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Show O'TOOLE DUE FOR BEST YEAR, SAYS CLARKE H Pittsburg, April 5. According to Manager Fred Clarke of the local National Na-tional league aggregation the fact that he believes Marty O'Toole, the "$22,-000 "$22,-000 beauty" of his pitTning staff will prove this season that he Is worth the enormous sum paid to St Paul for his release. Is one of his strongest reasons for predicting that the Plratej will wrest the National league chara plonship from the Giants this season. Although he has not Nen dubbed a "lemon " by the fans. Marty's performances perform-ances since he Joined the Smoky City aggregation have been little short of disappointing. The unusually large purchase price drawn by Marty and the wide advance advertisement he received paved a hard big league road for him to travel He could not have satisfied the expectations of the fans unless he equalled the performances of Mathewson, Walsh and Johnson rolled Into one Up to the present Hwf time O'Toole has failed to accomplish Win? more than any big league pitchers of HNv average ability would do with a win- IBfa. nlng team behind him. He is atill on Ef&" the lower side of the scales in the !&-'- eye6 of fandom. but Fred Clarke saya HftV that the budding season will uncover Hk the brick topped twlrler in his true form, a second Rube Marquard. iHgjpj |