Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1914 — MAKE PEACH OUT OF LEMON? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAKE PEACH OUT OF LEMON?

Manager John McGraw Hopes to De* velop Pitcher Marty O’Toole into a Winning Slabman. Luther Burbank has done some won* derful things with flowers, trees, fruit and vegetables, but John J. McGraw has done one thing that Burbank never accomplished. John made a peach out_of a lemon. Having accomplished this fact once, McGraw will try it again. His first attempt was on Richard de Marquis. Shortly after Mr. McGraw got the wrynecked Frenchman he discovered that he had paid SII,OOO for a lemon. Me* Graw did not lose heart of patience, and after several seasons’ experiment* ing, McGraw made Richard de Marquis into a peach. As a peach Marquard set a modern record for consecutive victories, also led the National league pitchers. Pittsburgh, a few years back, paid $22,500, more or less, for Marty O’Toole, and Fred Clarke soon discovered that he had paid that much for a lemon. He tried to emulate McGraw, but O’Toole remained a lemon and became more of a lemon this year. So be decided to get rid of him. Certain that he could repeat in the case of O’Toole, McGraw bought the red-headed spitball hurler. In his first

attempt O'Toole showed signs of promise. He defeated Brooklyn 4to 3. Now McGraw thinks he can make O’Toole into a peach.

Pitcher Marty O'Toole.