The chronicle=news., 1913-04-18
MARTYO' 'TOOLE'S
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According To one OF the Pittsburgh
experts who made tn. spring trip
with the Pirates. Marty O'yool. hia
made good. This writer. exporting
for his home paper. says the former
-. Paul huricr has done his share Of
winning for the Drcyfuss aggrcga-
tion and that lIarn"y WAS not ~
badly siunn ~ was n, f,rSt thought.
Following IL his opinion. written
while The team was at Hot Springs;
Barney DrcyIuss siunr'"
Marty C'Toolc loses Another
Game"
How often In l.i. did th.s.
words decorate sporting page In
big. black. hcad-icttcr type
How often iId the hugs say, "lust
H. | thought" These miiiion-ioilar
,tars never make good. % "O'Topl"'s
n bloomcr and iiurncy's stung, sting
cd. stang."' The average ian does
nj ana!yZc. superficial examination
Ia enough for him. Probably II II vol.
were taken In fandom til" majority
would decide that O'Touic failed 10
make good In 1871. aud this would
prov" :ic genus bug Il poor oiecrvcr,
Your hug seldom goes h"youd the
fact. II the home team lofcs. No
matter how well played tho game. II
is rotten II the team wins II IL y
great game.
Cold annlNsIg proves OT,o'c
made good. Manager 'iari.' aaI
Owner DrcyfHs of rl' iburgL ave
content. They would have liked to
see him dO better. but his 1871. work
speaks large FOR u great 1871: season.
~ toiory PLAYED - winning hand
againgt O'TCoi. last year. Had he
Joined the Pirates minas the blatant
publicity the chances ar" his record
would have formed the gTountlwork
Tor even the fans - build great
hcrcH upon FOR 1919:
Too much boosting proved u
Inock to O'Toolc. The efforts %
,-iibcs To ou,dn each other IL inud
ing ;hc younrstcr who cost so much
money. did him more harm than II
they had dipped their prUs IN vitriol.
The $22 check was til. blow
that killed O'Tooic. Marty WA
press ACCENTED Ia death. Oniy u pitch
Ing average OF 900 would have sat
iJficd the fnns-ani they probablg
would have rrOwlcd IL every game
~ar not = shutout.
Secretary 'chn licvd.g. - in,:
mad" two tables Of National league
pitchcrs. Ono showed games won and
iot. Tho other the runs pcr game for
which each pitcher was responsible.
In the firs, lis, O'Toolc stood twenty
seventh. having won Z, and los, 1.
games. In the second he rankcr oi-
cycnth. ahead OF Camnitz. Alexander
Cheney. Adams. Suags. Richie. Law
cn,I"r. Moore. Hrulbach. Brennan.
pcrduc aud Harmon.
C'ToOlc's opponents mad" iinI
runs. bu, in Hcydlcr's list he is re-
sponsihlc for but 81. AN average Of
~: per game. lie WAS hit 1871 times
walked 1.a baitcrs and famed $50.
made two wild pitches aud hit two
battcr.'.
Over anxiety To make good. be-
'aus, of the prcss-agcnting and tn"
high price he brought. bomc-hcad
base running by Pittsburgh, lack OF
timely hitting and tho fact thatI
every club saved its stars to pitch
against him-thcse things initiated
arains, O'Toolc.
10 lilusfIaI'. JulN -" 'IlpDNtI
Lavender. and for ~ innings not u
run scored. Pittsburgh made six hits
:ho Cubs five. In The twelfth
Schultz hit u fly over Donliu's head.
The ball rolled through n gate. open
ed for the first time since Forbes
Field was built and Schultz scored.
June II. O'Toolc opposed Mar
"uard and lost : to !. in II ininrs.
Pittsburgh outhit New York two to
one. O'Toolc contributed to two
doubles aud n single. The papers dc
clarcd "hOnc-hcndcd' base rlnning
defeated C'Toolc.
July 10 Maruuard again beat him,
: TO T. New York made four hits,
ten. The winning run
was questionable, aud the game was
protested without avail.
Records show O'Tuolc pitched |
splcndidly. lie should have won so
per cent of his games. Ills support |
cftcn lurid. there was little hitting |,
behind him and he constantly faced
the pitching class OF the league.
Clarke was criticized for using |
O'Toolc against stars like Mathew
son. Marquard, Chepcy and I.aycn-
der. but Mariy's work satisfied the
that. with little hitting
and the thought of that s22.JDV
check dimmcd by time, Pittsburgh |
Will have one of the samcst. great
rst pitchers in OToolc this season.
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