The Washington times., 1913-01-26
GIANTS FIXED FOR
PITCHERS EVEN IF
NARQUARD QUITS
WiItse, Ames, and CrandaIL,
With Tesreau and Matty,
Will Still Be Able to Win.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Eyen should
Marquard make good his threat to stay
out of baseball this season. the Giants
should be well fixed as far as pitchers
are concerned. There is hardly doubt
that Tesreau will improve upon his last
years record. and the ability of the big
fellow to do almost an unlimited
amount of work will make him the
backbone of the staff. Matty can always
be depended upon to win his share and
more of the battles. Crandall, Wiltse
and Ames are the other veterans of the
staff and they are all twirlers above the
average
The Giants won I03 games last season.
This number of victories is practically
sure to win a pennant in any season. OF
these ninety-nine were won by six pitch
ers. Marquard won 26, Mathewson, q;
Tesreau, IL: Crandall, 13: Ames, II, and
Wiltse, 9. Subtracting Marquard's vic
tories, the other veterans won 73 games.
From a closer look at the figures we
may Judge what the Giants might be
expected 10 do minus the services of the
Rube Marquard and Matty each pitch
ed in forty-three games, but Mathewson
completed twenty-seyen games to the
Rube's twenty-five. Moreover, where
the opposing team made an average of
2.12 runs per game from the delivery of
Big Six, they secured an average of 2.5S
per game from the offerings Of Mar
guard.
Matty Won All.
On one Western trip where the
Giants slumped badly. Matty won
practically all of the gaines that were
wen and kept his club from utter
rout. In other words. Mathewson and
not Marquard was the most valua BILE
pitcher the Giants had last season,
Miserable support behind him was re-
sponsible for at least a third of the
defeats with which he IS charged.
In the ordinary course of events
Matty may be expected to win TWEEN
ty-ive games this year Tesreau
got a late start last year. He was
only in thirty-six games and only
twirlcd twenty complete contests. I'D
Walsh of the White SoX appeared in
siXty-two contests last season There
is no doubt that this number of bat
ties IS too great strain on any pitch
er, but Tesreau, who Is something
the same sort of a twirler, is very apt
TO get into fifty games during the
coming season. He will probably
pitch ct least thirty-ive complete e
games and should end the year with
twenty-five or more victories.
Crandall Was Ill.
CrandaIl was i'll almost continually
last year. but this season with any sort
of luck he will probably win in the
vicinity Of twenty games. Wiltse was
another pitcher who suffered from Ill
health. After getting off 10 a fine start,
he was III and never fully recovered his
strength. This season Hooks should no,
content himself with less than a dozen
Victories. Ames Is an uncertain pitcher
but he, too. should win his dozen
games. II the five veterans of the team
lived up to this schedule. which Is OF
course based on the circumstances and
performances of last year, they would
nish the season with a total OF ninety
four victories.
IL appears almost inconceivable that
McGraw should not be able to secure al
least two fair twirlers out of such ma
terial as Demaree. Bader. Kirby, Gou-
lait, Schupp, Perryman. Smith and
Robertson. If these young twirlers
among them can win nine games II
would bring the Giants total of VIC
tories up TO their last years figures
and win them the pennant. They would
naturally be stronger with Marquard
but his LOGS is by no means fatal to
their chances for the flag.