Zane Grey 
The Rube’s Pennant [EPUB ebook] 

If we lose today, Buffalo, with three games more to play at home, will pull the bunting, I went on. ’But they’re not going to win! I’m putting it up to you that way. I know Spears is all in; Raddy’s arm is gone; Ash is playing on one leg; you’re all crippled. But you’ve got one more game in you, I know. These last few weeks the Rube has been pitching out of turn and he’s about all in, too. He’s kept us in the lead. If he wins today it’ll be Rube’s Pennant.’