The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
Winning the Game,
b Chief Meyers
Indian Catcher Gives Mdttv Credit for Giants
Victory Over AthLeticS-SayS Rube Mar
guard Will Beat the Mackmen.
By JoHs ("CHIEF") MEYERS.

The r7,nning Indian catcher Of the Giants whose
+o-hasa hit III the seventh inning made ii possible
for the Natiotl League representatives to win the
rrst rame Of he worlds series. Meyers wrote the
following arid excIuslvely for The Herald in the
clubhouse iur diately after the game to-day.
New Yot, Oct Ii.-WeIl, we beat 'em,
What's bore, having trimmed to-day
the best tam the American League could
turn out. with their best pitcher in the
box I an willing to predict confidently
tnat bv this time next week we will
be the bseball champions of the world.
7 s,Ippse you will all want to know
what wh for us. Well, here it is:
The Ctat pitching. in the tight places,
by Chrbty Mathewson.
Our lbilfty to hit when hit meant
something.
,tn add another-though less inn
portat-reason, for satisfaction of those
whokooted for the Athletics. 1t is this:
Athletics Are Nervous.
We were helped considerably by the
nekousress of the Philadelphia players,
WITCH, l suppose, was caused by the
stange grounds and that wonderful
,towd. There were several plays missed
\, their stars which would have been
asy FOR our little mascot. Dick Hen
hessy. One of these gave us our first
run.
But 1 will put aside this reason and
credit our victory to Matty and the good
old walIop
And | am proud TO say that 1 had a
share in both ends of the victory. 1t
. was one Of the happiest moments of my
life when 1 landed on an outcurve OF
my Indian friend, Albert Bender, in the
lucky seventh, and got to second on II.
A moment equally as happy was when
little Josh Devore stung another OF the
Chippewa's twisters and drove me home
with what proved to be the winning
run.
everybody knows that I'm not a flash
of lightning on the bases. I'm more
like a safe mounted on wheels. But its
my private opinion that broke all
worlds records between second and home
on Devore's hit. Believe me, put
enough effort into that run to do it. any
how, because ] feE, when I put my head
down and got to going, that if 1 crossed
the plate with that second tally the
game was ours.
Plate Looked Good to Chief.
Matty told me When I got back to the
bench that I was going like regular
I'y Cobb-but I gIess he must have been
Kidding a little bit. However, 1 never
saw a more Welcome sight than that
Uhitewashed home plate as 1 stepped
across it.
I'm a ball mayer, not a writer, so
won't attempt to. describe the sensa-
tion We experienced when We came into
the field this Jfternoon. We had heard
p roar a few minutes before as the fans
welcomed the Athletics, and l must |
sdrpit that l. for one, felt bit nervous. |
AIcGraw mus have noticed that the !
others were ne same way, SO he said: !
Now. BOYS when you go out take II |
On the run like a football team does. |
Everybody g1in and look confident. That |
will begin toget their goats right away .
Several ofius are old college men and
football platers, and this struck us as |
a mighty gbod idea. SO we trotted out |
with smiles on our faces-into the great |
,st veil thIt | ever heard, in college or |
out. Il wS not the 'rah. 'rah. but GER |
tainly a temendous circle of noise.
when 2 little later Matty began 10 |
warm upI he was the old MASTER Only |
once in 4 while he would pitch his ia
NOUS fade away. Most of the time he
was throwing straight ones. just to
loosen tp his good old right. But when
ne did bend one over it went just as he
wanted And mis- drop! Since l have
been Atching him l never saw it work !
Ma{y said to me when we got
+broEh. John, old boy, we'll trim
then" And l answered, You bet we
wimlChristy."
When the game began, and Lord came
nm kor the Athletics, l signaled Matty
~ hive him a high one, to drop just be-
Fok il reached the plate. l felt sure
ba would let the first so by anyhow.
TIE ball started at the height of Lord
1,kk. Within three feet of the plate 1t
Jopped to his waist. He was completely
Ioiad and il was a strike. He didn't
I'm at IL Matty made him look foolish.
Ebe next one was Just like it. He swung
Ind missed by a foot. Then he fouled
bH a few and nearly broke MS pacK
Swinging at a simple outshoot for the
last strike. 49,,
,.as Lord An incurve fooled him for
the first then two fast ones high ana
inside made him fan. began TO reel
pretty confident then, and wheh huuie
Collins could do no better than siam 10
Josb Devore I felt that we had them. |
HTa+tv gave 2 hit IN the third and
Dassed n man. too. But there We're two
out bv this time, and when the critical
satuation came-where even little rex
as Lacquer might have meant our ueIeat-I
Christy was there with an lncurNe' an
ourcurve. ana one OF those drops tnat
falls from neck to waist, ana stt uch.ou -tt
the last man. / began to feel then that
he had them where he wanted, ana ne
could win any game he pitched against
them.
~ The RuBe Looks Good.
will say that Rube Marduard will
win at least one game and 1 can't see
how we can lose. We began to feel very
hippy in our end of the fourth, when,
With Snodgrass on second and two out,
charlie Herzog damned a grounder at
Fiddle Collins that nearly tore the Phila-
telphian's finger or. Eddie fumbled
around with 1t while 'snod. was speed
hng between third and home-having got
a good start-then made a. bad throw to
Ira Thomas. Ira made play for sSnod'
by trying 70 touch him backward. He
missed him and the score was tIed
McGrav said 10 US then. eBo,.S ,nyt
walt for the break now. and ,rssii 80
them. christy VIII keep en- ffoS :. - 50