Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-07

las, two starts. Two home runs by
Frank Baker stopped US in 1911. We
simply threw away the series with
the Red Sox last fall Matty should
have won three games and he didn't
win one
Now that is what you call getting
the worst of the breaks. AS a usual
thing luck just about balances i'm the
long run. We are overdue for a few
smiles from the PICKLE Dame" Per
onH" / do not care one straw
whether or not American League"
l.s prevails. We're Simply going to
trim those Athletics anyhow. l feel
j E mv bones -tr..tr.
]. like nothing better than 10 whip
them single handed And I think I
.nr.. fns- about do it. too. I always
Was pretty husky fellow. They talk
about Jack Coombs being an iron
man ] do not think he was ever a
BIT stronger or huskier than I am to-
day. Take IL fJm me, III be ready
I" ."@ '.e scratch any time McGraw
calls Tu"u me. I'm willing to pitch
.'. first four games if he asks me
The Athletics are going to bump
.N'" a far tougher proposition than
Fey encountered in 1911, I can tell
YOU We We're a lot Of green and in
experienced kids then. Matty was
ABOUT the only one whose nerve had
ever been subjected to a Worlds Sc
res test. Most Of our boys stood up
1o0Iy 10 their work. II was a far
closer series than many people mag
me- We looked bad in only one game.
the last
Admits He Was Ratified.
Now, do not know how the rest Of
'ae boys felt at that time. But | do
know that If anybody ever had buck
feVer his name was Marquard. l
scarcely knew whether was stand
ing m my head or my feet. To tell
you ne gospel truth I was so ratified
-oHldn.- get Chief Meyers signs. 7
T,IoSSeG nv old pal half a dozen times.
Just 70 tip YOU off TO what a good.
game sport Meyers is he finally in
sisted upon catching me without sig
Now. against the Red Sox last year
! was as cool as an Iceberg every
minute. VIII not deny that ! had
s s,- .lck in those games. Both
~.l'eS 7 was fortunate enough to be
sven bunch Of runs early in the
l4, ana ! never had to extend my
Ell with half the encouragement
.s .ese lines Mattv would have
,s5-'er+7 IN on the chin strap on all
".,e' starts. But that's not the point.
o. W.s1 to reassure well Wishers Of
me '.47tS that my days of nervous
are past and gone forever. do
INK that any one could accuse
.. 'elng gutter" though they
saw # about me when l was a
rmer Of the Giants. Now.
-. should have been nervous
..'.-' the Athletics I can not tell. I
IT,. NY the way I felt the first
.. ..-"7ed at the Polo Grounds
..r Won the sobriquet Of "elev-
na-dOllar lemon" II took
Years 20 shake the nervous
... . mat nightmare. The Phila-
~ 1Hisode, I am sure, was the
-"'er OF that sad affliction.
Can Beat Athletics.
zen ] say that I can beat the Ath-
mean it, 1t is no braggadocio,
gave them the battle of
.rr. '.89 n 1911, when I was blind
~.. -fF0uSness. Then a fiuke home
my undoing. I say fiuke. for
ME run that decides hard
game is nothing more than a
s- nSHre the percentage against
.-. - .aappening and you will get
s.... TIT of my talk. Certainly
.-a lace Mack's men with all the
aence in the world.
- the sky is above us we will
"- ". [ood this time if the boys hold
r..,r- headS.. We can't do 1t. Of
-a- that We showed against Boeto,
l think that experience taught
essen We are NOT likely Ia for
ne rest Of our lives. Here is why
d" SO confident: We have a far