The Washington herald., 1913-10-27
.RUBE NO MORE
POPULAR idol
Marquard's Star Has Set, and
Southpaw Is Slated to
Leave Giants.
MAY co TO THE BRAVES
Aetor-PIsyer Likely to Be Snapped
for Tyler, Says Veteran
Gotham Scribe.
MAY GO TO THE BRAVES
BY SAM CRANE,
New York Jmrnal Fx.eIt

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difference in the prospects. reputation
and standing of ball player.
\ II was only twelve months ago that
Rube Marquard had pretty near the cen-
ter OF the baseball stage, and his naIne
took up much space in big, broad letters
on head lines in the sporting pages Of
the newspapers.
| What he would do or would not do
was heralded broadcast, and there was
at that time terrible agitation for fear
that ne might adopt the "stoige" per-
manently and leave baseball hat.
| Immediately after the worlds series
OF 1872 was finished Rube and his present
wife started out on a vaudeville engage
ment that took in the country from East
to West. Rube had won two games in
/ the series between the Giants and Bo5-
ton Red Sox for the championship of the
universe. anl he had also during the ma
tionaI League season won nineteen
straight games. tieing the pitching record
Of consecutive wins.
| Local fans predicted all sorts Of dire
disaster for the Giants unless Rube
would deign to play again with the clan
McGraw.
Had n Good Press Agent.
Rube had a good press agent. who kept
the wires red hot telling about how
good and great n pitcher Marquard was
and how poor a manager McGraw was.
Fans got wild-eyed over the controversy
between the manager and the pitcher.
Both were in vaudeville and doubtless
both desired some benefit from the ad-
vertising they received-but il can be
said. and pertihently so, that Rube need
ed the advertising. while McGraw did
not. consequently Rube did all the sky
high flying.
When in March last year, the news
arrived that MarQuard had decided to
live up 20 his contract and play with
the Giants again. a sigh Of relief went
up from New York fans that sounded
like the blowing Of the wind that shoots.
scoots, and whistles around the FlatiroE
Euilding on n stormy day.
II was fondly imagined that the sue
cess of the Giants-their ability TO win
the National League pennant again-de-
pended entirely on MarQuard rejolning
| the team.
There was not few of the Giants
themselves who imagined the same thing,
and there was much rejoicing in the
Marlin training camp when the news was
received from Scout Dick Kinsella that
Rube had announced his intention Of
| coming back.
situation Reversed.
BIT neither the fortunes Of the Giants
| the New York club. the National League,
| nor the great national game appear to
hinge on what Marquard will do next
year. On the contrary, Rube 10 the one
who is on the anxious seat.
That 1t is the intention of McGraw to
trade Marquard to the Boston Nationals
| for Pitcher Tyler-also a southpaN
| twirler-is the general opinion.
Hints have been thrown out to that ef-
! feet, although the prospective deal has
not been authoritatively announced. But
1t is on tap nevertheless
And one short year has caused Mar
guard to lose the great prestige as an
invaluable pitcher.
There are some who think that II Mar
guard had Joined the Giants In Marlin
| and had the advantage to be gained By
the spring training that he would have
been the same winning pitcher he was in
1872
1 am one who Is Of that opinion.
He did not join the team until the
players were on their way North. Rube
and his wife met the club in Houston,
Tex, and he pitched very little on the
way home. He had to get into shape in
one-day stands. and, although he tried
hard and conscientiously to train. him.
| self, conditions and circumstances were
against him, and when the championship
season started he was far from being
in his true form. He might have thought
he was, but McGraw knew he was not
Never I'm Good Condition.
Marquard had no more chance to
duplicate his by-record of~I9l2 than i
had or the druggist from Orange. who
had been frequently taken-for me when
the drug dispenser is taking exercise
before games at the Polo Grounds.
1t was lack of spring training that
put Rube on the back trail. He imag-
ined he avs as good as he ever was.
He had the same confidence in himself
as when he was primed to the pitch
ing top notch. but he was. fooled. as
many athletes have been before him
He overestimated HIS ability, his
strength, and his stamina. He was not
| the same Rube who had won nineteen
straight.
The recent worlds series settled
Mafuard with McGraw. And have
the idea that II was his garrulous
writing about the worlds series games
that had as much TO do with McGraw's
decision to trade him as his poor show
ing in the box.
The trouble with the baseball writ
ers who dictate their stories is that
they fail TO duly appreciate how mere
words. dictated immediately after a
game. when they are sore at heart and
in spirit, will look in cold type.
There is no doubt that some of the
criticisms of his fellow-players that
appeared under his name cut soreIy.
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