The evening world., 1888-10-02
Presented TO the Giants
through
THE EVENING WORLD
From ], 200 Admirers.
1888

There are eighteen bats, one for every man
under contract with the team at present.
They are made of the best second-growth
ash. and one of the sort known as the Spal-
ding wagon tongue. Just above the handle of
each bat, across q gilded disk, is inscribed
the name of the Giant who will handle it.
There is also an artistic inscription record
ing the fact that O round thousand of adj
mirers joined in the presentation through
The EVENING WORLD. The bats were made
as to weight according to the individual
preferences Of the ball-players. The lightest
one weighs thirty-fOur ounces and the heavi-
est forty-two ounces. They are the finest
specimens of serviceable as well as ornamen-
tai bat sticks eyer seen on the diamond
Big Roger Conner will knock q ball to
new stick. O'Rourke will hit hard with q
bat OF the same weight. These two are the
heavy-wsights of the team: Arthur Whitney's
stick IS a lighter one, weighing two pounds and
aquarter, but he can make O nome run on
any ball that is sent away from the end of it.
Danny Richardson, Hatfield, Tim Keefe,
little George and Pat Murphy wanted their
bats to weigh Just thirty-seven ounces, and
John Montgomery Ward, Mike Herman and
George Gore decided that bats weighing ex-
actly two pounds and three-eighths ench
were what they wanted. Big Bill Brown will
and o half Of decorated wagon tongue.
Crane. WEIGH and Titcomb will handle
the hghtest bats in the lot, weighing two
pounds and an eighth each. Buck Ewing's
home-run promoter weighs two pounds and
ahalf.
Slattery will get there Just the same on
earned runs made by the coming, together of
movable ball and an irresistible bat, the
latter weighing two pounds and O quarter.
Fosters club weighs the same.
IL 10 about two months ago since TIE
, EVENING WORLD undertook raising the
money for the purchase of these bats. The
UnFn IN nnoOrI AhA- a~I Az
! croakers were predicting a tumble. every
game that the plucky team lost bringing out
o chorus of :" l told you sos."
The EVENING WORLD, however, never lost
ment but that in the end the New Yorks
would be the pennant winners. By every
means in its power it cheered the men to
work harder. The result is evident to-day.
the end of this season.
The bat scheme took immensely. From
far and near every mail brought dimes for
those sticks. The newsboys, than whom the
contributed their mites in pennies, one at 8
time, or may be two cents. They were IRE.
peaters." Some of the sturdy little fellows
sent a cent a day, others a penny three times
q week and SO on until the subscription lists
The shopgirl, merchant, banker broker and
clergyman were all numbered among the con.
uibutors- Frequently money was sent &C.
SomSnhiou ny letterS asking THAT HE EVEN
ING WORLD should not limit the amount OF
the subscriptions; but having once made the
rule. the paper would not break it. and so the
correspondents were advised. After the
order was given 1t did not take long to make
the handsome bats, and they were finished
several days ago.
Jim Mutrie says: "Since I first heard
through TN EVENING WORLD of the bal
project. worked as hard TO have the team
deserve them, as I did to get them to win tn,
pennant; These efforts have not been il
vain. To-day l can safely say: MY boy
Will win the pennant, and they deserve tn,