The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-05
MARQUARD IS THE
REAL GOODS NOW
Marvellous Twirling by $4,000
Lemon Is Astonishing
the Fans

the Fans
(By w. 8. Narnsworth.)
New York, Sept 5.-John Nc
Graw's confidence In Rnbe Marquard
has finally brought forth, results.
For two years the fans panned the
shrewd little leader Of the Giants to
q crisp for hanging on to the, arrac-
TIC twirler, but he realized that in
time Marquard would develop into a
high class boxman. And right now
this same pitcher Is the sensation of
the big leagues.
II the Giants win the pennant this
season. 1t will be because Of Mar
guards grand work. When Mathew
son suffered his slump fandom the
country owe figured the Giants out
OF the race. but It was right here that
Marquard stepped In and by some
marvellous heaving held the team
r1gnt up near the top. and now that
the peerless Matty is back in form
ana Marquard still travelling like a
house afire New York has a corking
cnance to cop the g%onfalon.
Inere was never any doubt in re-
gar to Marquard having the. stuff"
!here never was q hurler who could
do more with the pellet. But his as
sortment was spoiled through his
Witness. He could not locate the
plate M time and again he went
up" Still McGraw refused to listen
to the talk that Marquard should be
traded or released outright.
McGraw saw that Maruuard could
again control by practice and for two
seasons he made the tall. blonde
na1red boy report at the grounds in
the morning and do nothing but
pitching across the plate. McGraw
would do the ohiciating himself and.
when he wasn't able to devote all his
time to Marquard he would assign
Captain Larry Doyle to the lob.
Winter in Gym.
And during the last winter Mar
guard spent all his time in a evm-
nasium ~perfecting his control. When
me Giants went down to Texas for
tneir spring training last February.
'Marquard went with the first bnnch
from New York. McGraw Joined him
v days later and the first time he
saw Rube work he marvelled at the
iact that the HEAVIER had perfect con
troll of the ball, and it didn't matter
now much STUFF" he put on II either
Some people cured that Marouard
didn't possess the gameness to make
him a big league twirler and that on
tnis account he always assembled. But
.hat was not so. Rube feared no
Team In the league. but simply lacked
tnat one essential thing which every
pitcher must have to remain In fast
company.
A newspaper man really deserves
tne credit for bringing Vanguard to
the front. Henry P. Edwards. base
Dali expert Of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. saw the big fellow pitching
'for an amateur team on the outskirts
OF Cleveland one day and after the
game induced him to pitch for the
Cleveland Wheel club, which played
on Saturdays and holidays.
Marquard acquired tame in Man.
Vile by banking the Salem. Ohio.
semi-professional aggregation in a
rafting 13-innfng game. That win
ter Edwards recommended him to the
Lancaster club. Rube did we'll in ex-
hibition games prior to the opening
OF he season, but the manager Of
the team depended upon his older
pitchers when the season started.
When the season was about fen
days old and with the game z to 1
against the Lancaster team. Mar
guard was sent to the mound to show
wnat ne had. Nine runs were scored
on MIN and that night be was re-
leased. But an hour after the club
had given him the "move-on" sign the
Waterloo club Of the. Iowa league
heard that Marquard could be deyel-
oped and wired the manager of the
Lancaster club asking what price
they wanted for the pitcher, and also
whether Marquard would be willing
to Join the Waterloo team.
Lancaster at once tried to resign
RUDE In hopes Of getting the purchase
money, but RUDE gave them the laugh
and sold himself to Waterloo. He
9 q lame arm, however, as a result
OF pitching on cold and windy days
and Waterloo was finally forced to
let him go. He went back to Cleve-
OoOAA p4VS%10U amateur Dali.
His work was so sensational that the
Cleveland fans advised the club to
sign him. And Rube himself even
begged Charley somers to give him
q chance. Finally somers offered
him q contract that didn't call for
much mort than bread and butter
money and RUDE was about to affix
his John Hancock to 1t when he was
tipped of that he would be immedi-
ately farmed to the Toledo club.
RUDE then wirede Charley Carr. at
that time manager Of the indianapolis
club. that Toledo was after him and
asked Carr to offer him a Job. Sat-
isfactory terms we're made and Rube
went to the Hossier City, but was
turned over to the Canton team
Of the Central league.
He was q tremendous hit in the cir
cult, and led the pitchers in shutouts
and %strikeOutS. The Cleveland clnh