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Show Chief Meyers Didn't Need to Warm Up He Never Cooled JJURING a fanning beo In a St. Paul theater irocontly, before BUI Bren-nan, Bren-nan, the National leaguo arbitrator, W23 duo for his monologuo act, ho told of Boveral unuslng incidents of tho season, ono of them concerning Chief Meyers, tho Giants' regular catcher. As BUI telts it, tho GJrtnts were playing play-ing tho Cardinals at St. Louis, with tho sun beatlag down as only a July sun in Missouri can como down. It was about tlmo "for the gamo to commence and McGraw had finished his task of hitting hit-ting grounders to tho Infield and was on his way to the bench when ho noticed no-ticed Meyers hadn't donned his mitt. "What's the matter, Chief? Aren't you going to warm up? You know you are going to catch." "Warm up," cried the Chief. "Why, I havo never cooled off slnco tho 12th of April." |