Show RUBE MARQUARD IS NOW WHOLE SHOW IN jl I NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE SAYS BY fly HUGH S. S S FULLERTON Baseball Is an nn odd gamo There Thore I Ii lii Rube Marquard alias alas Richard la ha Marqula Mar Marc Marcquis qula quis Q a 0 wry necked knock kneed left left- handed hAnde young Coi follow 0 who is 18 all ni the tho calculations on the National loa league race race This Thin boy Is a very ery fai fair pitchers pitcher with a fast fust fut ball bal that taku a 0 jump a 0 nice fast curve and he bo has has' sw swept pt through tho until ever er owner o who has a cent Invested at the thought that the race raco will be vl over o early In August and after that 1 it will wil bo ho as dull dul as choosing a vice It den dent t. t Now New York YOlk gave o 1000 In paper paper money for Marquard farquard As Brush owned tho the Indianapolis club and nominally owns the New York club cub tho the dont don't count for Cor much And nd Dick of the theD thel wry neck and the royal roal name proved a pretty rotten pitcher picher Ho He was wa like about abou out of or four lour pitchers th that come Into the big leagues He lie had hal everything e except tho the sense to Use u what ho he ha had r Ho He was a better pitcher three thre years ago ngo w wien nien en everyone took a crack a at him than tItan he ho Is toda today But Dut Meara McGra grow row stubborn Ho He Insisted that Marquard Marquard Mar Mar- ar- ar ought ought to be bo a pitcher and tha that ho would make mako him him ono one Thereupon lot hot of or alleged wise managers who ha hia pitchers with Just as an much promise li e guffawed loudl and s sent nt their recruit back to tho the minor lea leagues league ue some wit broken hearts heart some Home with determination wi to come COle a again all McGraw kept Marquar He lie wasn't playing him much anyhow and no minor league manager woul give Ie as much as ho had cost In reAl mono motley money so o he stuck t Started t tAnd And last year car he had a great year ear car No one expected him to come buck with wit another great year Left anders anders wi sel sal ibm dom do Dc Besides it I was wan WI a moral ceri taint that Marquard like nine nino out o 0 of ten left lee could cOull not stand th th gaff Ho Ito got awa away and won ju Jit JI spite spIt of th the tho tact fact that ho lie WD was wan being hit liar hard got gol the tho Idea Into hl his head that no lar on could beat hIm and ho has established a major league record for tOl victories wi with sonic kindly assistance from Crom th II the official scorers t It I IK Is II that sort of thing thIns that mak make it difficult to on tho final r suits In baseball As s lon long Jong as Marquar thinks no 10 one can cnn beat heat him tOe ing team lean not only olly has hus to dispel t doubt doubt but also to give ghe him hin a real hc In ing before he will wil believe belec It 1 a Jc There was an old ball bal player wf wasn't strong on n English but lut who wa ver very strong on baseball who pr pro flounced confidence dl ence And since then the tue old coot conf dl 3 has hag boon beet the biggest Item in baseball Let Lot thin a Qt at off team or 1 a L player be filled fled P wit i o Known n IU as con fee fee-dl fee ence ence and you ou cant can't be bent t It I. I Mar Is chuck full ful of U it H. H Left Lett often get that thata a way o And nl until he I 1 convinced that ho he can be bo licked som some one ono will wil have to pitch pich a n hit no Icke game s-ame to b beat at him ru no the Great And just at nt present Marquard Is entire National league race race Ho He rep til resents the difference between Chicago Chicag and Pittsburgh and New York He h ha has put the tie Giants In a u. class of their ow owr with everyone els else wih e running for second An And it all has lias been heen I al a question of con queston McGraw had hind confidence I la Marquard Marguard He lie kept him at least ny keP tw years after nn any other manager woul would have ha turned him hin loose Therefore Marquard's Marquard Mar- Mar triumph this season 1 is J a tr tn trl of oC McGraw I r have been with Frank Chance wih ov over ave since as 09 an awkward earnest folio ho he telo came into tho the league I h haT bar watched his lila career as a n manager has been beon a n marvel I r never even eveh nt have o ha criticised him oa for tor ox ono one thing ii He Is earnest hone hon hon- e eat H inin and on 01 the square hut but he lie never ne has had hind enough p with wIh youn young fellows I have argued the question with wih him He lie Is open to toc argument on anything anything- and on the loyal loveli But with it I. I Ho lie cannot see seo 0 my Rr argument the fact fut remains that he ho ho has haa turned loose too many fellows who would have developed had the they r remained un J dor or his guidance and instruction Off hand I will vilI wil say Weaver Toney Coone Cooney Pierce Perdue perhaps other others would havo o brn strong elements clements 1 Cub success If Jt Chance had possess POSses the patience to keep thorn thom and dove de them True there thero mo may ia have been rea ret eons outside of baseball for letting heWn them go 0 but hi his theory has hl h been en I t to get seasoned men Ho has been com corn polled to go s-o to the tho other extreme an and tako young men to develop Ii In Ui th he has hns been sl signally signal nal successful successful but but fc Ii started too late to keep the Cubs a ui at the time top He Is doing well vell wel Just now In developing Chiene Chene and Lavender under fire but had Ii h In started stared on that that theory or it tL years ago Instead of waiting until th machine went rent to pieces ho would hat ha tt been much bettor better beter off otC Fred Clark Is another manager tho the samo same typo type as Chance Ho Jo w want rant n pla players ers who can deliver delver right awa And It Is a triumph for tor McGraws McGraw's pal pa tience lence that he ho has hun hung on and roel devell dovel p what he had hall and that ho he Is OU on ahead I 1 The Alu American J. J League nac Race 0 American league raco race Is setti down to truo true form torm now after a fa fal break ak ii The J f fight gt seems cems between B DO ion wa In ana anti and the Athletic keep creeping closer and closer Bo Bot ton is holding on gamely but Ui t pitching form I la Is commencing to One Ono of tho the oddest comments I hay huv l' l lrea rea read lately was by a wise baseball r j porter traveling with the Chica wih White Sox He lie le Implores the manas manag ment to bring bring the pitching staff stat up C the tho standard standrd of at tho the team On that b bf si sis he lie wants the team to finish six Please dont don't blame blamo the pitchers for tori tor tt slump the Sox have havo suffered suffered Th Tb havo have carried tho the team up chose to t I th top exciting their admirers with wih hop hopi of a 0 pennant They Thoy were worked o 0 oi tr trying to make tho the running Tho The team itself I Is not good n B ever eer lag has ha been It I cannot hit consistent ly lYe I figured this spring that as ns a BOO BOOns as ns the opposing pitchers got ot good t Sox Sax would slip The They have havo o hn They Thoy are ore still above where they Ion long as a team and will wil be lucky stick in tho the first division But give t tl pitchers credit credi for tor what they hai ha hl done Callahans Callahan's winning pitchers pitchers' figure in that samo ame list r Olton Pitcher Weakening nJ Boston Isn't Int getting as good n as It had Tho The pitchers pitcher still are arc wi but as tho the league settles steady form tho they will Il lose moro more a an I more Washington of or course will wU ta fa faq gradually away an and it will wl bo be a a fIg between Washington Chicago Cleveland for the end of at the first d vision Ilon honors honora Cleveland appears 3 little healthier and ought to co stronger for the next month on Sn ing form alone pie I T have havo boon ben severely taken to t for tor having stated a a week weak or so ao ago no tin Ui tho the New York Giants are being much tho the better beter of all al and of the umpiring generally on on t Polo grounds Some Somo readers seemed think that I was refusing credit creditt s 's team for their ability n brilliant this season Thill This This' not the tho case cate Tho The Giants do not n a nei I the help they are getting and I stat I that tha In my opinion they now I all ni tho the other teams in the thc league v i |