El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-02
RUDE MARQUiRD
IS 4 FIRST CLASS
BREAKER.
Great Brooklyn Southpaw
Has Made Many En-
viable Marks.
NINETEEN STRAIGHT
GAMES, ONE NOTCH

~ EW YORK Nov. The next
thing Eube 1Iarquard. maker
4 Of records. viii shoot FOR is the
-i-Lnning record of Jack Coombs. who
in 1906 won the longest major league
same ever played
Rube. however, could retire from
baseball tomorrow with more records
than any baseball pitcher ever
achieved In 1912 Rube tied Tim
beefe's old record by winning 10
straight. and fin 1914 he pitched the
longest National league game ever
fought up 20 that time. defeating
PittsburE in a -1-inniug contest
Recently Vanguard Eot into the
End inning OF the game played
between brooklyn and PittsburE
On Ebberts field in time 10 get
credit for winning the longest
tilt in the - years the National
league has been in existence.
Il is a strange coincidence that
Tittsburg should twice be the team
used TO establish a new National
league record and that AarIuard
should be the winning pitcher each
Fortunately aIar1uard was not
forced TO extend himself in the game.
is Rube has had tough times after
making his records. after Mar
guards winning streak was broken In
1919 he just dubbed around until the
end Of the season. being OF very little
use 10 the Giant team. He found him
SELF in the worlds series that 1aL.
Winning two Of the three games won
ny New York from the Red SoE In
1912.
Famous Tie Game OF lSs2-
After bIarQuard established a new
National league long distance record
in 1914 by beating PlrtshUrE on July
II. he did not win another same that
year
He lost 10 straight. He then start
cd the 1915 season ia blaze OF glory
by pitching nO-hit game over
Brooklyn. only 20 go TO pieces after
that il mid-sezSon he was released
TO Toronto. but Brooklyn saved the
player from the minors and for new
records
Long distance baseball has for
years been an Interesting topic
for 1he fan. For many years.
whenever long games were under
discussion. the last word WIS the
famous .0-fuuiuE tie game played
by the old Chicago White stock
fnEE und the Cincinnati Reds fu
1882 The game ended iH 10
draw
A freak feature of this game was
that at the start both hour Mullaue
Of the Reds and Ad Gum bert OF Chi
ca-o were hit most freely. each team
scoring seven runs in the first five
innings After that both men settled
down. and though there was no
change OF pitchers, there was 10 fur
lher scoring during the next 10 inn
iuEs.
That game was matched in Phila-
lelphia on August -, 1905. when the
Chicago Cubs beat the Phiuies in 20
innings by a score OF . 10 J. The
pitchers weEe Ed Reulbach, q husky 2
-oungster just out OF college and
Though Frank never carried a lot OF
weight he was reported 10 have lost
seven pounds while pitching this
game.
CoomBs' Greut Feat.
That game was considered quite Q .
hummer for the time being, but e .
had 10 take O back seat the fOIlowinE I
year, when the Athletics and Boston I
Red SOZ played what was the most .
remarkable game ever contested In F.
The big leagues. Two kid pitchers. .
Jack COMBS out Of college Just two 4
months and Harris, plucEed from the .
minors a brief time before the con-
est were the opposing pitchers In I
Ginning struggle
The game was played In Boston on I
September J. 1906. nd was supposed /
TO be the first game OF double
header That really IS the only way I.
long games are possible. In almost
every case where @ long contest has
been played the historical game was
he first OF q scheduled double-header-
TINKER LOOKS To MAJORS AGAIN.
Columbus, O., Nov. 1.-Rum0rs that
cannot be confirmed are that Joe
Tinker has tired or his American as
ISOLATION venture En- Columbus and
that he would dispose Of his interest Z
here If he could land @ position in the
major leagues as manager. Tinker has
found the political fights I'm the ass0-
cation not 20 his liking and sees no
nope for success in the association
until some peace is brought about