Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-07
Leads Eastern League His First
Year Out-Will Try
Again.


Ginnity on tho mound on two occasions,
won three out of the -four games. Joes
work was of such a stellar calibre that
his made a present OF the
trophy to their star twirler, and Joe
still prizes the cup very highly among
his collection of momentos of memoir
able occasions.
During the year of 1901 the war
brought about by the organization OF
the invading American League broke
out and Joe McGinnity jumped to the
Baltimore cub. He was the first actual
player to sign an American League con-
tract and his signed document was
Used to induce other stars to join the
ranks of the new league. Managers
had already cast their fortunes with
the Americans, but Joe was the first
| player who had nothing but his future
as a baseball player in the National
League at stake, to make the move.
The war waged hot n heavy that
year between the two factions, but in
mid-season during the summer Of 1902
John T. Brush, president of the New
York Nationals, made a coupe d'etat
and purchased the Baltimore club for
a sum said to be in the neighborhood
of $4,000. One of Brush's first moves
was to give McGinnity his uncondi-
Itional release and then offer him a JOB
with the New York Nationals. Joe ac-
cepted as did McGraw. Bresnahan ana
McGann, n that famous quartet nm
ished the season with New York. At
the same time 81 Seymour. Manager
Joe Kelley. of the Toronto Eastern
League Club. and Mike Donlin were
sent to Cincinnati.
Hard Work.
In 1908 the Giants finished second,
while in 1904 and '05 they copied the
bunting of the National League. The
Iron Man" in the year 1904 had the
reputation of being the best slant artist
i'm the country, and for the second time
he led the league pitchers of the Ma
tional League in the percentage OF
games won. In 1900 he had pitched IN
forty-one games and had a mark OF
.369 in Brooklyn. but in 1904 his work
was the best of his career, and he al
most carried the New York Club TO
the front on his own shoulders. He
pitched in no less than flfty-one games
and had a grand average of .Sl4, a
mark seldom attained by any big league
box artist.
1t was during the month of August
in the campaign of 1904. Joe again
proved his claim to the title Iron Man
bv winning three double-headers. He
held the Boston team helpless at the
HUB. while his team won " games
in one afternoon. and he performed the
same difficult feat at the Polo Grounds
against the Phillies and the Dodgers
McGinnity helped McGraw land the
ma again in 1905. and did good
work in 1906 and 1907, but in 1908 he
felt that the pace in the big eague
was getting a trifie too fast for him,
and realizing that while he was still
better thar many of the other pitchers
on McGraw's staff. he knew that 1t was
only a question of time before ne would
have TO retire. and he decided to leave
the National League while bis record
was still good.
He finally secured his unconditional
release from John T. Brush last year,
and. with Harry Clay Smith as a part
ner. he purchased the Newark Eastern
League Club.
His work last year after he so'
started when the Weather began to get