The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
HOW MEYERS OF
 GIANTS BROKE IN BASEBALL BUSINESS

But for the kindly interest taken in his welfare by Ralph Glaze who kid mapped him in early youth, Chief Meyers of the New York Giants might even today be herdihg sheep. instead of idly walIowing the winter away ir4 wealth in San Diego.
 It is true that the interest mani fested by Glaze may not have been entirely unselfsh, but in the long run everything worked out nicely for the big Injun.
 Meyers looked like good football and baseball material, and Glaze opined that he might come in handy at Dartmouth. Almost any college is willing to take the .untotored saw age and mould him into useful and high-ninded citizen-if he can play football. Indians, of various breeds have cut quite a good deal of ice in all lines of athletics, both professi on- al and amateur
 Glaze happened into Albuquerque, N. M, in the fall of 1908 By a strange coincidence there happened there, the head1iner of which was baseball game between two a1l-star teams. Meyers, still so aboriginal that the buffalo ta1low was ozipg out of him, caught for one. of the clubs and made a large hit with all those present and especially with the Dart mouth recruiting officer. Glaze immediately made a proposi- ton to take Meyers east with him. The Indian viewed this with suspi- cion, if not with actual alarm. Fear ing that he might scare him clear off the reservation. Glaze did not press the matter. but told his troubles to Jim Jeffries, who had umpired the ball game, he being the only person in the west courageous enough to l tackle the job.
 After consultation, Jeff said he reckoned the matter could be fixed up in manner satisfactory to every body except Meyers. Nothing further | was said to the chief, but that night a couple of strong men were to be seen hoisting an unwilling Indian aboard an eastbound train. Plainly Meyers had not been consulted con cernfng his preference in the matter
 He was still garbed in his baseball suit, a g1aring red affair, and he still had it on when he stepped off the ney. If anything was lacking to make the arrival of Meyers at Dartmouth a picturesque and interesting occa- sion, that red baseball suit supplied it.
 Meyers was found not to be suffi- cientIy saturated with learning to be eligible for either the football or base ball varsfties, but he did get into some of the practice games, and on these occasions warwhoops took the place of the regular college wells of civilization.
 Realizing that knowledge could not be crammed into him fast, enough to ! make him of any use to the college in an athletic sense. Glaze tried to give
 Meyers to John I. Taylor, then owner
 of the Boston Americans.
 Don't overlook this big redsIzin; he's going to be one of the greatest catchers in the country urged Glaze,
 who at that time was a member of
 the Boston club pitching staff. But
 Taylor failed to enthuse and Glaze planted Meyers with a club in the Tri-State League.
 1 The following year he went to St.
 Paul in the American Association and one year later his work behind the
 bat for New York. was stirring the bIase Manhattanites into state bor- dering on enthusiasm.
 l Since that time he has been per- petuaI1y in the public eye and he harbors no resentment against Glaze for having dragged him out of ob- scurity by main force.