The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
NY JOHN c.CMIEF'C MErEHs.

II ~ oOhN , MEL EtS-
The cunninEe Indian catcher OF tho
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 series.
Meyers, wrote the following article, ex-
clusively for The Times- Dispatch cor
respondent to-day:
New York. October l4.-well, we
beat 'cm!
What's moro, having trimmed to day
the best team the American League
could turn out. with their best pitcher
in the box. am willing to predict con-
iidently that by this time next week
we Will be the baseball champions of
the world.
l suppose you will all want to know
Yhat won for US. Well. here 1t Isl
The great pitching. In the eight
places, by Chrisry Mathewson.
Our ability to hit when hit meant
something.
will add another-though less i'm
portant--reason for the satisfaction of
those who rooted for the Athletics. 1t
Is this:
We were helped considerably by the
nervousness OF the Philadelphia play
ers. which, 1 suppose. was caused by
the strange grounds and that wonder
full crowd OF $4,000. There We're sew
erai plays missed by their stars. which
would have been easy for our little
mascot, Dick Hennessy. One of these
gave us our first run.
But / will put aside this reason and
credit our victory to Matty and the
good old wallop.
Share in Victory.
And 7 am proud to say that I had a
bhare in both ends of the victory. 1t
was one of the happiest moments or
my life when 1 landed on an outcurvc
of my Indian friend, Albert Bender in
the lucky seventh, and got to second oil
It. A moment equally happy was when
little Josh Devore stung another of the
Chippewa's twisters, and drove me
home with what proved to be the win
ming run.
Everybody knows that I'm not
Hash of lightning on the bases. I'm
more like safe. mounted on wheels.
But It's my private opinion that I
broke all worlds records between sec
ond and home on Devore's shit. Be
lieve me, L put enough effort into that
run to do 1t. anyhow. because i felt,
when 1 put my head down and got to
going, chat IL crossed the plate with
that second tally. the game was ours.
Matty told me when / got back to
the bench that 1 was going like a
regular Ty Cobb. but I guess he must
have been kidding a little bit. How
ever, / never saw more welcome
sight than that whitewashed home
plate as stepped across it.
I'm. a ballplayer, not IL writer, so
won't attempt to describe the sensa-
ton, we experienced when we came
into the field this afternoon. We had
heard a roar a few minutes before
as the fans welcomed the Athletics
and 1 must admit that 1. for one. felt
bit nervous. McGraw must have no
tced that the others were the same
way, so he said:
Now. boys. when you go out take It
ON the run like a football team does
Everybody grin and look confident.
That will begin to get their goats
right away"
Several OF us are old college men
and football players. and this struck
us as mighty good idea. SO We
frotted out with smiles on our faces.
into the greatest yell that ever
heard, In college or out 1t was not
the rah-rah, but certainly a tremendous
circle of noise {~F
Again the "Oid Master"
When. little while later, Matty
began to warm up to me, j knew that
he was the "old master" Only once
IN a while he would chuck his famous
4 fade away. Most of the time he was
throwing straight ones, Just to loosen
up his good old right. But when he
did bend one over. 1t Went just as het
wanted. And his dropl Since have
been catching him never saw it work
better.
hlatty said TO me. when we got
through:
ss.John, old boy. we'll trim them!'
atd u answered: "Yon n bet we. will,
Christy!'' e
I. K When the game began and Lord
came up for the Athletics, signaled
Matty to give him high one. to drop