The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-27
new YORK FIXED
E0 R PITCHED
Loss of Marquard by No Means
Fatal. to Giants Chance
for Pennant.

New York. January 25.--Even should
Marquard make good his threat 10 stay
out of baseball this season the Giants
should be well feed 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 viii make him the
backbone Of the staff Matty can al
ways be depended upon TO win his share
and more Of the battles. Crandall.
Wiitse, and Ames are the other veterans
of the stan. and they are all tvirlers
above the average.
The Giants won l03 games last season.
This number of victories is practically
sure 70 win a pennant in any season.
OF these ninety nine were won by six
pitchers. Marquard won 26. Mathewson.
%: Tesreau, II; Crandall. IS Ames. II
and Wiltse. 9. Subtracting Marquard 8
victories, the other veterans won seven
ty-three 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. Tarquard and Matty each
pitched in forty-three games, but
Mathewson completed twentyseven
games 70 the RUbe's twenty-five.
Moreover. where the opposing team
made an average OF 2.l2 runs per game
from the delivery OF Big Six. they
secured an average OF 2-5s per game
from the offerings of Marquard.
Matty Won All.
On one Western trip where the Giants
siurnpe BADLY. Matty won practically
all of the games that we're won and
kept his club from utter rout. In
other words. Mathewson and not
Marouard was the most valuable
pitcher the Giants had last season.
Miserable support behind him was re-
sponsible for at least third of the
defeats With which he is charged
In the ordinary course OF events
Mat:y may be expected TO win TWEEN
4 ty-hve games this year. Tesreau got
a late start last year He was only
/ IN thirty-six games and only twirled
twenty complete contests. Id W aish,
| Of the White SoZ, appeared in sixty
! two contests last season There is 10
doubt that this number of BATTLES is
too great a strain on any pitcher, 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 at least thirty
| FIVE complete games and should END
the year with twenty-five or more
victories.
(randaH was III.
Crandall 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 III
health. After getting of to fine start,
he was i'll and never fully recovered his
strength. This season Hooks should not
content himself with less than dozen
victories Ames is an uncertain pitcher,
/ but he, too. should win his dozen games.
II the FIVE veterans Of the team lived
iup 10 this schedule, which is. OF course.
based on the circumstances and per
! formancee of last year, they would
! finish the season with total of ninety
/ four victories
/ IL appears almost inconceivaole that
/ McGraw should not be able to secure at
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 I'D to their last years figures ana
win them the pennant. They would
naturally be stronger with Marquard
l but his loss is by no means fatal to
{ their chances. for the flag