| Show HOW MANY DAYS LEFT JUST 48 COUNT El E r Rube Marquard Still Sti He Holdout League Has Has Poor Support ny BY B y WALTER I TEn 1 J Copyright 1913 by h- Publishers rs P Paw p T Now aw York Feb Fob 22 The 22 Z Th The dah 5 J i bo ho counted now till the c tl umpIre sh Pin ball and at Play bal tho the season eason p pf lj often Just forty eight days Just a a mo mor Tho rho magnates have Y finished up 3 share of the work 01 and win will Bo GO GOb b Into their heir cages until next w leaving the Players to hold C c cof n of ot the stage as Indeed they The holdout lea league ue has hns not be Urel dissolved but hut Its Il becoming mightily attenuated Its It's thing thinA to sa say you'll youl play piny no ball copt cent hut but It Its It's quite bal Quio thing to drop out of or the tho game v holdout Ono One of or of the funny things abon M i iv business Is Rube HUbe McGraw was the tho butt but of or at least leat Joke for eVer every dollar ho he paid for and anil that was quite a su quie ol or tars before the RUbe RUb a lars Jars earned a his salary Ho lie was reg regard regarded regarded-k t b T prize lemon of tho the game came came McGraw would ha havo 0 taken tho the t to hold and tru develop him Tl Then a.- a. as ho lie really realy began to bo a a ho he develops dc the artistic temper tempera bal I becomes s Involved In an ugly sea j I and I S. throws 1 s. s In down I on t the man t that that that- Ie 6 W o p dt 61 Of or course Marquard will m b ba bo ri rl h by tho the Giants but I 1 miss my gUEM his hla present course courso docs not Bel a n good deal moro more than it will McGraw McGraw or the tha Giants Giants wU The Time recent baseball astonishingly unproductive c of or t tm With so many new leaders leader ent DI game gamo It was believed by many may that l' l lof of deals would be made but tb the tt B of or now men inert seems to have the opposite effect Several of ot have havo gone to new not clubs and andreal hai real rent Inside Idea of or tho worth orth of pla players cr or E Everybody bod was wa willing toll but nobody wanted to trade trade 1 t Mu Jut t Develop De Kids M r The only way to build up a tho the present time timo Is to get players and gradually develop i M C There players was a time timo when star Pert ers cr could be bo purchased purchase but th ual P has paused parsed A club must havea tatus b team to make mono money and an any star aUr r former Is a drawing drawing card To sell would woUl In the ond onti mean a a. big II 1 loss los j Joe Joo 00 Tinker rinker wan wanted tea a a. a catcher Ings wanted Infielders st Jennings Jennings' enning Evers ers desired pitchers and ana cG too would not have havo have been to good southpaw but hut th these theeo 80 raa mast ma will wil be forced to strengthen these tons from the most promising a ami their recruits It I would not be a if It the Boston Nationals t tr Campbell Campbel some somE time before the s sc opens Campbell Campbel is tired tred of ot with a team and has pIaT his Intention of at retiring rather tha than B Bagain again reporting at n the Hub Boat Boston Bock would trade him rather than lose loso tt l' star stat outfielder and get get nothing in rt turn J I There Thore ma may he be a few deals deat made nde hl the teams return from the tho south For Instance McGraw will wi have o h Grob Stock and either etther Fletcher or or Shafer as utility InI Infielders Ho lo may also have hava hav ono orio more outfielder than he needs He would hardly care to sell sel these men but he might use them In some saie sort ort ofa of ef a trade There are arc man many teams which I I need good utility men Had lad it not been for the he Giants Giants' reserve strength the they would have ha e won the pennant b by no such margin as the they did last Jast year Frank Chance has ha gone to Bermuda with Arthur Irwin nO Roy Hartzell Hartzel anthe ant nn the clubs club's chef He le wants want to h hav havi e cr everything in readiness Ion forI forthe the p pitcher who leave od today and ad the of the players who start March 1 1 Chance Chanco wants to be bo sure that tb th grounds rounds are In condition and beleve believe he lie can benefit the general by attending to the many many manYd fit fit- tails In advance anee of ot the grand President Caffney Carine of ot Boston predict that Garr Garry Herrmann Herrman will find a I suc mana manager er in Joe oe Tinker it nl i ier er Is not only a n smart ball ban player bu bun buta out but outa a n mighty smart business man m s said Gaffney the other day and I 1 convinced con 1 vinced that sooner or later be ha ff wU JJ In iS build up a winning winning team l T nat nat |
