The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-08
RUDE BL AMES SELF
Marquard Says Oyer-COnfidence
and WildnesS Caused 1t.
Believes He Will Win Next
Misiudged Schang.
(By Rube Marquard.)

(By Rube Marquard.)
New York, Oct. 81 alone lost the
first game for the Giants. Any poor
man who lost money on this battle
could not feel worse than 1 do over
the defeat and yet I am more certain
than ever that the Giants will win this
series and McGraw feels the same
way, simply because the team is hlt-
ting. If we bag the second game it is
q sure bet we will go through, Tor
Tesreau will beat the Athletics in the
next game at the Polo grounds.
I had more stuff that Bender and
the only reason L lost out was because
of oyer-confidence. You might say
was nervous and / cannot say any more.
Bender won purely by brainy pitch
ing. He did not have as much on the
ball as 1 had and he was mighty lucky
to get the decision. Bender is not
nearly so good a pitcher as he was two
years ago and we will beat him the
next time he starts
The trouble with me was 1 could not
get the ball over exactly where L
wanted to put it Naturally l was Try
ing to jam up Baker every time he
came up and Chief Meyers and L
figured that a low ball outside was the
one that would bother him The first
time Baker toed the plate I was able
to feed him on this ball and he
scraped a fly to left. When he came
to bat the second time Meyers eau
toned me to keep the ball outside but
somehow or other / couldn't do 1t L IL
admit that 1 was nervous; L was too
anxious to win And you can say the
same about Meyers, although don
blame him or anyone else; only my
self. Baker got a scratch MT the sec
ond time up, nasty grounder that
Doyle went after. 1t was hard bali
to handle but ordinarily I think Larry
would have taken care of it.
The third time Baker went to bat,
when Collins was on second after
walking and stealing, the chief again
tipped me off on keeping the ball out
side. I knew then, as well as Know
now, that I had lost control and
can't explain why 1 let the ball go.
AS soon as it was free L looked for
Baker to give it a ride, for it was
headed for the inside corner-just
where Baker likes them. Further
more, it was only a few inches above
his knees. And that suits him to
T You see 1 make no apologies or
alibis If l had had the control, to
pitch as Meyers ordered, we would |
have won this game.
My control was so rotten that when !
Collins stepped up, the first man in |
the fatal fourth, in trying to pitch as
1 should have pitched, finally let
one go around his neck. 1t was a bad |
ball and by all rhyme and reason of |
the game he should have let it pass.
Collins met that ball square on the
face, the ball nearly over his head, |
and he rode into Skaters yard. 1t |
was a fierce slam and the ball curved |
in it's course. If Shafer had nailed
that drive 1 think it would have stead
fed me up but 1 must confess that |
when he misjudged it, 1 got more
nervous.
1 have been so anxious to get into
this series that brooding over the
various games has put me off edge.
Shafer is an infielder by profession
and I certainly do not blame him for
miSiudging Collins drive.
Schang got a triple in this same
fatal fourth by hitting a fast ball.
While we did not know much about
him, we did have a tip that he is
fast ball clouter; and if [ had been
right on control I would have fooled
him on a slow ball Instead of fol-
lowing out that strategy, I crossed
Meyers and cut loose a speeder when
1 had Schang in the hole and away
went that three Dagger that scored
Strunk and Barry.
After the game McGraw was in
better humor than have seen him for
a long time. Simply because he feels
like we all do. that the Giants will hit
against the Athletics from
now on.
Only a ball player knows what this
game means to the Giants. We proved
that we can hit Bender and Bender is
the best card the Athletics have. |
it looks as though we {
were going to get some breaks this
trip Last year we won the nrSt game
and had no breaks; we lost to tbs
Athletics the year before in the open
ing battle and had no breaks. Yester- {
day we lost and had an even split on
the luck. This is encouraging and our
free hitting shows we will be able to
play sharp offensive game all the
way through.
a prime mistake Meyers and made {
was in not passing Schang in the fatal {
fourth. We had two men killed off, {
with Strunk on third and Barry on /
Schang was a new man to s
both of us and all we knew was that !
ne liked a fast ball. My notion was
20 walk him and take a chance on {
Bender with the bases choked. Mey- V
ers thought we could fool him and or e
Tered a slow ball. l failed to deliv- /
sr. And there you are for another t
IF my plumbers. S
Take it from me the team will set c
lie down and put up great game e
or Matty. We will not be so overanX- l
Gus and confident. Meyers will get i
n his blows before the series is over. C
lie was swinging at everything.
/ certainly expect to go back in the
eries and I'll bet my next years con-
ract that / can beat the Athletics. L I
hink that they will use one of their Z
,oung pitchers today and we are like +
V to outhit the Athletics to L. :