Outstanding! Recollections of the game of baseball from over a century ago, directly from the source, and preserved for all time. Chief Meyers was a great catcher, and a remarkable historian. Thanks, God, for sports journalists like the late Lawrence Ritter, who collected these priceless interviews of the legends of early 20th century MLB.
amazing interview, to get him to talk about what it was like to be a native american in those times... chief must have earned a ton of respect, and great to hear guys like christy mathewson treating him good. never hear anyone say anything bad about mathewson or walter johnson.
That pebbles from his basement story is ABSOLUTELY CLUTCH! Hilarious and thanks to Lawrence Ritter we are given the treasure of Audio proof!! Thanks Lawrence
Some early ball players, like Chief Meyers, who went to college, helped make baseball more respectable to polite society. For example, Chief Bender (a member of the Ojibwa tribe) went to Dickinson College. Christy Mathewson went to Bucknell University. Tris Speaker toTexas Wesleyan. George Sisler to Michigan. Ed Walsh to Fordham. All Hall of Famers.
Hi, primetime798! Well, I finally finished your Chief Meyers video! Wonderful! You did an amazing job adding photos from so many different players and eras! Very enjoyable! All the best! Keep up the good work, primetime 798! Onward!
Fantastic interview! We can all learn a thing or two from the Chief these days. What he said especially in the last few minutes of the interview, we shouldn't listen to the news, it's ALL bad and negative. And we should want to hear about the good things in the world.
Future Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan blocked Chief from playing for the Giants for several years. In 1908, the Cardinals expressed an interest in Bresnahan as player-manager. John McGraw traded Bresnahan to St. Louis as a favor to Bresnahan, making room for Chief to start in 1909.
Outstanding! Recollections of the game of baseball from over a century ago, directly from the source, and preserved for all time. Chief Meyers was a great catcher, and a remarkable historian. Thanks, God, for sports journalists like the late Lawrence Ritter, who collected these priceless interviews of the legends of early 20th century MLB.
this is GREAT !!! Chief Meyers tells it great.
A true American in every sense of the word. A straight talker and a real man too.
amazing interview, to get him to talk about what it was like to be a native american in those times... chief must have earned a ton of respect, and great to hear guys like christy mathewson treating him good. never hear anyone say anything bad about mathewson or walter johnson.
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That pebbles from his basement story is ABSOLUTELY CLUTCH! Hilarious and thanks to Lawrence Ritter we are given the treasure of Audio proof!! Thanks Lawrence
Some early ball players, like Chief Meyers, who went to college, helped make baseball more respectable to polite society. For example, Chief Bender (a member of the Ojibwa tribe) went to Dickinson College. Christy Mathewson went to Bucknell University. Tris Speaker toTexas Wesleyan. George Sisler to Michigan. Ed Walsh to Fordham. All Hall of Famers.
These interviews from GOTT are amazing! If you have any more-(Tommy Leach? )- please post them! Well done.!
Hi, primetime798! Well, I finally finished your Chief Meyers video! Wonderful! You did an amazing job adding photos from so many different players and eras! Very enjoyable! All the best! Keep up the good work, primetime 798! Onward!
Fantastic interview! We can all learn a thing or two from the Chief these days. What he said especially in the last few minutes of the interview, we shouldn't listen to the news, it's ALL bad and negative. And we should want to hear about the good things in the world.
Great insight on such a historical MLB figure.
Wow, that was really something! Thanks primetime798.
Thank you!!!
Future Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan blocked Chief from playing for the Giants for several years. In 1908, the Cardinals expressed an interest in Bresnahan as player-manager. John McGraw traded Bresnahan to St. Louis as a favor to Bresnahan, making room for Chief to start in 1909.
Amazing!
Larry Ritter, author of the greatest of all baseball books (The Glory of Their Times) is the other voice, besides that of the Chief.
Peace.
19 minutes on....
Jim Thorpe !
Nice video, although some of the stills were of Chief Bender, not Chief Meyers.
Yes I was early on just trying to fill and capture era/baseball
And Shoeless Joe, and Cy Young...