The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-13
(By Billy Evans.)

G%an1eness Is q trait much admired
in baseball. In the great national pas
time opportunities galore are offered
the players and cams to prove their
workth Or show the streak.
Anybody can be a good winer, but
good losers are rather the exception
to the rule. The New York Giants as
good losers in the recent worlds SER
les. Good losers are to he greatly adj
miTed. The Giants are greater in this
defeat than many a team in glorious
victory.
Immediately after the eighth and
final game of the series, in which
Mathewson suffered a tough defeat
after ten innings of play, all New
Workers seemed to regard the depot
in Boston as the best spot in the city.
They were all anxious to get back to
Gotham and forget about the Red
Sox. Some business with the commits
sion made it necessary that the UNI
pires also return to New York before
leaving for their winter homes.
When l reached the Back Bay sta
ton a goodly crowd of New Workers
We're waiting the first train home. The
entire New York team was also there.
happened to bump into Christy
M~athewson as ] came down the steps.
Naturally l complimented him on his
great pitching and expressed my SYM
pathy over his defeat. Matty. in his
usual modest manner, passed over the
defeat as lightly as possible. I've
gotten the breaks an won many an
important game during my career
said Matty. This afternoons battle
however. was one game of all games
that l wanted to win, but the breaks
went the other way and / lost. You
must expect the bitter as we'll as the
sweet in baseball"
That little speech was characters.
tic of the great pitcher. Here was &
man who had been robbed of glor.
and gold, due to a couple Of little slip!
on the part of his teammates, aftel
he had given a mastery exhibition o
pitching. Yet there wasn't a bit o
resentment in his soul. He had NJ
criticism to offer. no censure for an!
Of his teammates. While it was plain
ly apparent that "Matty" was heart
broken e the result. still he accept
ed defeat like a real man. and Offered
no excuse. other than that the break
of the game had gone against him.
marveled at him as l walked away.
While standing four or five fee
away. talking to one of the other UNI
pires. I noticed a wildly excited roote,
rush toward Matty. He looked as /
he vas ready to do the sob act at an.
minute. He evidently knew Matt!
we'll from the way he addressed him
Part of the conversation I overheard
1t was not difficult to overhear the TO
he really should have hired a hall
Matty. on the other hand, talke'
scarcely above a whisper.
That was the worst muff I eve
saw. Matty::" fairly yelled the excite
fan. "McGraw ought to get rid o
Snodgrass right away. They will new
er stand for him at the Polo grounds
What was Merkle doing on that fl
ball?"
"%Snodgrass is all right. McGray
won't get rid of him and YOU fans will
be singing his praises before next sea
son is a month DID," said Matty witt
a smile.
You know Merkle is a great favor
lite of mine," continued the fan. "bu
I will never forgive him for his fail
ure to start after that fly ball"
Sure You WILL" answered Matt.
when Fred crashes into the ball wit
three on. for two bases, and beat
Pittsburg or Chicago in some import
ant game. YOU will forget all abou
past misdeeds."
Perhaps I will" said the fan. VIII
had colled down somewhat, but onl
for those misplays we would hav
won."
Possibly" replied the great pitch
er. " but vou must not forget that bu
for some phenomenal playing by thes