The Detroit times., 1913-04-02

HOE SPRINGS, Ark, April q
Barney Dreyfuss Stung,"
Marty o'Toole Loses Another
Game"
How often in 1872 did these words
decorate sporting pages lin big. black
head-letter type?
How often did the fans says. Just
as thought"
These Mathematician stars never
make good
ORIOLES a bloomer and Barney s
stung. stinged. stang
The average fan doesn't analyze.
Superficial examination is enough for
him Probably II a vote were taken
In tandom. the majority would decide
that O'Toole failed TO make good" In
1912. and this would prove the genus
fan poor observer.
Your fan seldom goes beyond the
fact. II the home team loses, no mat
ter how we'll played the game, IL is
rotten" II the team wins IL is a
great game"
Cold analysis proves O'Toole made
good. Manager Clarke and Owner
Dreyfuss OF Pittsburgh are content
They would have liked TO see him do
better. but his 1912 work speaks large
for great 1918 season
Sy Cology played a winning hand
against O'Toole last year Had he
Joined the Pirates minus the blatant
publicity, the chances are his record
would have formed the ground work
for even the fans TO build great hopes
upon for 1913
Too much boosting proved knock
10 O'Toole. The efforts of scribes TO
Guido each other in lauding the young
ster. who cost so much money. did
him more harm than " they had
dipped their pens in vitriol That .S22. :
500 check Was the blow that killed
O'Toole. Marty was press-agented 10
death. Only pitching average or
1000 would have satisfied the fans
and probably they would have growled
II every game was not a shut out.
Secretary John Heydler in 1912
made two tables of National league
pitchers. One showed games won and
lost The other the runs per game
for which each pitcher was RESPONSE
BILE In the first list O'Toole stood
| twenty -seventh. having won 10 and
lost Il games In the second he
ranked eleventh. ahead OF Camnitz,
Alexander. Cheney, Adams. Susgs,
Richie, Lavender Moore. Ruelbach,
Brennan. Perdue and Harmon.
ORIOLES opponents made 10 runs,
but In Heydler's list he is responsible
| for but S3, an average OF 2.72 per
game He was hit >37 times. walked
80 batters and famed 150 made two
wild pitches and hit two batters.
Over-anxiety TO make good. be-
cause OF the press-agenting and the
high price he brought: bone-headeo
base running By Pittsburgh lack OF
timely hitting and the fact that every
club saved its stars TO pitch against
him-these things initiated against
O'Toole.
To illustrate: On July he opposed
Lavender and for II innings not q ruin
scored. Pittsburgh made six hits. the
Cubs Ave. In the twelfth. Schultz hit
fly over Donlin's head. The ball
rolled through a gate. opened for the
first time since Forbes field was built,
and Schultz scored.
June II O'Toole opposed Marquard
and lost 81 in III innings. Pitts
burgh outhit New York two to one,
O'Toole contributing two doubles ana
single. The papers declared bone
headed base running defeated OToole.
July 10 Marquard again beat him,
81. New York made four hits, Pitts
burgh TO- The winning run was ques-
tionable and the game was protested
without avail.
Records show O'Toole pitched
splendidly. He should have won ~
per cent Of his games. His support
was often lurid. there was little nit
ting behind him and he constantly
faced the pitching class OF the league.
Clarke was criticized for using
O'Toole against stars like Mathewson,
Marquard, Cheney and Lavender, but
Martyrs work satisfied the manager
that, with a little hitting and the
thought OF that $22,500' check dim
med by time, Pittsburgh will have one
OF the games greatest pitchers In
OToole this season.