Show I THE OLD AND THE NEW x ty Vr i Ce J v C L x ri 4 5 A FRED MARBERRY JOE D By DILLY niLLY IS E EVA S PHILADELPHIA July Jul Exit H-Exit Sl Fred Marberry as champion relief PI pitcher Enter Joe Pate of the Athletics as his Ils most logical successor Manager Stanley Harris of the tho i Washington n club has announced that Fred Marberry is to graduate from a mere mero finisher to a favored ored starter For nearly tw two sell seasons sons Marberry's Marberry's Marberry's rys ry's chief object In life as far 0 S as baseball Is c concerned was the say say- saying savIng ing of ot games for tor the Washington club When a pitcher faltered altered In Ina ina Iia a tight game ho he was invariably rushed t to the rescue Marberry's remarkable ability to t hold 1101 1 the In check In the th played a prominent part In the two pennants won by Washington Had Hall en n Injured arm not him out ut of ot the 1925 world Washington probably would have emerged the victor In the annual classic WINS ImST START ST The collapse of ot the tho veteran Washington pitching staff etaH this year ear bas hIlS convinced con Manager Harris Harrl that several of ot the od timers have lost the ability to t go 1 the route Tilt Ti even en waver too early carly In the game to use Marberry arberry to advantage as IlS re lIet lief pitcher H Realizing this Manager Harris has do decided to give Marberry D a DI I thorough chance to win himself D a ajob Job as a regular starter His HII first opportunity of the sea sea- son eon came romo July 5 f against the Boston Doston Red Sox He lie le w worked impressively and gained a D 3 2 van T-ln over ver the tho tall tall- tail I enders Curiously enough It was the first game Marberry has been permUted permitted to start since the world series aeries of t 1924 PITCHED IN IX i 53 si GAMES Last Lost season Mayberry Marberry pitched In parts arts of ot 55 65 contests but didn't didn work a full tull I I I II I relief relief relict p pitching li however I that enabled Manager Harris t la juggle Ills his veteran pitching staff t to ti the best advantage It If Marberry delivers as a regular It will mark the passing of one of o the greatest relief pitchers of ot all time E Even Een en as SA a regular Marber Marber- Marberry Marberry ry wh who Is a glutton for work York Is 1 01 nl- nl most certain to be called on In a pinch The toughest thing about start start- starting I In Ing a ball game gamo and then finishing I It t rather than working a few ew In- In In nines Is the difference In tho the way wa you must pitch says Marberry As a relief pitcher I 1 have ha made madea mada a practice of ot putting all my tuft stuff on every ball realizing I must hold t the opposition That kind of pitch pitch- Ing pitchIng would soon kilt kill off ort a starting starling pitcher I I am sure uro my hardest task wll be to readjust my style Joe Pate who ho Is doln doing a II br- br Marberry berr berry for or Connie Mack this year ear as relief relict I her boasts a II a most unusual un- un unusual un usual n r or l In Mho tho role o of chief chic r rescuer of ot the Athletics Pate has lias won eight games 1 S 'S for tor the Athletics and vrn saved SAud others Ho Ito has lias worked In parts o of 0 this year The Tho freak part ot of Pates Pate's record Is 1 I that lint he lie has lias appeared cpi In only 06 3 2 3 Innings and aud yet et In a Inca Inca- sure suns has lias been Ix-cn Indirectly mea mea-I I- I Ihie hie biC for 15 of oC the tho victories scored by the tho Athletics I Recently lie ho H In four sue sue- suc i hc e games It ns as r relief relict lir hurler and andIn In ears ca case cace c 1 to the ex- ex extent r tent lent o of saving the game enc for tor the he PATE Tr IS JS 1020 MODEL Now fow as to Joe J 00 Pate P te Connie Macks Mack's rather portly southpaw With the season halt over o 15 l victories scored by the tho Athletic Athletics can bt b credited largely to Paten Pate relic relief work I In In n tight eight ot of these gaines games he ha h been credited vests v the tho win III in seven se others he lie has hai held ca catho tho narrow w margin bequeathed hi hl when be he entered the tho game came Pate doesn't appear to nave have stuff on his ball but his fast on o has a little hop that makes the bat battees tees pop up his change of ot pace paco I clever nn an and his ha knuckle ball practically pra Neatly when ho gets I over i But Dut best of ot nil all Pate Pale has las ot of nerve Ho lie la Is what Is 18 known I baseball as c a m money ney pitcher do dc I log Ing In his best work ork when hen hen hard pressed The Athletics would have havo bee bei lost without Joe Joo Pato Pate this year If I Is the tho 1926 model of Fred Marber In tho the her hero role aa |