The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-09
|I|IY DAYS Of
HE GREAT CAME

"Reminiscences v
y, Who Helped Build Up Amer
Jean Baseball.
..- Tho Advertiser by ]. j.
N''' fitzpatrick
-. time I played on East Broad
Sl.' .,,. and we plugged the runner
= :, he ball IN the back OF the "@a@
v him out and thought It meet
r. -,a1a Of putting man out was
~ r effective at times and led
So nv scrap, but then It was d
. - peishborhood. We called /. a
@'is' because it was not a square, d
". !, -,tber, the junction OF East
-. ,5r.v and Grand street. Where
3.' az Why Why over on ,te Hook Of
=. way east of the Bowery.
Wv r,r.- hear of COrlears Hook
~ a.me was being hammered into
IN :. the Elysian Fields, Hoboken.
W. ~ o ia Empire, Eagle and Gotham
=: were making history.
w. =. Fxeelsiors and Atlanrics sprung
: Brooklyn. the Eckfords, named
e. = = sbipbuilder in Williamsburga.
- -. t5s Athletics in Philadelphia and
- r N, in Troy. To the best Of
.Tdtledge Jimmy Creighton was
!. sr,, salaried player, he pitched for
!, r1relsiors and was the best Of his
later The Atlantics were champions
4, Years, and Joe Start on first base
I'm. on second and grey-haired DlckE
p,4s If short were names to c0nJure
g.tl
Fame was a fine player and the first
"a, in baseball to wear gloves. Fred
Z nayed in "Sassety,' played the
rna and wore stout kid gloves to pro
# Bis fingers. 1t was considered de-
flaIy efeminate. The famous con
<, between the Atlantic and the
lat.ies served to popularize the game
n Drew immense crowds in Brooklyn
u Philadelphia. The ball was pitched
n and Dick Mcbride Of the Athletics
II iar The most effective Of his time
nj the despair of the umpIres.
b delivering the bali he stopped very
h and his hand barely cleared the
sal. Just there Richard worked hi:
alaisnd throw, sent the ball in with
.adas snap and resulted IN many &
hd debate and protest.
! Nae method of underhaud~ throw
= the constant study Of aspiring
s',itn, and finally lead to the liberty
iaHEe*, enjoyed by our modern so
4-si pitchers. The best pitcher prob
alr ii the history of the game, wa
lslsin, alias "The Charmer -; he wa
F'lieffully accurate and speedy; hi
asa true pitch.
Charley Mills caught him and botl
Cd were lured from the Eckfords an,
sasitqied the famous battery Of III
lllrties.
1t tbs time the competing club
we the Atlantics, Eekforis, Excel
sS Athletics and later the Mutual
New York and the Unions Of Troy
With enclosed grounds and admis
@' ices, regular salaried players in
si'ei, though I presume all the play
got shares in the gate.
ne Mutual club of New York It
aasd their players, report SAID, b
IN the city government.
"a the Elvsian Fields. Hoboker
''l an old English professional ericE
q named Wright who took care o.
grounds, His two sons George an
my grew up professional cricEe-er
. sst ball players. George wa
~ some shqrtstop,
ii'n the same neighborhood can.
, @a1g Hatfield, great fielder who.
1 ,% throw of four hundred fee
FllTne has never been exrelraI
:. ,aF "nghts gravitatad 70 the I-afo
~. !. Of A0rrisania and were the mai
s,,o. . a making it champion for
:, They disappeared, with N.vs,. -,
,-o. q tive other Union PLAYERS. 10 r.
,,s "a. 4. the following year and swae
81 @F eastern ball fields with r
] a,i,6 13iely professional nine ever n
l,er r 'he Cincinnati Red stocEfno
s,,,n 'on eTfry game they PLAYED t6s
pt.t, eNtepf one with the AtIantfas-
NJ oiy let the old 'uns down oasv
6t.r Na'ianal League was FORM
Il si,; sae ciabs taking the names
% sres-t snsy represented. There w.
drill. p,lcn. the Athletics of Phil
d h. IA ia3'alnlng the old name. Mar
b. S wv payers became profession.
song. al, became a shining light. ar
bane Sn *'tE such PLAYERS as Ra
sal se,.on. he shampion nine for 80
u sre,,a1. Ferry Denny 7 capz.a
IL j isee,i bsseman that ever COW. rovo-.
l 1be s.l. corner.
,s5Ss, ntst nickname 7 rcroo,,l.-
H. rss 70 the Unlon c ,T,P'm M w "
bakers sS' ! always called the |H FL
ari,.. usual to credit 1r.ta,-..
NatIT all rllt Is, the curve ball i
zee nave nave no doubt n ms 5p@0 IN the -. Ia
| sasre pa p,s Of the erratie course I'll" +
| he tr Silence We yorn eSt ry' o.,,
'so..ate1 ,;. hut in our minds i 70
=, Or with a problema+;oo7 ::
| ~,',iR, simpIr IN IN, Inc bat. One plav
| gave ~ 4 . rolled lie! the hail off ?
s's 4. 1a that iso r s'aje s.s',.,
Martin Dy No. With a strong o..