Show I PITCHERS WITH LEAGUES Adams Johnson Mar Mar- Marquard Marquard Mar Combination Hard To Beat for Service By GEORGE CHADWICK Copyright 1923 1 23 by The Th Standard Standard- Standard Examiner Examiner NEW YORK YORI Aug Down ll-Down 11 Down through the ages triumphantly they Johnson como come Johnson and Marquard and Adams Forty five ears ot of bg be league baseball can be divided between them Two of them Adams and are on the th winning side of the th ledger so tar far this year the theother theother other Marquard is with a club grounded In last place et he has a creditable record The old arm arms armi retain the th speed peed and cunning of ot youth but hut the th wise old heads that direct the th arms ha base hae ha estill e still they more more they have the exper lence experience and knowledge ot of o lear ears Walter Johnson went to Wash ash Washington ington In 1907 Richard to New Now York In ip 1908 1905 Charles B 13 BAdams BAdam Adams to burg In 1 1909 0 They are th-ce th th ee of the most famous pitch pitch- pitchers pitcher ers era er In baseball 11 for fame tarn In to more than one attribute A pitcher may be bo famous as a a curie cune cun ball bali p pitcher cher as a drop ball pitcher as a speed king kins as a winning winnin pitcher Adam Adams and Marquard base hav been members of championship teams Johnson Johnson never neer has Ills teats feats as e pitcher are arc probably greater II ic number than tho of or the other two edth Nothing that he be h eser eHr did surpassed the ecord I that th bat he h made against the ew ew York Americans in suc- suc successive sucCessive suc games eames His speed has been the theme of ot critics critic young and od Adamson Adams von on a world series serie SoC foP fo Ithe the Pittsburg team tam and stepped In into to fame tame in a 0 year It was h he be wh wha In 1909 took up the tasko defeat defeat- Ing Ins defeating Detroit hen nhen the older pitchers pitcher's of the Pittsburg club were ere through They gase ga up the ship They couldn't brInG brine their team to sic tory ilc-tory Ic tory tOI FIRST r R C appearance Marquard nade his first ap- ap ap appearance for the tho Giants GIant hen ahen they were in the thick of ot a championship were race and with nith Ith Cincinnati to defeat and he lost The loss ut r tre in game settled hel heavily upon his spirits and he could not bring brine himself back to the rothe ease aCe ca of or mind which has been hi hen as a m of the th In- In Indianapolis Indianapolis team fam he pitched that nine nin through success at after r success until the New ew ork club the then fabulous pric price of for tor hIs relea e For a a year he h did not settle to his stride and It was Only by re rc re-c re hi assurance assur- assur anco ance that he te e becaMe a winning pitcher again and when he was con con- confident confident con confident of ot himself he was the th bunch or of o human h would not concede a superior These three thre rs hrs are cited as a ot of what pitching's pitching s 's It Is not undertaken by the use IIse us ot of clous methods Not one of ot these men e ever eser er dabbled with the SPit pit bill billor billor or with willi with any other artificial aides aldos to pitching How 1017 loT lop lop- can ca a a pitcher remain jamain In baseball the th writer asked aske of Walter Valter Johnson I am not quiz quizzing zing you to make a statement as to how long some ome you tit pitchers y m base ha stuck to the game earne but Am ask asking In more for or a gen genera ra reply as asto asto asto to the chances of ot a pitcher A pitcher may rem ln in III base base- baseball baseball baseball ball as Ion long lone as a a he h will w take tak care careo o of replied johnson iJohn on No ever vr with a a- sore arm and an t It 1 i A- A a pitcher feels foels that his arm Is 15 wO I from the tha strain of ot o a 0 hard fought game came oe Fe should rest real until he h can feel fel that the strength has ned reu It If I a pitcher delivers the ball properly ho will not strain his nt arm In time the twisting of the lie muscles muscle lay tay caUse them to bunin bunch ami and to lose their suppleness in an time lime I suppose sup- sup POT pose the th muscular mu cular power powei in the arm will deteriorate I have hav flo 10 o trouble to pitch speed I simply do not keep It up as I did What Whit should the th coming pit pitch pitch- pitcher h- h her er Cr know abot pitching that he h old pitcher did not know was ased Of ot Adams KNOW iNOW YOUR He Re should kno what the th old pitcher did kno know knoss was the reply That will be b enough I am not makIng th the reply In nn an boastful sense sens as an old pItcher but because e etho the tho old pitcher had a 0 far better botter knowledge ol ot o pitching than the I pitcher who ho sprang up In the th spit spit- spitball spitball ball era The pitcher with the th spit spit- spitball ball use as of ot the thO school of luck and 1 the th other oter of ot the th school chool of brains Wha Is la the is e LI gest thIng that pitchers pitcher need these das da to 10 make them gold god 2 vi si as s asked of ot Mar Mar- Marquard Marquard Control was WIlS the reply Every kid who starts tarts this ear ar or next year or the year thereafter should thereafter should j learn to control the th ball balI Every pitcher should learn l-irn how to curve curvo the tho th ball balI Batters arO are smart They Thy have base changed chanced their tactics tactic Thy They Th y swing hard Control doesn't mean I that you throw th the tho ball bal over oser 0 er th the J center orthe plit all of o tle tie th time Ume I It means mn that you throw It around the th corner corners of or the th here hr It Js s 3 like bait dangling In front of ot a trout trout It means insane that you never nver elvi give a I batter atter t n a ball baIl 0 over oser er the in plate plat at atthe ai the th height that he h like likes It It Youn Young pitchers pitcher ln In have haT It a mighty hard hardi row to hoe The cant can't can t hoe hoo ho It Without control That's That wita what tb veteran hi baseball think lb nn Of ot pitching as It 18 1 ne needed eded l In ass daito j to come coin |