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Big Six · 01-23-2004, 01:16 PM

Boston Globe, October 4, 1913

DUBUC DOES IT AGAIN
Cincinnati Now One Game Away from Series Victory

CINCINNATI--We knew Jean Dubuc was capable of giving us a tough time before the game began, and it was not long after its commencement before we realized he would do just that. We managed to score once against him, but that tally was more the result of some unexpected fielding miscues by his mates than any weakness on his part. Ralph Glaze made a manly effort, and only allowed three runs himself. Again, had we played better afield, Ralph's fate would have been better. And, as impressive as Dubuc was today, three scores were more than enough for the Reds.

Cincinnati struck first, when with two gone in the second inning, Eddie Tiemeyer hit a hard smash at Walt Thomas. The sphere deflected off the shortstop's glove into short left field. Bob Bescher scampered home before Walt could track the ball down. The scorer gave Walt an error, but the chance was tough enough that a base hit could just as easily have been the right call. Promptly, Mike Mitchell hit a mighty triple that hit the center field fence on the fly, while Tiemeyer raced around to score. Glaze induced Oakes to hit an easy grounder to me, and the inning ended with two Cincinnati runs on the board.

The score remained 2-0 until the seventh inning. I led off the inning with a base on balls, my first trip to the basepaths after popping up to shortstop and grounding out to first. I got the signal from Jimmy Collins to steal, and while Konetchy waved his bat at a curveball from Dubuc to distract the catcher, I took off for second. Kinnock's peg hit me in the side as I slid in safely.

Konetchy was given an infield hit when his ground ball collared Terry Turner at shortstop, while I held the bag at second. Then, Bill Peterson lifted a fly to center, which Oakes unexpectedly muffed. Collins waved me on to the plate, and I slid across without a throw; Oakes had wisely thrown to third to keep Konetchy from advancing the tying run to that bag.

Dubuc demonstrated his pluck by retiring the next three batters, the inning ending without our baserunners moving a step. That would be our last threat, while the Reds scored another unearned run in the eighth.

We will be spending the night in Cincinnati, as the team has been invited to attend a performance at the Music Hall tonight. We have been treated very well by the rooters of Cincinnati, as we have been every time we have traveled there for the Series. Therefore, although most of us are not in a celebratory mood right now, we will be gentlemanly enough to make our appearance and will enjoy the show as much as a group of players can after a tough loss.

We will return to Boston tomorrow, knowing that one more victory by the Reds will give them the championship, determined to do our best to keep that from happening. It is painful to watch another team celebrate a World's Series victory on our grounds, and even more joyous to do so ourselves, in front of the fans who have loyally supported us, in many cases for a dozen years.

01-23-2004, 01:16 PM	#142
Big Six Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,145	Reds' revenge Boston Globe, October 4, 1913 DUBUC DOES IT AGAIN Cincinnati Now One Game Away from Series Victory CINCINNATI--We knew Jean Dubuc was capable of giving us a tough time before the game began, and it was not long after its commencement before we realized he would do just that. We managed to score once against him, but that tally was more the result of some unexpected fielding miscues by his mates than any weakness on his part. Ralph Glaze made a manly effort, and only allowed three runs himself. Again, had we played better afield, Ralph's fate would have been better. And, as impressive as Dubuc was today, three scores were more than enough for the Reds. Cincinnati struck first, when with two gone in the second inning, Eddie Tiemeyer hit a hard smash at Walt Thomas. The sphere deflected off the shortstop's glove into short left field. Bob Bescher scampered home before Walt could track the ball down. The scorer gave Walt an error, but the chance was tough enough that a base hit could just as easily have been the right call. Promptly, Mike Mitchell hit a mighty triple that hit the center field fence on the fly, while Tiemeyer raced around to score. Glaze induced Oakes to hit an easy grounder to me, and the inning ended with two Cincinnati runs on the board. The score remained 2-0 until the seventh inning. I led off the inning with a base on balls, my first trip to the basepaths after popping up to shortstop and grounding out to first. I got the signal from Jimmy Collins to steal, and while Konetchy waved his bat at a curveball from Dubuc to distract the catcher, I took off for second. Kinnock's peg hit me in the side as I slid in safely. Konetchy was given an infield hit when his ground ball collared Terry Turner at shortstop, while I held the bag at second. Then, Bill Peterson lifted a fly to center, which Oakes unexpectedly muffed. Collins waved me on to the plate, and I slid across without a throw; Oakes had wisely thrown to third to keep Konetchy from advancing the tying run to that bag. Dubuc demonstrated his pluck by retiring the next three batters, the inning ending without our baserunners moving a step. That would be our last threat, while the Reds scored another unearned run in the eighth. We will be spending the night in Cincinnati, as the team has been invited to attend a performance at the Music Hall tonight. We have been treated very well by the rooters of Cincinnati, as we have been every time we have traveled there for the Series. Therefore, although most of us are not in a celebratory mood right now, we will be gentlemanly enough to make our appearance and will enjoy the show as much as a group of players can after a tough loss. We will return to Boston tomorrow, knowing that one more victory by the Reds will give them the championship, determined to do our best to keep that from happening. It is painful to watch another team celebrate a World's Series victory on our grounds, and even more joyous to do so ourselves, in front of the fans who have loyally supported us, in many cases for a dozen years.