The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-17
CHIEF" MEYERS
EXPLAINS DEFEAT
Marquard Gave Baker Wrong
Kind of Ball in Sixth,
He Says
THINKS RUDE CAN
WIN THE NEXT TIME
Catcher of Giants Confident
Team Can Come Back
and Win Series from
Athletics


thing that Is going TO win for US. In
the coming games. the baseball cham.
pionship OF the world.
The wallop.
The team which has that-though
! don't need TO tell any one such u
plain facts bound to win. And to-
oay. by a. break Of the luck their way
the Athletics had 1t.
Everybody knows, OF course, that
the game was broken up in that fatal
sixth inning by Frank Bakers home
Eddie Collins had reached second on
a double. Perhaps everyone wonders
just how that came about probably
know better than any one else. being
closest to the play. This Is how II
happened:
There were two out when Collins
came up. RUDE Vanguard was work
ing along as well ~ ne ever did II,
his life. He had been little bit ner-
sous IN the first inning, but he had
settled down. We were both begin
ming to feel pretty confident. and es-
pecially as we had tied them up in the
second and 1t was l to /. We weren't
a bit nervous when Eddie Collins
slammed an outcurve to left and 80,
on second.
Fooled Him Twice.
Rube fed Baker, q left-hander, with
a vide outcurve first. That fooled
him, He tried to reach 1t and
couldn't. Then the big fellow gave
looked as though II would be a bad
one, bur broke right over the center
OF the plate. There was only the
third strike to stick over and We
would be on easy street.
MafuuArd tried 4 ra4t. straight one,
close inside. We know now-to our
sorrow--that just such a ball is ex-
actly what Frank Baker would call
for II he were given his choice OF a
hundred different sorts. / watched
him swing back. then Tunge forward,
and with the crack OF the bat knew
that something was coming of. 4
looked out TO right and saw the bali
going higher and higher against ths
back ground OF those browngtone
houses on Twentieth street 1t must
have cleared the fence by ten feet,
Then Eddie and Franz came lopins
across the plate. grinning from ear
to ear.
Had Ruhes pitch been another
curve or had the fast one gone out
aide the plate instead OF inside. I be-
lieve Baker would have struck out. or
a. least sent weak one toward left.
but when pitcher liz working against
strange batter, not knowing what
ne hkes. what can he do but take A
chance with anything ne has in stock :
MarQuard Great Pitcher.
Kube MArQuArd is a great pitcher.
and am sure our supporters viii
aeree with me that he was outlucked,
ne Will come back and beat these
IeIIo~s II ne II sent into the box
In the club house after the rama
ana here IN the hotel. anybody who
saw the Giants could tell We wars
net bit worried about the Anal re-
SUIT. We were disappointed. OF
course. but We all still feel that we
nave II on the Athletics, although
they certainly are a great bail team
And. knowing them now. / want 10
say that they're fine. clean, gen
tiemanly lot Of boys, too.
Just wait till Tomorrow afternoon
at the good old Polo Grounds.
right here l would like to make
Z suseostlon to the New York fans,
Iney might take Lesson in the art
OF roofing from their brothers over
here in. the Quaker city. / never
heard such a racket in my life an
the Philadelphia fans made to-day.
Tney had horns. strings of sleigh
bells. rattlss, tin pans and ali sorts
OF noise making things. And they
Kept yelling to their boys. cheering
even the easy plays, and hurrahtnr
every time Eddie Plank put over q
strike on VI. That sort of thing
helps to win ball games
Last Saturday at the Polo Grounds
there was plenty Of cheering when
We rot into the lead. but before that
the crowd was almost silent. There
ought to be roofing all the time. We
iesi this way, II there are 30. 900 or
1900 people pulling for US. they're
gang to s'laft " over The roofing
was considerably responsible for the
Athletics being lifted over to-day,
Outside Of that fatal sixth inning
to.dAy's 9Aine Vas not very interest
Int. It Just drifted along in : dun
sort Of fashion until the break came
ana after that Il settled down arain
70 pratty quiet s)fair. There was
no striking inside" ball played. Il
was = straight away game.
This flrDt rpn In the opening in
ming was not Earned. Lord, the iirst
man up. rot = pretty double ana
WAS sscrihcAd to third In great style
by Ruos Oidrins. Then Aasquard,
who was . little nervous. cut loAse
ono that went wide Of me and Lord
Our run in the second came
through Charley Hersog'N nice double
to deep center ana Q single that I
was lucky enough to ret.
Eddie Plank pitched . corkinx good
game. Any man who can fan little
Josh Dev0re four times In q row.
I'll take my cap on to. That port
side cross-flre OF Plank's IL q mighty
hard thing for left handed hitter
to ret to.
MArQuard did mighty well, too. /
want al our followers to have Just
~ much confidence in him, In the
future, ~ will hare. He's good
4, 60 back again tomorrow. IL he's
needed, ana stand Mr.. Home Run
baker on hin head. He was taken
out OF the box to-day solely 70 let
Crandall, batter hitter. bat. Rube
viii help to win this and other cham
riOnshipa for the Giants.
I predict that tomorrow afternoon
wall ssnd home from the Polo
Grounds happy biz crowd. no mat
ter who pitches for IN 6r for them,
W. can boat Bender again Il they
work him, Or we'll beAt CooNahs.
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