The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-09
MEYERS CONFIDENT
OF GIANTS VICTORY
BY "'CHIEF" MEYERS.

BY International News Service.
NEW YORK. Oct, S.-We lost the first
game OF the worlds series today, but
we did not lose the championship. We
lost to a good team and to good pitcher,
yet we have a better team and better
pitchers. Twenty-four hours ago l was
supremely confident that we would beat
out the Red SoX. This minute I am
twice as confident Jack Stahl used his
trump card at the Polo grounds today
II is quite truc that he landed victory
by doing IL, but still a victory that is
likely TO tell against him In the long
run.
Far from dishesrtenlns the Giants,
this reverse has put new determine ton
into them II we approached the inaugural
with any trepidation our first game with
the Hub team has certainly dispeled it,.
| VIII he very much surprised II our de-
feat does not prove a very gracious tonic,
do not wish TO inslnuate against the
skill either OF Joe Wood OF the Red SoX
when I say that in my estimation the
Giants form better organization
We have our great hope reserved for
tomorrow In Boston. Christy Mathew
son. who has never been beaten in his
first start In any worlds series or post
season series. will begin the second game
with everything In his favor He will
not have 10 go up against Bostons best
pitcherLstahI fired his big gun in the
Wood today proved himself very mas
terful pitcher. He had lot OF stuff
was not particularly impressed, in fact
did have till he winged me in that sew
enth inning, Boys, he had smoke. Yet
after ALL, Wood did not impress me as a
fellow who is likely TO come back with
pends too much on speed. That is bound
TO sap his reserve energy and recupera-
tive powers. Wood showed us nothing
like the speed Bender displayed against
Mathewson in the opening game a year
ago. He is not so hard a pitcher TO
beat
words lie pitched wonderful ball today.
certainly as fine as anything 7 ever han
died. ! look for him to pitch the next
game at the Polo grounds and then he
viii show, even more stuff than he dis
played today.
Little Josh Devore surely figured in
those two runs also. IT was his power
ful base running. that enabled Larry
Lacquer into double. Nobody ever went
from first to third faster than the little
left fielder and he finished up with
beautiful hook slide that fairly took
Luck broke against us in both the fifth
and sixth innings. Larry Gardner made
a wonderful stop on Doyle. rifle like
shot down the left foul line. The ball
rolled away from the third baseman to-
ward the stand and our Larry took an
extra base, He was safe by city
block; but his toe hold slipped and he
oversid the hassock, Gardner's throw
to Wagner was so high that he had to
jump far into the air for a one hand ed
catch: But he made pretty play out of
a bad one after all, for he tagged out
Doyle before Larry could recover. We
might have gotten that run over other
wise, In the disastrous sixth when Snod =
grass was doubled off first, Fred. saw
Murray's bunt. He did not believe Stahl
could possibly get the ball. None of the
rest OF us did. But Jake pulled the ap-
pareDtly impossible. Instead OF having a
man on either first or second with only
one gone. we had none on and two
down