Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-11
DANNY MURPHY HERO
AT OLNEYvILLE RECEPTION.
Friends of His Boyhood Home Make
Present of Diamond Ring and Trav- !,
cling Bag.

| Oineyvil1e, where Danny Murphy,
right fielder of the Philadelphia Atll-
| ietics, grew up in the national game,
united to do honor to their former fell
| loa oWnsman on Wednesday. Of the
| reception given Murphy the Providence
journal has the following to say:
| Never before was there such an en-
th"slastic gathering of baseball fans in
| Providence as that which greeted DAN
| ny Murphy of the Philadelpia Athlet-
les in Irons hall on Olenyville square
last evening to attend the banquet his
| boyhood friends had planned in honor
of his efficient work for the Athletics
| i'll the recent worlds cham pionship
| series. HIS entire career, starting on
| the local sand lots, was rehearsed
thoroughly but briefly, and the facts
We're received with round after round
! of applause.
national game, and while Mr.. Murphy
| was honored in many ways the speak
ers did not fail to mention the work of
Captain Harry Davis, Catcher ira
Thomas, former Providence stars. and
others.
MIR. Murphy expected to be joined
here by fellow players on the worlds
championship team but his comrades
found that friends had made plans for
| them which could not be broken Cap
tain Davis was to have Joined him at
the hall, but could not appear.
/ With Murphy came John McInnes,
the young shortstop who is looked up
on as an exceptionally promising play
er. Murphy and McInneS were escort
! ed from the hotel by Owen McMann
! and E. j. Mcbride, chairman and Sec
tary of the committee. A reception
was held for more than half an hour.
At o'clock the gathering of 200 sat
down to g turkey supper which was
followed by speech-making and the
presentation of testimonials to Dan
NY
| Mr.. iMcMann acted as POSTMASTER
and extended a hearty welcome to
/ Messrs. Murphy and McInnes. He said
| the gathering looked upon Murphy as
| "one of our own for while he was
born in Philadelphia he came to Oh
| NEVILLE with his parents when about
! 2 years old. The POSTMASTER told OF
several amusing incidents connected
with Murphy's early life and said that
even when a kid Murphy would go
into his ward at 4 o'clock in the
morning and toss a ball into the air,
that he might seizure practice catching
The story of how he was dressed on
| these occasions pleased the crowd.
The POSTMASTER told of Danny's
early days in Olneyville a S q, ball play
err. starting in with the Flat Roofs.
the field today whose work was follow
ed with more interest than that of
Murphy.
The other speakers We're Luke z.
kavanaugh, who lived in Olneyvilie
when Murphy came here and was a
personal friend. He gave an interest
ing history of the Philadelphia Atil-
letics and said the name dated back
to the early days of professional base
ball He recalled many of the old
time stars we'll known throughout the
country and who were seen in q Proyi-
dence uniform He paid a high tribute
to Murphy, saying he was one of the
cleanest, honest, hardest working and
unassunling players in the game to-
day. He said the national game was
great institution, for it brought togetl-
ed on an equal standing men, women
and children of all classes and walks
| of life, welding it into one common
mass. He said it did more to wipe
out race feeling and jealousy than any
other institution.
DR.. James P. Reid was the next
speaker and started by saying as Mr..
Kavanagh had given a, complete rec
ord of baseball in this part of the
country he would dwell upon Mr.. Muir
phys good name. He concluded by
presenting as a token of esteem and
friendship handsome diamond ring
aud bouquet of flowers from Olneyville
friends. Immediately a representative
from the Middleboro Baseball associa-
ton stepped forward and in behalf of
that association gave Mr. Murphy
large travelling bag.
IT was evident that Mr.. Murphy was
much surprised, for he was consid-
erably affected. He opened by saying:
This is the first time l ever did this.
I can't find words to express my feel
ing of appreciation for your beautiful
gifts He managed to thank his
friends and then suddenly sat down.
Judge Harry A. Palmer of Cranston
was called upon for q few words from
his city. He spoke of the excellent
work of the OIneyville boy and refer
red to the days of the late Pimnny
Cooney, who came from CranstOn.
James II. Hogan spoke briefly and pre-
scented to Owen McMann a handsome
piece of flowers in the shape Of a
horseshoe. marked Our Owen, Alder
man, 1911
Mr.. McTnnes was called upon for
| few remarks. and, like Mr.. Murphy,
apparently found himself in an unfa-
milar position. He said that his line
was baseball and not speech-naking,
but after seeing the esteem in which
his friend Danny was held by Olney-
vile fans he was glad to show that he
had the same feeling. He said he had
gained much by Information offered
by Murphy and said that such help is
seldom coming from men up in the
game.
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