Doings in the Sport World: Rube Marquard
Baseball notes cover Rube Marquard and recent activities in the sport world. The column highlights his career, notable performances, and the current landscape of professional baseball.
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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1910
Page
6
Baseball notes cover Rube Marquard and recent activities in the sport world. The column highlights his career, notable performances, and the current landscape of professional baseball.
Giants claim Marquard has taken control of the ball and could become the National League sensation this season. The bulky pitcher has lacked control the past two years but with McGraw’s training he is reported to possess steam and curve potential.
Articles discuss a $50,000 South American stake race for all ages on a mile and seven furlongs with geldings ineligible, entries closing August 6, and payouts totaling $42.04 to the winner, $5,000 to second, $2,500 to third. Additional items cover Nancy Hanks statues, naval pitching guns, Tommy Ryan's return, and shifting servant demand in the past decades.
In Athens an ancient olive tree reputed to be where Plato taught his pupils may support the tradition with age. The tree, over twenty three feet in diameter, bore fruit after years of barrenness and became a tourist draw. The owner sent cured olives to European sovereigns as gifts.
A humorous exchange reveals Price Hill wooing Grandin Road for his daughter. The suitor boasts a chicken form yielding over three dozen eggs daily as proof of wealth, prompting Grandin Road to concede and marry the daughter, declaring the suitor a millionaire.
A mixed batch of humorous vignettes unfolds with a back platform talk on a comet’s behavior and its imagined effects on city blocks, plus taunts about travel, chairs, and English titles. The Times also anecdotally recaps Washington Duke’s abroad tale and a string of light, witty quips from various papers.
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