The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-19

The baseball world will know before long whether the New York Giants, in investing $ll.00O in an untried pitcher like Ruoe MarQuard. of Indianapolis. got value for the money or were vic- timized by ". H. Watkins, of the Hoo sIer club. According to the bulletins from Marlin Springs. where the Giants are training. McGraw is giving more time to Marquard than to any other man on his squad. Beyond doubt, if the big southpaw is in condition when the season comes round-and no stone will be left unturned to that end-he win bs chucked into the thick of 1t right away from the start.
 If Marquard makes good and Ray mond keeps straight, the Giants will l be a mighty dangerous proposition for the Cubs during 1909. as anyone must concede in view of the closeness of the | race last year.
 Marking back to Marquard. it Is in- teresting to note that more reports and of more diversified nature are correct regading the big fellow, than have been in evidence regarding any ball player of his era.
 He is wonder. he Is a dub.
 He's game as the proverbial pebble; 1 he's a yellow Quitt6r.
 He Is the possessor of the greatest curve ball seen since Rube Waddell was in his prime; he hasn't got a thing and was able to make rather remark able record for a few weeks In the assocition only on account of the weakness of that league when facing
 He IS 8 youngster who needs only experience 10 perfect his ielding he Is constitutionally unable to held. be. ing blind in one eye.
 He is bright youn~ fellow and does what he Is told; he is 6 bonehead of the thirty third degree and will never help his side except in the hurling de- partment exclusively.
 In this connection the opinion of Charlie Carr. the man who brought mi cured and taught him all he knows be that much or uttle-is of no small
 Carr predicts that if Marquard is worked often enough he will do as we'll for the Giants as he did for the Hoosiers.
 old. He's a physical freak, being nc less than six feet four inches in height and growing yet. His mind Is as brigh, asa' is possbe that Rs dously rapid physical precocity may have retarded him a little In parallel , development mentally. Eventually heI S soms cut all right His eyes are both Carr still regrets that Detroit didnt pay the money and get the pitcher
 Conceding that, in all probability, nC 0big league aggregation ever got in two Successive years, two players as goOC as Summers and Bush from any on' ; minor league club Carr thinks Mar
 
 ' admits the genarally accepted rumo admits the genarally accepted rumo
 that Watkins advised Navin to sta! : off Watkins and Carr simply did no agree on the proposition that was all s The Hoosier president maintained tha l no untried ball player was worth tha , much money to the purchaser. Car
 argued on the other Side and Charli P has always been a mighty good frien, ' to the Tigers.
 Q that nSf frof { few MarQuardiSms.
 [ Indianapolis was playing at Toled E and was winning all the way till tn i night. when the Mudhens, all of a. sud
 den, batted round two runs and tiei 1 the score with nobody out and tn s bases full.
 : Briggs, his pitcher. and held a confer s "'Ruttons,' said he. "do you thinl t you can stop 'em here?'
 it looks as if they had started ,hittln a everything I've got. I'm perfectly will c ing to keep trying. trough" 2 something WsIf tm off sUif said Carr. .H try to p0 n Marquard had been warming u [ over in a distant corner of I the field an g ference and interpreted his meaning E Before Carr had had a chance to beck = on him in, he came strtding across tn o field, for all the world like Roma e Ownie Bush trotted out Go meet hin
 effervescing like a glass of soda
 Now you great, big stin, here's
 chance for you to show whether your d yellow or not" vouchsafrd the littl - pepperbox In a sort of whispered yell l. 'Its my opinion they've been right q - the time Just hand Barbeau a bas n on balls now and so help me. I'll get
 bat and break every bone in your nc Is account carcass!'
 .r Ruhe looked down from his slx-foo
 four to Bush's hve-feet-two. and sal
 he'd show 'em. Carr met him at n
 slab and handed him the ball,
 What are you going to dor' aslSe
 the manager.
 I'm going to make 'em hit 1t c
 the ground fo you fellows" replied tf
 southDaw. ''You'il get 'em at tho plate