Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-07
Iron MAN. FIRST AMERICAN Lacquer TO SIGN

erS drafted by the Brooklyn CLUB OF the
National League.
That was in the year 1899, and it was
at this time that the Brooklyn and the
Baltimore clubs consolidated, and Nc
Ginnity was sent with S~heckard, Rob
inson and McGraw to the Orioie
aviary. The National League had a
twelve-club circuit during that season
ard McGinnity began right off the reel
to make a name for himself. He won
IS out of the IS games in which he OF
fciated on the mound, and his work
practically captured the fourth place
position for the club.
The following year saw the dawn OF
the new century, and while the enron
iclers of history were adding on an
other century to their records the Ma
tional League decided to drop four OF
the clubs. Baltimore was dropped.
with Louisville. Cleveland and WASH
ington, and the future Iron Man was
transferred to Brooklyn, while McGraw
and Robinson became the property or
the st. Louis club. The Brooklyn club
won the pennant that year, n NC
Ginnity's work for the team on the
slab was one of the winning factors.
Get. the Name of "Iron Man.
He was the mainstay of the team
and practically the only pitcher on the
twirling corps who could be relied upon
to stand the gaff when the gong was
hard. 1t was at this stage of-hls ca
reer that the Oklahoma boy received
the sobriquet of Iron Man.. he was
given the name by a Brooklyn scribe
after he la pitched seven games IN
succession against the Pittsburg Clup.
1t was at a critical stage of the season
when the Pirate crew arrived at Brook
lyn for a four-game series. Manager
Ned Hanlon's pitching staff was shot
to pieces. Nops, Kennedy and kitson
were on the hospital list, and the team
from the Smoky City was threatening
the Superbas, who led the league by
the slim margin of half a game. Nc
Ginnity started the first day n came
out a winner On the following day he
was called upon to go in again, when a
fellow pitcher began to wobbfe, and he
was given credit in the record for the
game. The third day it was the same
story, and he again came u Vlcto-
rious when called upon TO down the
Pittsburgs on the succeeding day, MAX
ing it four straight victories TO his
credit in four days. A Sunday in be-
tween enabled him to secure n little
rest afforded while travelling IN a rail-
train with his team to Pittsburg,
where the same team lined up again
after a days vacation. After winning
two of the contests for the Brooklyns
he was held to a tie in he seventh
game, but Joe had made a superb
reaord FOR himself
McGinnity is proud of having played
on that team. and occasionally goes so
far as to boast that it was the greatest
team ever gotten together. His fellow
mates were: Farrell and Mcclure,
catchers: Hughie Jennings, first base;
Tom DAILY, second base: Bill Dahlen,
shortstop; Lave Cross, third base; Joe
Kelly, left field; Fielder Jones, centre
field, and Willie Keller, right field.
Sheckard. now of Chicago. was a sub
stitute outielder. and Jack Dunn, who
is now. an Eastern League magnate,
and is manager of the Baltimore Club,
with the team for awhile in the
spring.
When the season of that year was
brought to a close there was intense
rivalry between the Pittsburg and the
Brooklyn Clubs. and several of the
leading P%ittsburg newspapers got to-
gethel and offered a silver loving cuP
valued at $500 to the winner of a four
game post-season series arranged be-
tween the two clubs. The games were
played and the Brooklynites, with Nc