Show CHIEf ChEF MEYERS TELLS HOW fiAME WAS VAS WON SYON ElY BY WS W'S TEAM BY JOHN CHIEF MEYERS The cunning Indian catcher of the Giants whose two base hit in the seventh inning made it possible for the National league representatives to win the first game of the worlds world's 8 series Meyers wrote the following article exClusively exclusively ex ox- for the International News Service in tho club house at tho the Polo grounds immediately after ter the game today New York Oct 14 Well Well wo we beat em era What's WhaL's more having baring trimmed today the best team the American league could turn out with their best pitcher pitch pitch- er or in the box I am willing to predict confidently that h by r this time timo next week we will be tho the baseball champions of the world I suppose you will all want to io know what won for us r Well ell here it is s for you The great grent pitching in tho the tight places by Christy son Mathewson Our ability to hit when a n hit meant something I will add another though another though less important reason important reason for the satisfaction of those who rooted for the tho Athletics It is this We WC y c were were- ero helped considerably by tho the nervousness of tho the Philadelphia players which I suppose was caused by br tile strange grounds and that won- won dl crowd Thoro were several leveral plays missed by their stars which would have hove been ea easy y for tor our lI little Ue mascot Dick Hennessey One of or th so gave us our first run Rut lInt I will put aside this reason realon and credit our victory Ictor to ability and tho the good old wallop And I am proud to sa say that I had ashare a share j In both ends of ot the tho victory It wa waK one of ot the happl happi happiest st moments of or orIn In my life lIte when hen I Jan landed cd on all an nil outcurve of oC m my Indian friend lb 4 Albert rt Bender Rendor In Inthe Inthe inthe the luck lucky seventh and got to second on it A moment equally happy was when little Josh Devore stung another another another an an- other p of the was wa's twisters and what proved to tobe tobe tobe homo home with ro o me be the winning run that Im I'm not a Everybody leno knows s Im I'm flash of at lightning on the tho bases wheels heels mounted on more like a safe I that I opinion But Its It's my private broke all alt worlds world's records between en second soc soc- Believe Be- Be Be Be- ond and home on D Devores Devore's hit lieve Iee me I 1 put enough effort Into that run Tun to do it anwa anyway aniWaY because I felt tolt when I put mv my head down and got sot to t I crossed the p plate with I doin doln that If Ir cro that second tally taUy lh the game w UI uc ours Matty ratty told mo me when I got back to liko a I the thc bench that I was going but I guess ho he must regular T Ty Cobb Cobb hut Hoever How Ho have bave been kidding a little bit welcome ever I never saw sa a more sight than that whitewashed d homo home as I stepped across it plate writer I Im I'm a a. ball player not a so 90 wont won't attempt to describe the sensa sensations sensations sensa we experienced when we came onto opt the field this att afternoon We e had heard beard a roar 10 a few moments before as the fans welcomed the Athletics and I must admit that T I for one feltI felta felt McGraw must have havo a a. bit bt nervous noticed that the others were tha the same sarno way vay so he he said Now boys when you go out take it on the run like a toot football ball team does docs Everybody grin and look conn- conn dent tient ent That will begin to get their goats rl right ht away Several of or us are arc old od college men and football players and this struck us as a 0 mighty good Idea So we wo trotted out with smiles on our faces Into faces Into tho I greatest yell that I lover over heard In collego collego col- col the rah rab rah lego ego or out It was not circle of but certainly a tr tremendous noise oise When little while later Matty be beT be- be a T ht warm IL vu MI j A gan to o up UJ he w was s the old o d master t Only once In a R. while he ho would chuck his famous fade awa Most ost of ot the time he was throwing strat straight ht ones Just to loosen Joosen up lip his good old right But wh when n he did send one over o it went just as ho wanted And his drop Since I have been lioen catching him I never saw It work ork bettor Matty said eaid to me roe when we wo got through John old boy well we'll trim them and I answered You b bet t we will Christy when hen tho game began and Lord came Rome up for tor tho the Athletics I signalled Matty to give him a high one to drop just before It reached the plate I felt Sure ure h he would let the go by any any- how Tho The ball ban started at the height of ot Lords Lord's neck Within three feet of ot the plate Diate It dropped to his waist He was WaR completely fooled tooled and it was Wal a strike He didn't aim at It It Matt Matty m made nade de him look foolish The nit next om orm wa was Just like It He swung and missed by a foot toot Then he fouled off orf a few tew and nearly broko broke his neck swinging fit III a simple outshoot for tor the last strike Rube Rubo Oldring was still ca easier ler than tens Tord An curve In fooled him i for r- r the tJi first then l n two fast one high and Inside made him fan tan I began to feel pretty prett confident then thon and when Collins could do no better than slam to Josh Devore I felt that we wc had them Matty gave Save a hit In the third and passed a man too But thIe were two out by this time and when Ihen the critical situation came w were ere even een a little Texas leaguer might have hae meant our defeat Christy was there with an In curve an out curve and on one of ot those drops that falls tails from neck to waist ant and struck out the last man I began hegan to feel teel men nen that he ho had them where he ho w wanted them and that he could win any game he pitched against them I will say right h here re that Rube I Marquard will win wib at least one game too so EO I 1 cant can't see eee how we wo can lose I We all began to feel teel vcr very happy happ In hi our end of of the fourth when with Snodgrass on second and two out Charlie Herzog a grounder at Eddie Collins that t n nearly arly took toole tho the Philadelphians Philadelphian's fingers off olt Eddie fumbled around with it while whilo was speeding between third and nd homo home having got a good tood start then start then made mado madea a bum hum throw to Ira Thomas Thomos Ira made mado madea a pia play for tor b by trying to touch him backward He Ito missed him and the score was tied McGraw said to us then Boys Doys Just wait walt for tor th tho tha 3 break now and well we'll get them keep em from scoring and all weve we've got goe to do doIs dois dois is to get one more The break as aJ we call It camo came In Inthe Inthe the he lucle lucky seventh Fletcher went out at first and nd I cam came up tip for the third time to face m my redskin friend Albert Ho lie gave me the laugh for tor twice he- he fore tore I hail bad gone gono out although I will 50 say without an any boasting that I laid m my bat on tho the ball good and hard each time Chief Bender said from tram the tho box Good nl night ht for you ChIt Chief f. f Th The third or fourth ball he pitched was a n. fast ono with a little bit of a break Inward I caught It on the end of ot the bat and sent It to the fence tence When I pulled up at second all second all In In-I In I had hl to laugh at Bender Bonder He shook his fist at me mo Then came good littie little little lit lit- tle tie Josh Devore with a a. terrific slam down the left letl field line lIne and and my awful run from second home Im I'm glad I didn't have to do m much mich ch running after atter that In m my opinion the tho most critical point of or the game from tho tito standpoInt standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of ot the New York battory battor was when the tho Athletics began their eighth with the head of ot their list up all nil good hard hitters But Matty again showed himself to be the sixty horsepower big six and fanned tanned Lord and the tue next two were easy This time wo vo both were sure euro of ot victory Ictor as we left our places I will say ay for rOl the Athletics that tho t they aro are a grand baseball team With Witha a break of at luck the they may beat us once or twice Albert Bender Is a wonderful pitcher and had some of ot our boys bOs standing on their h heads ads I am glad to belong to the same race as that big fellow tellow But nut we will beat them surely and while while- as I said before Rube before Rubo Marquard will win at ono one game In the end the thing that will for us will be be- be MATTY fATTY AND n TilE THC |