphis in New Orleans.
Standing of the Clut>». . I
W. L. PC. W. L. P C. |
g ham 55 35 .<sll C'nooga. 41 44 .482
Mobile . .50 43 .538 N’ville. .39 45 .464
\ or n 39 .513 Atlanta .36 46 .439
M'mphis 43 42 .506 Mont. . .39 50 .438
Yesterday’s Results.
Atlanta 5, Montgomery 2.
Birmingham 6, Chatanooga 1.
New < »rl?ans 4, Memphis 3.
Mobile 4, Nashville 3.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Savannah in Albany.
Columbia in Jacksonville.
Columbus in Macon.
Standing of tne Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L P c
■"bus 15 6 .714 Macon . .11 11 .500
Sav .13 8 .619 Albany . 815 .364
J'ville. .13 9 .591 Columbia 617 .261
Yesterday's Results.
Albany 5. Savannah 2.
Jacksonville 8. Columbia 2.
Columbus 8, Macon 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Today.
Chicago in New York.
St. Louis In Philadelphia. j ,
Detroit in Washington.
Cleveland in Boston.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.O. W L. P C
Boston. 62 27 .697 ("land. . 43 47 .478
Wash. 55 33 ,62F Detroit .43 47 .478
I’hila .51 39 .567 N. York .26 56 .317
Chicago .45 41 *.523 8. Louis 25 60 .294
Yesterday's Results.
Washington 5. Detroit 3. ,
Boston 8. Cleveland 3.
New York 13. Chic ago 3
Philadelphia 15, St. Louis 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Boston in Pittsburg.
New York in Cincinnati.
Brooklyn in Chicago.
Philadelphia in St. Louis.
Standing or the Clubs.
W. L P C W. L P C
\ York 63 21 .750 I'hila ..46 46 .500 ;
Chicago. 52 32 .619 S. Louis 34 46 426
P burg. 48 34 .578 Br'klvn. .29 54 .349
t’nati .44 42 .518 Boston .22 63 .259
Yesterday’s Results.
Pittsburg 2. Bosion 0.
New York 4. Cincinnati 1.
Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 2.
Chicago 10, Brooklyn 3.
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By Rube Marquard.
YOU'VE doubtless heard, or read,
that famous baseball yarn about
"Crazy" Schmidt, the fellow who
kept a note book in his hip pocket
when he was pitching, filled with no
tations on the weaknesses of the big
league batters? It's an old-timer, that
story, and I've often heard McGraw
tel] it as gospel truth.
Schmidt, who now lives around Chi
cago. and occasionally sends McGraw a
promising young ball player, doped out
that book himself. One day when he
was working, Hans Wagner came to
hat in a pinch and "Crazy” reached for
his book.
“Let’s see,” he said, as he thumbed
the pages, “vat’s Vagner's veakness.
Ah—here it iss—page on palls!"
And there you have a great littie
pitching system when it comes to
handling that same Wagner today, or
Heine Zimmerman, or any of these
other natural born swatters, if the
bases are leaking with runners and a
long drive means a defeat.
You can spend a life time thinking
out a system for yourself, and study
ing batters, but when birds like that
are up in front of you systems and
everything else go to smash.
Still, you have to have some kind of
system, because all batters, luckily for
us pitchers, are not Wagners, or Zim
mermans. or Meyerses; so I’ll tell you
something about the system I've used
since I came to the big league.
I have found that it isn't a bad
scheme to watch a batter’s eyes, after
you have looked him over in other
ways. Generally the batter seems to
pick out a spot, with his eyes, where
he figures to hit the ball, and he shifts
his position to suit. Then I can usual
ly guess just about what he is looking
for. His eyes give me a sort of clew.
Sizes Up the Batters.
For instance, a man Is at bat with
three men on bases. Supposing he
stands a foot and a half away from the
plate. I take it he is figuring on speed,
and I try to cross him with a curve, or
slow ball. If he stands in close to the
plate, a little forward, and grips his
bat close up. I naturally argue that he
intends to bunt, and 1 cut loose at him.
I try to make the batter go after bad
balls. Get him in the hole, and then
don't give him anything but speed.
Take a risk on throwing a ball, if you
want to. but a straight shot cutting the
heart of Die pan may give him a hit.
and lose you the game. It is remark
able how a. batter will go after bad balls
when he is anxious for a pinch hit.
In the game with CJiicago. when thev
upset me recently, Sheckard had two
balls and no strikes. Two men were
on the bases. I guess he thought I’d
walk him, but I grizzled two right over
for strikes, and then hopped all 1 had
across. He didn't know it was passing
until it struck the catcher's glove. I
take it he was looking for a curve, that
time.
I believe II is wisdom to throw a
curve in a pinch. Most batters can not
help hitting them to the dirt for an in
field out- The reason Is rather simple,
it seems to me. When tile curve breaks
on the batsman, his bat does not hit it
squarely. Still he lilts it hard enough
on tile nose not to foul it, but not quite
hard enough to drive it straight. A
fast ball sometimes helps me in the
pinch because it drives many batters
away from the plate.
I'd rather use my fast ball than a
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curve, because I think a curve hurts
the wrist, like the spit ball. A spit ball
' pitcher can’t settle down, apparently, if
he has a wild spell, although there are
' some great spit bailers in both big
leagues, like Walsh, O'Toole, Ford and
others. You notice I never wind my
' arm much. I believe it tires the mus-
■ cles. and doesn’t realty add anything to
the ball. I take the ball, roll it in my
glove, give It a downward swing and
let drive. I believe winding loses speed.
Makes Study of Batsmen.
I have tried to make a study of the
various batsmen. I watch how they
’ stand at the plate; note whether they
are afraid of a fast ball, and how they
swing. On that I base my judgment as
' to how to pitch to them.
The man who grips his bat at the
end is. usually, unable to hit a fast
' ball. On the same line of reasoning.
' the man who takes a. short grip on his
slick —“choking" it —is apt to be a high
’ ball hitter, and can’t get at the low
• ones. Os course, there may be excep
' tlons to ether rule,
I believe that I pitch better now
' when there are men on bases, although
that used to worry me to distraction.
: Somehow I seem to settle down to work
1 better now.
It doesn’t make much difference to
E me whether a batter is right or left
' handed, although naturally a right
handed batter is more likely to be ef
i fectlve against a left-handed pitcher
I than a left-handed hitter. I change
my method of delivery for each kind. I
I generally give a left-handed batter an
' inside curve, or a high Inside ball that
• is straight and fast.
> I believe that pitching is more science
• than luck, although there is a big ele
; ment of the latter when the opposing
■ team starts a rally. All the skill and
; seiertee at a pitcher's command will
often fail to stave off a rally once a
team gets going.
i Often a pitcher can get by in the
■ minor leagues—even the biggest of the
. minors—just on his natural "stuff," but
when he comes up into the majors he
• finds that he has to learn a lot about
. the science of pitching. Some of them
. have to learn their business all over
. again, as I did.
I was lucky enough to win nineteen
straight games before I was finally
, beaten by Chicago. Now, as a matter
of downright fact, I didn't have a
i thought of trying for a record until
. after my thirteenth straight victory. I
thought the marks of eighteen straight,
hung up by Charley Radbourne in 1884.
, and nineteen straight, set by Keefe
later on. were as far away as the moon
. 'so far as 1 was concerned.
, From then on 1 was really out for a
, mark. As 1 went on winning game
i after game, the strain became terrific,
. mentally as well as physically, and 1
I was at great tension when I finally
, dropped my twentieth game to Chicago,
j I got wonderful support from the
boys behind me throughout my long
run. Take, for instance, the day I
! worked against Napoleon Rucker, the
great Brooklyn pitcher. 1 have to rank
Nap among my toughest opponents, and
I guess every pitcher in the game fig
' tires him in the same class. In the
: second inning of that game Brooklyn
had three men on bares and no one out,
i but they did not score.
. In the third inning the same situa
tion bobbed up The next two men up
popped out, and the third hit a fly to
' Becker, who dropped it. He was so
i anxious that he misjudged the ball, but
Beals had been doing wonderful work
in the. field up to that time, and the
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CHATTANOOGA. TENN, July 23.
• As the first step in the complete re
; juvenation or renovation of the Look
outs. Manager Billy Smith has released
, Paul Sentell outright, or father an
nounced that he will unless a trade is
manufactured for him in ten days, and
, has signed Outfielder Wasem of the
i Anniston club.
The passing of Sentell came as a
great surprise locally, and, in fact, all
around the circuit, as the peppery one
has been associated with Southern
i league ball so long that he was re
. garded as a fixture. Paul has been
; slowing up rapidly in the past few
months, however, and while he is able
> to play good baseball if used only
; sporadically, be grows stale and inet-
• fectlve if played regularly.
Paul has realized for the past two
• years that, in view of his incipient
• senility, he would be out of the South
[ ern league for good if be ever re
i ceived an injury that would incapacl
t tate him for any length of time, and
he has taken even too good care not
> to incur any such mishap. He has
■ been saving his arm on the close ones
; for some time, allowing scratches to go
I for bingles, and bis tagging at second
I has been miserable all during the pres,
i ent season, for kite simple reason that
he is afraid to take a chance on get-
■ ting spiked. Paul's assiduous efforts
' at preservation did not render hint an
Idol either with Smith or fandom.
' The local pitching staff, although the
: records do not show it, because of in
-1 ferior support on both the offensive and
defensive, is going better than any in
the league. Coveleskle is actually
1 pitching in his 1910 form, and if the
team will brace up behind the hurlers
the Lookouts will come thundering
down the stretch neck and neck with
1 the leaders. Ware is not being used
regularly now, in view of the beautiful
■ ball which is being served up by the
' regular quartet, composed of Covdes
' kie, More, Allen and Chappelle. All
four of the latter group are undoubtedly
serving up the best ball of their ca
reers.
Hannah showed little in the past
■ week, but the catching is really fat
1 from bad. The use of Noyes in the out
field prior to Wasem’s acquisition has
made it necessary that the huge Tiger
recruit catch every game, and in view
■ of the intense heat of the southern di
‘ vision he is not equal to the task.
I crowd applauded him as he came in
■ after making that error.
' Rucker and I battled nine Innings,
1 and the Giants won, 2 to 1. Brooklyn
' had fourteen men left on bases. They
got nine hits off me, and the Giants got
> but four or five, as 1 recall it, off Nap.
i Lucky? Maybe—but what about that
i support behind me? That wasn’t all
luck not by a long ways, it was just
: that steady, reliable support in most of
■ my games that gave me my record.
Inews from ringside
Billy Nolan and Abe Attell have split,
according to reports from the West. Nol
an does not deny there is a difference be
tween the little fighter and himself, hut
the noted manager-trainer says he will
stick by the little Hebrew.
* ♦ *
Dan McKetrick, who is managing Joe
Jeannette, says he will give Jack Johnson
30 days In which to sign for a bout with
his protege. McKetrick says if the cham
pion refuses to sign for the bout in that
time he will claim the championship f«>r
Joe.
Bombardier Wells, who defeated Tom
Kennedy in New York a few nights ago,
will sail for England today. Wells says
he will tel! the English sporting public
how fair the. Americans are in everything.
Blink MeCloekey and K. O. Brennan are
scheduled to go ten rounds at Buffalo
Monday.
* • •
The New York state athletic commission
will adopt a rule some time this week
which will prohibit boxing clubs starting
their shows after 10 o'clock.
* ♦ *
Johnny Dundee has been matched with
Patsy Kline for a ten-round battle at the
St. Nicholas .Athletic club In New York to
morrow’ night.
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Jim Johnson and .Joe Jeannette ‘stalled
through six rounds of pushing and shoving
in Philadelphia the other night Although
Jeannette could have knocked .Johnson out
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I ...
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, and Eddie McGoorty are matched for a
, bout at Kenosha some time in August.
...
. !’ e ?’ Harry Brewer could get with
Hilliard Long, tlie Canadian champ, at
tnnipeg a few nights ago was a ten
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• ♦ ♦
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Bombardier Wells in New York the other
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ing to outbox the clever Briton, tlie re
sult might have been different according
to advices from Gotham.
Billy Papke will spend a month at his
home in Kewanee before leaving for Paris,
where he is scheduled to box George Car
pentier in October.
The Southern Athletic club of Memphis
Is planning to stage a middleweight elimi
nation contest next month.
...
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Crackers* Batting
i Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
J These averages include yesterday's
i game with the Montgomery Billikens:
Player. g. a b. r. h. av.
Becker, p. . . . 4 12 1 5 .417
' Hemphill, cf.. .78 296 35 93 .314
Harbison, ss. .30 99 11 30 .303
Bailey, rs . ..84 299 52 84 .281
t Alperman, 2b. .84 319 45 90 .279
'. Donahue, c. . .33 102 9 25 .245
. Callahan, If. . .42 175 21 41 .234
Graham, c. . .32 95 9 22 .232
5 McElveen, 3b. 90 330 40 76 .230
Brady, p. . . .12 36 17 .194
Atkins, p. . . .16 43 3 8 .186
, Agler, lb. . . .21 67 8 12 .176
. Sitton, p. . . .17 43 8 7 .163
■ Coombs, utility 6 10 0 1 .789
Waldorf, p. .. 2 5 0 0 .090
3 STRIKES OUT FIFTEEN BATTERS.
NORFOLK, VA., July 23 -A new rec
ord for the Virginia League was made
, here by Gordon, Norfolk pitcher, in the
t game with Petersburg, by striking out
1 fifteen men in the nine innings. Tha
former record was fourteen strikeouts.
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