New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Eiuhteen Giants Now in Line Tor
Approaching Season.
MARQUARD HOLDING OFF
Story Goes That National League
Leader Last Season Wants
More Money.

Eighteen Of the Giants have now crosse"
the Rubicon and sent In their siGheu Vo''-
tracts. thereby expressing their Willingness
Ia Iinger with the New York club 1or an
other season Little Josh Devore' Mil'oH
STOCK Bert Maxwell and Tesreau were
tho oncg who jumped on the band wagon
YESTERDAY stock played shortStop y"
The tail end Fond du Lac CLUB OF tne
Wisconsin Illinois League, last season. ne
hated NJ the rate Of 2GS for 1l9 games
u,bue his fielding average wds 1891. Ies-
reau had good record with the TORONTO
club. Of the International League last year
winning fourteen and losing nine games
Te.reau was tried out by McGraw at Mar
lin Springs last spring and sent back to the
,,,inor. for more seasoning Those who
watched his work say that he stands sooo
,horco ~ sticking in fast company. Max
we'll was with the Giants during the latter
,,ort or last season. lie was one OF the
leading pItchcrs OF the Southern League
winning eighteen and losing seven games
with an average OF 72O. He played Wlth
the New Orleans and Birmingham cluDS
which finished the season with averages VI
.5g1 and 5jl, respectively.
The roster Of the Giants who have slghe"
now includes Mathewson. pevlln, Hartley
Murray. Becker and Devore, of the Ncler-
ans. and johnson, Jacobson, Munsell, fer-
roll Paulette Groh. Burns, Luby' bueS'
stock. Tesrcau and Maxwell, of the recruits.
The report was circulated yesterday that
"Ruhe" MarquaTd was hold-out' ana "ds
dissatisfied with the salary that McGraw
named for him. Joe OBrien, secretary oI
the club. said in regard TO the matter that
he had not received Marquard's contract as
vet. but there was plenty OF time. lie re-
fused 10 talk about the rumor but stated
thai there we're many Of the veterans VINO
had not signed.
r. would not be at all surprising II Mar
ouard S salary was not quite I'm to the marx
he expectcd as the leading pitcher OF the
National League. II must be remembered
that McGraw carried "Rube' along for sew
oral seasons. paying him a salary that the
nitchor did not begin 10 earn. Although il
is rretty certain that Marquard received an
increase this year, yet the circumstances
are different from those in the case OF
Alexander of the Philies, who made good
his first year At the same time Narquard
cost the Giants pretty penny, as the
,ohriouet Of the $1,000 beauty implies II
no can lWlli lllt Ntdll lllN' oiiNN''N'
series he will just about square accounts
Marty OToolc, the expensive piece oil
pitching bric-a-b brac purchased by the Pitts
burgh Pirates last summer, has signed tor
next season. 1t was the second contract
that Marty had received, the first one being
returned. as II was not entirely satisfactory.
OToole says that his arm is in fine condl-
tion now, and that he expects to make a
splendid record i'm the big league. The
young pitcher recently received letter
from Bill Kelly. his battery mate on the
81. Paul team, who also was bought by the
Pirates. Kelly states that the middle finger
Of his left hand is very stiff, and he docs
not think ne will be able 10 play next sea-
son but will go South with the Pirates
O'Toole will so South about March I, He
will stop of for a few DAYS at Shenandoah
" Va.