The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
MARQUARD.
The Rube Uses the Word Often
Telling of Yesterdays Game.
.'If They Had Started Me at the
Beginning"
nv Richard Marouard.)

Philadelphia, Oct. 11-If McGraw
had started me. I'd have trimmed the
Athletics yesterday. Nothing to 1t. L
faded this Baker, striking him out on
fast one outside. 1 made couple OF
mistakes in the four innings l worked
and they made two runs off me, but
they would not have scored any more
in nine innings I was right. L had
the stuff and 1 knew the batters
That's where Demaree fell down. No
manager can tell a pitcher how to
pitch. McGraw went over to Ph1ladel-
phia and watched these Athletics and
he saw what they were weak and
strong on. He told US but is pitcher
does not learn these things for him.
self he cannot follow them out. L got
my lessons in that first game; 1 f1iv-
vered slightly yesterday but L had alb
solute confidence.
Warm up, RUbe,' said McGraw
I'm going to give you another
chance"
Not to be too cocksure on this series,
L want to say that I never saw
smarter bunch of hitters than the Ath-
letics- They don't take any chances on
pitcher slipping over the fast ball
and that's where they made US look
bad. The Indian poled over a strike
on every one of our hitters the first
ball pitched. We let it go by. Then he
had the batter in the hole and he had
something to work on.
Demaree was not exactly nervous
but he did not have the same conf
dence [ had, simply because 1 had
faced the Athletics recently. 1t was
just the same meeting a club that
you had been pitching against all sea-
son, and If our team was not SO Grip
pied, l feel certain that We could beat
the American league champions in
long series. AS it is now with Meyers,
Merkle and Snodgrass crippled, we
sure have battle ahead of US. These
fellows have five men hitting 500 and
We only have one player in that class,
Meyers, and he's out of the game.
Where we should win is in pitching
and there is a chance yet, take it
from me.
Demaree got in dutch at the start
by giving RUDE Oldring a high first
ball when he should have worked
MIN on a slow one or a curve. Old
ring picked one for three bases.
Oldring was nailed at the plate on
Collins tap, luckily, and the decision
was close. Egan had the say and the
National league players do not think
a great deal of his umpiring. Collins
then stole and 1 only mention it to
bring up a defect in Demaree's pitch
ing. He has good motion with meH
on base but he is slow.
The Athletics were lucky to score
their first run, a hit by McInnis start
ing the trouble. It was a short fly
In center and Shafer would have got
that SnOdgrass asked McGraw to let
him play before the game and he said
that his leg was all right. Mac took
him at his word and sent him in.
Well, you saw that Snodgrass could
not run fast enough to get under the
lift and that probably lost us the
game. Another cripple had trouble
when Merkle failed to grab that foul
off Barry, who afterward doubled
scoring McInnis.
This Barry was another surprise
to us. He had not hit a lick up to
yesterday afternoon. Just shows you
what a dangerous ball club the Ath-
letics are. Any man on the team is
BILE to break up a game
Some persons criticized McGraw for
not playing Wiltse at first after his
good showing the other day, but Mac
figured that Wfltse would not hit
much and he was right for Merkle
got into his stride. cracking out
clean home run.