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Show 'Til Win My Game Sure," j Declares "Rube" Marquard Giants' Southpaw Says Red Sox ill Be Easy for Hiri J In Today's Contest. t I ,, By Rube Marquard. By International Ncwh Service. BOSTON, Oct. 5,-Wo have the Rod Sox on tho run now, and there will be nothing to it but a cleanup clean-up in the next four games for tho Giants. Matty was unfortunate In not getting away 'with a victory today, to-day, but, believe me, T will win my game tomorrow afternoon. Yes, McGraw has practically told me that I will work tomorrow, and ho will come back with Tesreau in New York Friday. Now, I don't like to boant too much about myself, but I am better today to-day than ever In my life, and I will be shoving them over at those alleged swatters swat-ters of Boston so fast tomorrow that they won't be able to see the ball. I had a fine workout during the last two Innings today, and WUbcrt Robison. who caught a few of my fast ones, said I never had so much stuff In all my lifo. I supposo that I will draw either Bedient Be-dient or O'Brien tomorrow. Well. I know that 1 can outpltch cither of them. There Is just a chance that Manager Stahl will come back with Joe Wood. Well, I sure hopo ho does. You know I told you tho other day how 1 won every game I pitched against Joe when we were both in tho American association. I have the Indian sign on him. Old Damo Fortune was dead against us today. Wo didn't get a break anywhere, any-where, while tho Red Sox had enough luck to win a whole season's schedule of games. In tho middle of the last half of tho first Inning, when tho Red Sox were dumping thoso fluky hits, McGraw mumbled: mum-bled: "No wonder those fellows won tho pennant. They arc surrounded wit! h' horseshoes." And that suro In a trui M remark. Boston should never hav ti scored ono of thoso threo runs. gj Boston's next run, which camo in th fji fifth, was suro a lucky one. Agait ,l Fletcher erred. Collins started off b i 1 fanning. Hooper singled and Meyer Sr caught him stealing five- feet, ml Jy Fletcher, who was unnerved by thl3 tlmi because of the breaks against him d dropped the throw. This would havi t mado two out. Yerkcs tripled and wai j loft at third when Speaker lined ti Ct Fletcher, who tossed to Hcrzog, doublln , the Boston second baseman off third 4 Fletcher regained some lost prestige b this catch, but, take It from mo, I b Ilcve that McGraw will have Shafcr li there playing the short field the romahj dcr of the series. Fletcher has boel i, blown, and only a couple of timely hit ', on his part will give him enough confl dencc to bo of much use to us from nox ' on. If I were manager, I sure would pi r Shafcr in. The fifth run scored by the Boston b was the luckiest ono of them all. Wit & two down, Lewis lifted a long, high fi , to loft. It counted for tv.-o bases. Murra e backed up to the low fence and had th t,t tips of his fingers on the ball when li ,j look a back somersault over the raillh V and Ml into the stand. It would ha? ,,' been a sure out on tho Polo grounds o L any other field In tho National league 11' Gardner pounded a vicious grounds through Fletcher that vorod Lowlt Gardner's grounder should have bee called an error, but the official scorer word kind to poor Fletcher and chalkft L, it up as a hit. J V Boston's sixth run. which camo In tb r tenth Inning, was well earned on Speak t or's triple and Lewis's double But J ia was tho only run tho red hosed athlete B,' should have cashed. 'i u Matty pitched a swell game, despite th V breaks that were against him. Ills fndMa away never broko better, and I nevq saw him have so much stuff on his fai J ball. I heard some of tho Boston fan L remark In the lobby of tho hotl tonlgh that Matty is through for the series J that he isn't strong enough to pltc' L another gamo. I Ml like walking lij ? and offering them 51000 at evens tha, Big Six will pitch on Saturday. Of cours n rain may keep him from working on tha ,r day. What I mean Is that he will wor ,. In tho game that follows tho ones Tea; reau and T pitch. Why, that big fellow Is every bit as good now as ho was si; ' years ago. He knows more baseball thai any man on tho team, and the ncxV tlrri he starts thoso Red Sox will be luck; f lo score on him. if r'- You see, Matty was not at his vr u best today. Ho laid off too long, H enjoyed a rest of fourteen days. If H had laid off about half that tlmo h ' would have been on edge today. H t. didn't hit his stride until the sixth In ? nlng. He seemed to be stiff and awk ,v ward In his delivery, and every Nei " York fan knows that Matty Is tho moi graceful pitcher In tho world When h Is tied up ho Isn't the real Matty. ,: ,. I'm tickled to death the way Joe! y Murray Is coming along In this scriei Ho Is making up for his mlsfortuno In th " world's series last fall. Just before h I. wont to bat the first tlmo Tuesday,';! was sitting beside him on the bench. 1 "Rube," ho said, "I am going to shoi all'' those guys who panned mc last fa! something In this series." t "Go to it. Jack." I replied. 'Tou'j ?, the best hitter on the team when you'fl going right." ! C Herzog Is sure playing great ball J ? this scries, and using the old stick ,rj the opportune time. And so are all th ' others, excepting Fletcher. Poor Arthu, feels badly over his slump and does th best he can. but that isn't good enoug r! for us In this series- , rJ, I am rooming with Josh Dovoro ova here, and after tho game last night w sat up In our room and agreed that ifrr would never play baseball again If tb ,5i Red Sox win the scries. That in ho- r confident wo both are that tho Olani will bo thn next world's champions. I ? I'll cop tomorrow. Tesreau will ropca r Friday and on Saturday tho Red Sa , won't score a run off Matty Monday.;. will be back on the Job, and the serli, ? i will crxl right then and there. v' |
