Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — PIRATE PITCHER IS WELL THOUGHT OF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PIRATE PITCHER IS WELL THOUGHT OF

Joe Tinker, captain of the Chicago Cubs, is quoted as saying of Marty O’Toole, the high-priced pitcher of :he Pittsburg Pirates: “O’Toole Is the best pitcher I have seen in years. He will certainly make good. I believe that free swingers, like Schulte7 Mitchell and others of that class, will have unlimited trouble in making base hits off his delivery. The only man who looks to me to have a chance to hit him safely is the one

who chokes his bat and chops at the ball. Marty’s shoots have such a sharp break that the man who starts a fre§ swing is likely to find his bat going inches under or over the ball as it crosses the plate. O’Toole throws his spitball with the same motion he uses for his straight pitch, and there is no way of telling what he is handing you. He makes the bluff of spitting on the ball every time, and this also fools the batter.”

Marty O’Toole, Pittsburg’s Star Twirler.