New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08
Baseball Lures MarQuard
Back from FOOtHghtS
Rube to Report at Marlin on
March 20 and Train on
the Way North.
GIANTS OFF ON A JAUNT
Meyers, Crandall and Shafer
Left Behind with Recruits
-Schupp Battles
Regulars.

From staff Correspondent Of The Tribune
Marlin. Tex. March 7-"Rube" Mar
guard. the actor southpaw. will report for
practice on March 20. according to the
announcement made here to-day by John
]. McGraw Through the instrumentality
Of a mutual friend the relations between
the manager and the recalcitrant pitcher
have once more become amicable. and tho
| famous twirler informed the little Napo-
! leon to-day that he would be ready for
duty when his vaudeville ENGAGEMENTS
ended.
Although many reports have been pub
! lished to the contrary. McGraw has never
lost patience with his star left-handcr
feeling that "Rube' had been mislcd. The
New York manager has frequently stated
that he believed Marquard would come
around all right before the season opened.
| and the word received from the pitcher
| to-day bore out this contention.
Az the Giants leave here on March %.
the brilliant handler Will not have
much Of an opportunity TO get into condi-
| ton. and the leader Of the Giants de-
| clares that he does not expect that
| "Rube" will be ready TO pitch when the
season begins. as II takes long time for
| him to round into form.
Marquard will have the advantage OF a
workout on the way home through Mo
| bile. birmingham and Washington. with
morning practice every day the team ~
not travelling. The race will be several
weeks old before he will be ready to enter
the box. but there is reason to believe that
he will be just as effective as ever once
| he hits his stride.
Marquard IL the last Of tho players to
come into line and his return makes the
Giants strong pennant possibilities once
| more. His absence would have hurt the
team considerably. With Tesreau primed
for the opening this year and Wiltse.
Matty and Ames conditioned for an early
start. he will not be needed so badly early
| In the campaign.
The Giants will hit the trail tonight
| for a series Of three games, two In Dallas
and one with the Houston team In Corsi-
cana, returning here on Tuesday morning.
All OF the youngsters will be left behind
with the exception Of Burns and Jim
Thorpe. who will be taken along more as
a drawing card than because OF his ability
as player
| Meyers who is out Of the game with
sore finger, and Crandall. who Is not ready
| 60 hos ulll ha al
daily with the Marlin Springs. Shafer
too. has been elected to stay behind
Larry Doyle's injured thumb took a sud
den and unexpected turn for the better
to-day so he will be able to stock up with
the excellent provender In Dallas Matty,
Ames. Wiltse and Tesreau Will do the
pitching and Wilson and Hartley the
catching. while the other positions VIII
be held down by Merkle, Doyle. HerZog,
Fletcher, Groh Burns Devore and Thorpe.
| IL was cold and cloudy here to-day with
| a sprinkle OF rain in the afternoon, go
that the work was light. Only little
batting practice was held I'm the morning,
| while I'm the afternoon a game was played
between the first and second teams. the
regulars winning by score OF to 2 In
| six innings
Burns played left field and Thorpe
centre field for the regulars. Murray go
| ing into left for the second team. The
| lineup Of the first team was otherwise
intact. Devore covering right field instead
Of left.
Schupp. the young southpaw, bafiled the
regulars for the first three innings. al
| lowing only two hits, one OF which was
triple by Merkle to left field. which
Murray might have caught had he wanted
| To exert himself This hit led up to the
| only run counted off the left handler. who
struck out Jim Thorpe and Charlie Herzog
and showed excellent control by giving
only one pass
| Kirby twrlcd the last three innings.
and was touched up for triple and a
single In the fifth. netting one run. while
fast base running by Burns and Thorpe
| added another in the sixth Burns beat
out an infield hit and reached third while
Jim was sprinting to first on bunt to
Herzog. The Indian was safe by a mile.
Jim stole second. but was trapped off the
bag later. forcing Burns TO leave the far
station and get put out Thorpe counted