New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-09
4 LIVELY YOUNG CLUB.
Cuccess0r to an old and Famous
Staten Island Organization.

The Livingston Field Club whose baseball
F.. m figured the other day in a novel and inter
- ing match with team OF women represent
the Staten Island Ladies' Club Is now
FRYING forward plans calculated TO make the
&C. SANITATION a prominent factor in the social
lie of the island The membership. now num-
herring over two hundred. will be increased.
s.eps are being taken to place the organization
a a permanent basis and. equipped as it is
with exceptionally fine grounds and every ia
.Iity for the enjoyment OF outdoor sport, the
officers and members prophesy that within
short time the club must be recognized as one
al the best in New-York State
AS the successor OF the old Staten Island
cricket Club the Field Club feels that II has
indeed a reputation TO live up 20. Said one
member: "Of all the Staten Island institutions
for fostering wholesome exercise. the famous old
Cricket Club came nearer being a model than
anything else. and it's lineal descendant the
Livingston Field Club. promises to be a worthy
successor"
It was years before such things as professional
leagues had been heard OF that little band OF
baseball enthusiasts got together on Staten
Island under the management OF e c. Bridg-
man. and hit "three-baggers" and ran bases
with a vim that Is still talked Of with pride by
the oldtimers on the island The antics OF some
of their youthful successors. who in their recent
novel game with the women's team ran bases In
calico skirts and bonnets, threw under
hand" curves. and batted left handed. would
have shocked these oldtime players. could they
have witnessed the game. Many OF the oldtime
Players are still alive. and e C Bridgman.
manager of the team. is one OF the prominent
residents OF the island. The team he had charge
If was the ancestor of the Livingston Field
Tub.
The Clifton end OF the island was then the
limit of It's travelled part, and there company
of young Englishmen endeavored 20 keep alive
interest in old game in a. TO them. new land
Fhey played c-iclet and played 1t with such
spirit TO attract outside attention Finally
they united with the baseball players under the
cumbersome club title. 1.-The Staten Island
Cricket and Baseball Club" But though the
was long. IT proved no hoodoo. For a
quarter of century the club enjoyed a career
of prize winning and prosperity In outdoor
sports.
Until 1886 the club made its home at what is
called ST George on piece OF ground COM
handing beautiful view OF the harbor and
Eew-York. That was not the day of palatial
clubhOuses. and a modest pavilion answered the
purposes Of the club. A high social standard
was. however. adopted at the outset and, under
the presidency of William Krebs was success
fully maintained. The cooperation of the az
filiated Ladies' Club also proved of invaluable
aid to the club members.
When with the building up and development
OF Staten Island the ferryboats and putting loco
motives came, almost under the very nose OF
the club seclusion was sought in retreat to the
present site I'm Bard-ave- A tract of land was
purchased and converted at big expense into an
IDEAL field for either baseball. cricket or tennis
turf was created that became the pride then
as now. OF George Hayward. the veteran super
mtendent Known far and wide the Cricket
CLUB the organization enjoyed long period of
prosperity. For dozen years there was never a
deficit to face Then golf came, and with the
coming Of golf disaster fell on the old Cricket
Club. or course. the members wanted to play