The Washington herald., 1913-10-08
MARQUARD TAKES
BLAME FOR The
initial DEFEAT
Holds Himself Alone Re-
sponsible for Mackmen's
Victory Over Giants.
RUDE LACKED CONTROL
Cannot Explain Why He Put Ball
Over Plate for Baker in Third
Trip to the Pan.
RUDE LACKED CONTROL
BY RUDE MARaUARD,
As Told 10 a Representative Of The Wash
Herald

As Told to a Representative Of The Washington
Herald.
New York, Oct. IL alone lost the
first game for the Giants. Any poor
man who lost money on this battle
could not feel worse than I do over
the defeat and yet 1 am more certain
than ever that the Giants will win this
series, and McGraw feels the same
way, simply because the team is hit
ting. II we bag the second game il
is a sure bet we will go through, for
Tesreau will beat the Athletics in the
next game at the Polo Grounds.
1 had more stun than Bender today.
and the only reason ] lost out was
because OF overconfideIice. You might
say l was nervous, and / cannot say
any more. Bender won purely by
brainy pitching. He did not have as
much on the ball as i had, and he was
mighty lucky to get the decision. Ben
der is not nearly as good a pitcher as
he was two years ago, and we will beat
him the next time he starts.
Lacks Control.
The trouble with me was, could
not get the ball over exactly where ]
wanted to put IL. Naturally, l was
trying to jam up Baker every time he
came up, and Chief Meyers and / fig
ured that a low ball outside was the
one that would bother him. The first
time Baker toed the plate / was able
to feed him on this ball. and he
scratched a fly to left When he came
to bat the second time, Meyers caution
ed me TO keep the ball outside. but
somehow or other l couldn't do it, I'll
admit that / was nervous; / was too
anxious to win. And you can say the
same about Meyers. although j don't
blame him or any one else-only my
self. Baker got scratch hit the sec
Ond time up. a nasty grounder that
Doyle went after. 1t was a hard ball
10 handle, but ordinarily / think Larry
would have taken care of IL.
The third time Baker went to bat.
when Collins was on second, after walk
ing and stealing, the Chief again tipped
me off on keeping the ball outside
knew then, as well as 1 know now, that
l had lost control. and 1 can't explain
why 1 let the ball go. As soon as 1t
was free ] looked for Baker to give II a
ride, for it was headed for the inside
Corner-just where Baker likes them.
Furthermore, it was only a few inches
above his knees. And that suits him to
a T. You see I make no apologies or
alibis. II I had had the control to pitch
this game.
Collins Meets Ball.
My control was so rotten that when
Collins stepped up, the first man in the
fatal fourth, in trying to pitch as l
should have pitched, l 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 ii into
Tillie Skaters yard. II was a fierce slam
and the ball curved in its course. II
Shafer had nailed that drive I think it
would have steadied me up, but must
confess that when he misjudged il / got
more nervous.
l 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 l GER
tainly do not blame him for misjudging
Collins drive.
Schang got triple in this same fatal
fourth inning by hitting fast ball
While we did not know much about him,
we did have a tip that he is a fast ball
clouter, and il 1 had been right on con-
troll 1 would have fooled him on a slow
ball. Instead OF following out that STRAIT
egg I crossd Meyers and cut loose a
speedier one, when 1 had Schang in the
hole and away went that three-bagger
which scored Strunk and Barry.
McGraw in Good Humor.
After the game McGraw was in a bet
ter humor than 1 have seen him for
long time, simply because he feels like
We all do-that the Giants will hit SO
against the Athletics from now on.
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game means to the Giants. We proved
that we can hit Bender, and Bender is
the best card the Athletics have Fur
thermore. 1t looks as though we were
going to get some breaks this trip. We
lost, but we 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.
Prime Mistake.
A prime mistake Meyers and made was
in not passing Schang in the fatal fourth.
We had two men killed of, with Strunk
on third and Barry on second Schang
was a new man to both of US. and all we
knew was that he liked a fast ball. My
notion was to walk him and take a
chance on Bender with the bases choked.
Meyers thought We could fool him and
ordered a slow ball. 1 failed to deliver.
And there you are for another of my
blunders.
Take it from me, the team will settle
down tomorrow and put up a great game
for Matty. We will not be SO over anx-
ious and confident. Meyers will get in
his blows before the series is over. He
was swinging at everything.
/ certainly expect to go back in the
series and III bet my next years con-
tract that / can beat the Athletics.
think that they will use one of their
young pitchers tomorrow; we are
likely to outhit the Athletics two to one.