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Show ROBINSON DEVELOPER. . OF GIANT TWIRLER5 Dodgers' Now Manager Is Credited With Bringing Out Martiuard, Tesreau and Domareo. Wilbort Robinson, veteran Giant coach, who was recently released conditionally con-ditionally on his request to his superiors, supe-riors, and is now manager of tho Brooklyn club, is a groat coachor of pitchqrs. Robinson i$ credited with having developed de-veloped Rubo Marquard, Jeff Tesreau and Al Dcmarco. By some (inennny sys-torn sys-torn Rohbia scums to be able to instill control into' the wild rookio and to make a star out of what looks to bo "lemon" "lem-on" material. Ho mado a great twirl-cr twirl-cr out of Mnrquard in 1911 at a lime whon tho Rubo was overvwhero hailed as the $11,000 "lemon." Tho next year saw Robinson bring out anothor pho-nom pho-nom in Tesreau. while his coutribution to the Giant pitching staff in tho season sea-son just closed was Al.Demaroo. Robinson was induced to come out of his retirement, four ycare ago by McGraw, Mc-Graw, who played with him in tho old days of the champion Orioles in Baltimore. Balti-more. At that time Robbie was woll known as a steadier of young pitchers, and thoro were few recruit twirlors that ho conld not size up in jig time. Tho necessity for a coach for young pitchers pitch-ers for the Giants 'becamo very apparent appar-ent to McGraw whon ho acquired Marquard Mar-quard and "Bull" Durham from tho American association, and ho hit upon his old pal Robbie as tho vory man for tho job. It took quite a Jot of inducing to get Wilbert to leave his homo iu Baltimore, Balti-more, but. in the long run tho lure of the gamo told and ho took up his work with tho Giants. Robinson was a member of Ned Han-Ion Han-Ion 's famous Baltimore champions of IS04, 1S93 and 1896 and was a major league backstop from 1SSG to 1902, inclusive. in-clusive. After retiring from tho Baltimore Bal-timore American lcaguo team in 1902, Robbio announced he never again would don a uniform. He wns born in Hudson, Mass., In 1S6.7. and began his professional career in 1885 with the Haverhill club. The Atblotics snatched Robbio at tho end of the season and ho remained -with Philadelphia until tho fall of 1890. Robinson was thon transferred to Baltimore, Bal-timore, and w;th John McGraw and Billy Kcister was sold to thq St. Louis Cardinals in 1900, Ho put in half the Beason in tho Mound City, then went bnck to Baltimore to organise a stock company and placo a tenm In tho American league. During his major longuc career he caught in 1259 championship, ga'incs and was one of the first major lcaguo backstops to catch behind tho plato all tho timr. |