The Washington times., 1916-10-11

NEW YORK. Oct 1l.-John Coombs
gave the Red Sox all he had. and he
won the ball game for us. He went into
thu, The box * With bad cold and he ,, MAS
an ace OF taking him out then. ! saw
Christy Mathewson after the game.
John took himself out today" said
Matty. " and that takes nerve on the
part OF Big Lacquer"
That is Just what John Coombs did.
He pitched all he had and then he
walked out OF the box after Gardner nit
the ball over the right field fence Tor
ish. and he held the Red sox safe to the
finish, but the big piece Of credit 10 COM
ing to John Coombs. He was really sick
when he took to the box.
II we win that ball game today we win
the series.
There is another point / want to take
up and put my carpet slipper down on
hard. 1t was the rotten umpiring. NO
body can say the National League jumps
gave us any tn best OF II. Daubert had
a home run IL there ever was one. but
Thomas, a smart catcher, pushed MS
| foot on the plate and said he had
II Daubert hadn't laid there Hank
O'Day would surely have been forced
| to call him safe. His toe scraped across
the plate. but Thomas pushed 1t away
and Jake laid there. He was tired from
However. what's the use OF complain
| ing when we win? But that decision
might have cost us the ball game. All
the boys saw that Jake's cleatts were
NY club looked like a real team yes
terday We tried everything there Is
| In the book and got away with lot
of stun. The aggregation looked ike the
gang that Wv won %.ed me tn. sHS
| went after them red hot.
1t was up TO us to win that ball game
or concede the series, and l TOD the
boys that when we had our talk yes
terday morning.
Let US 20 back and look at the game
from the start. John Coombs has not
been in good shape since the series
a bad cold. He was crazy to- work
against the Red Sox because he thought
he could beat them and so did ]. but
he showed up at the ball park yester-
| i didn't tell him he was going to
pitch, but asked him to warm up be-
fore the game. l was right up against
it and knew he had to a. In there, but
John, you'll have to work today.
haven't got anybody else to start"
"IIl 20 In there and give you all
carry, Robbie" he replied. but I've
John was working with his head. H,
was tired when he started. and he looked
all in in the sixth inning, but his knowl
edge OF the Red Sox batters carried III
along until we were IN position TO win
.Coombs deserves all the credit n
the world for his gameness. AS MattS
said. 1t takes lots of nerve for mar
to take himself out OF the box. and
/ have seen big Six do II himself
The boys all played great ball. the
best they have shown In the series
| and we got some OF the breaks, al
though we didn't receive any OF tl.'
best OF the umpiring. We waited GU
Mays as we had been tipped to do. anC
Also that bunting when the Rec
Sox didn't expect IL crossed them up
That Is the game-to cross up thu
| other fellow; and my one regret o.
this series Is / didn't get away with
the game Sherrod Smith pitched, be
cause certainly had the opposition
crossed up on that.
, Here Is the difference between yes
, terday's game and that of Monday
Mowrey changed his mind three time
bad throw TO hrst base. Yesterda,
Olson crossed the Red Sox with
hunt and lost no time In taking ad
vantage OF Gardeners bad throw. w
were on the Job yesterday, and locke,
like a ball club,
1 expect to start Marquard today 1
: he Is right. l am convinced that tn
Boston club cannot hit left-hander