The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-11

EXPECTED TO TAKE HILL
AGAINST BOSTON TODAY
Brooklyn Believes Star viii Be
Able to Make Up for Satur-
days Defeat,

Unless 'heney's splitter IL WORKING ln
perfect order this afternoon. Wllhcrt Rob.
insuu is expected to send Rube Maruu,rd
back to the mound against the Red SoN
lie believes that Marqunrd viii ho able
io atone Tor his defeat Of SATURDAY ana
come back against Boston with "A game
Hike the two he won from them ln 1912
N'r' often the success OF a hsil PLAYER
depends altogether upon the way he be-
handled by bosses Under the suhordlua-
ton ~ one type OF leader he viii be- a
Sur'"HS, under another Of different mold
D." may be- a fiat failure The care NJ
l'uhr Marquard, the temperameuth left
handler Is an excellent illustration
During the early part OF his career
with the Giants. Marquard showed moth
lng II looked for time ~ II tho cluh
had ioozl"d In paying ,ll 600 for him
And then Wllbcrt Robinson. the great.
ext HalNet In baseball took unto himself
the job Hs coach Of the Giant pitchers
Vanguard passed from the domination
Of McGraw to that of Robinson
And MHrquard. almost mira culou4l,. dc
Nclup.d into star McGruw's way Of
handling him hadn't helped lie needed
som" one lik" Robinson TO Etlncu hr
backbone with praise, someone tp tell
him aud keep telling hm-,hat he wur
the greatest pitcher ~ the league. lIs
temperament required Rohlnsous "salve
treatment, not Mc1raw's hulldozlnR
"Robby" Developed "Rube
IN 1910. 1911, 1912 and 1919. Mnruuard
with Robinson handling him became the
pitching sensation OF the league over
that sweep Of three ears he won seventy
three games out Of l0l for a grand aver
age Of over 700. He looked good for
nt least slA year, more As a shining star
I'm the big leagues
And then Robinson quit the Giants 10
manage the podgcrs-uud MHrquard be.
gan to flivv"r. He no longer had Rob.
insOu 10 jolly him moug, he was bach
again under the direct handling OF the
fierN McGruw Tho southpaw began 10
slip and slip and slip stil further
ln lSii, tn" FIRST year that Robinson
was away, Marquard lost twenty-five out
Of his thirty.four starts. He pitched
without The stcahlncss and the brillnnCy
ot the other Years. he seemed like an
athlete whose spirits had been broken
/ In 1915 his performance with the Giants
showed no Improvement And so, Me
Graw In disgust, asked for waivers upon
him, with the result that Rohinson--and
Robinson alone-put In "A claim Tor him
"Nohhy. you're getting H lemon II YOU
take HIM, advised McGraw
"Mcbbe so-aud mcbbe not" answered
the DOdser leader. ~ think Rube has q
lot OF good baseball In him yet-and thai
| can get II out Of him
Under Robinson "Rube" Returns
And 40 Ruhe Mhrquard passed back
again To the "bossng' uf the man who
had made him famous
Sow looka here. Rube. said Wilbert
/ when MRrquard reported I'm banking
ON you to show the folks that know q
/ pitcher when | see vue 40 one else
hut your Uncle Nilhcrt thinks YOU are
s,ill good enough to hc major Lacquer
go out and show en- that YOU are 81
. ana show EN- that ! wasn't q boob when
took YOU Get out there ana beat the
other guys to pulp You can do II
. sure You can
And Ruhr has been doing II That same
| left handler who was tagged 'al through
last year was one Of the real powers I'm
the Dodgers drive for the pcnnant he
never pitched better baseball than he has
this year He has come pRck-and with
rush