Show MARQUARD'S COMEBACK ONE OF SEASONS SEASON'S BIG SURPRISES fly iy surprising figures are contained I IDY S e s pitching records of 01 the 1916 Nao Na- Na o 0 league affray made pu public by byh h A. A lI Hi and a a. notable feature is isI I imposition held Iy by y Richard de e Marquis sit ell know Reuben who came from I I lo 0 of Manhattan frayed and torn at atI I to go through a course of 01 relY relY re- re tuition of 01 lY under the tile expert lIb rt Robinson J I JI 1 l. l IK 1 third name on the list of I e ve pitchers ber third to Ferdinand I IP the ic sensation of the rork crowd and nd second to the only od rn Alexander the Great Drover rover Cleveland Alex of course is the theof if of pitchers the advantage held Gl Giants CT his noodle by Perdie Ferdie of the was WI a a. participant In thirty but he lie comI com com- MS one way WHY or another id but hut eight which is not much to about while the giant Nebraskan I was completing thirty If But to go BO back to the tho wry necked Rube lii pin of Robin pitchers It is quite u that Richard l did not win as is many s as did Edward or Lawrence but In those games he did pitch tt hoest fl s far I more or effective e Tho The Reuben had bad an average of 01 runs Ill cd per nine inning nning game of ot for tor torI I g complete ft l e contests r and i twenty one t her battles battlos of various lengths and dura- dura tn enthat t at were not quite so com lete Tie The rrt run corning ne capacity m e l Pt of batters t I In the c effective r skill of tt was n against the erratic and as- as rUd twists and darts larts of ot Cheney's ball bail thc the collected only a a. tally- tally rate of ot 19 not alone proved to those declared him finished for aUm alt all m that such was waa not the case but hut h i e i a a. form better than any heer he ho er r hashed flashed laboring for tor Johnny aws aw's Giants I Ins Us best beet year w with the N New w York crowd when he won o twenty four e fo and ana anait it i w n for I nn en n allowance t e of runs per game of ot 22 which was the lowest he ever reached in the seven and a ahalt half halt years he ho tolled for tor the mallet swingers of Manhattan lOis His mark of for his Brooklyn endeavor ene en en- deavor leavor e Is merely e 67 per points rt lower than n Ills his paramount r t New York en endeavor endeavor en- en d deavor vor and should be e eno enough gh to put a quietus on those who said he was not there an any more For FOl Brooklyn Marquard pitched better ball bail than he ever pitched for New York which Is saying a heap but this don slon Is easly reached after him perform and nd by figures The Rube while he did not pitch in as many games KB itS did Alex the tho Great was only one point bel behind nd that remarkable member of 01 the brigade when it came to effectiveness and It If Alex is to tobe tobe tobo be bo counted the leagues league's greatest then certainly Marquard Marguard showed class not to tobe tobe tobe be overlooked |