The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
PICKING OUT The BALL FANS
SOME FAITHFTL FOLLOWERS
or THE NtTIONtL GAME.
Ex-Owner Of the New YORK National
League Team- PriSenEhter Who u
Eager 10 forEet Player Who HAS
Turned Lawyer Famous Amateur.

These battles between the Giants and
the Guns always attract the notahles.'
said the man who knows everybody ~
he looked over IN" crowd IN the hig grand
stand a. recent New York Chicago
gam" -NittinR ~ IA" hack row ! = i..---..
with a gTlzzled gray mustaChc, smoking
one cigar after another He's all alone
you ~Aa. Rud he looks "a II he'd experi-
enc"d much trpunI" ~ his timr. Long
ago he put up few hundred dollars to es-
tahlish the first New York Baseball Club.
The game ~ hardly known 20 tho
masses then hut as soon ~ this man
sp"nt his money FOR a hall park away
over ON M" Fast sid" baseball logan Co
Iay Then be- LEASED the odd Polo Grounds
at iluih street and lIfth avenue. where
h" rnad. , tremendous success remem-
hcr a game PLAYED bV III. DrtToI's md
IN" Giants thor" Iu ISL when the crowd
hr"s" down tho turnstil"s end fences.
Nobody could say just how many personS
saw that game. bat the crowd was sd
larg" THAI th" pAay"Ts only had the dia-
mond 20 themselves The profits Of the
New York club we're ~ great that year
that somebody or other became Jealous.
for not long after the BOARD of Aldermen
ordered the cutting ~ nth street through
IN" grounds and the club had to move
This man was game. however, and while
"A new Polo Grounds was in the course
- construct ion az I55th street and Eighth
avenU" hc took the Giants 90 ~. George,
Staten Island. To play half season at
a zig loss
When tho S.lSon Il iSSg as finished
Al the now Polio Grounds our old frisnd
soon learned that all hut thr~e Of the
Champion GIANTS had deserted him for
The Brotherhood Then began ruinous
baseball war. which gradually forced New
Nork's pioneer maCna'a Ia the wall and
compelled him 90 retire TO private bust
ness But he IS >tiil fan
The square shouliersi. stocky chap
With light mustHcEe ard blue gray eyes
who is sitting not far lay was one Of
the old fellows sta; players more than
twortv years Ggo. He bobbet 10 the
surface mp IN Rhode IslEnd "a a pitcher
first AID soon commsntet good salary.
Ur like some of N" H1gs and Rubes YOU
req about he .a." his money aid stildisi
: lghts urtil ke wP, able Ia sttcrh law
school az CohmfIG. He played hall
every year with Crea' succes- heirg a
-up.rh base r,mr"-. and one Of the first
10 make Use of the burt. IT. time ~ q
New York player be trrw "a IS ~ salary.
tVt kept on Studyivg The hpigI Of his
ambition was rcach"i whom he marR gel
r w'iurcr The" without fuss or feathers
y" anuounCs'I that uo WAS through with
tell .lRyirg forever. All b" kept lis word.
The sINfooter With tSored face anil
pompA lour hair i u royal rooter. He's
oil smiles nd lows because he il still
a ,laver iulliar. He doesn't like tn bc
called 'ap eN-priTefghter' I .oRuse thai
DOESN'T sound we'll But he doesn't
mind being referred ~ ~ a former box
is cham irr PrptAbiy rO man ever
lived Who could ha0dle his fists with
sre.r"r skill tut sirar g 10 say !" COULDN'T
bit hr-i, relth.r could he 50. q up under
p heavy lE"in;. lie W., inst clever
iArc irg master. - light on bis fee, N ~
he ~nut NOV" faster than his shallow.
Bl' o.c dSv awav Int /" Nevada he re-
ceiv"i u rur Oh int rohb"i him NJ hts
'I'lr and gut Tim Iu IA" hack number
class
"Ha-.'- a"o'hcr por-"n wfo hrs been
i"rtifa wI'E pugi.i.m lat ioe~nt
~" :" taIk "'"ut y ANY tor g"r He
bon ..h' bee va- . iich'or ~ al Zig guy
Hu' him 90 sleep ru' 3" Cgiiir- ia Then
30. Dg.'. 81 @ crlI,- at cuH store and
,trur..i.' alp. 4. d. lil b" ssv q cNa-cr
u M. . %" 5 sig~ loavvW"ighi That
.rrrln = chn.c" 'o" him 'o hgsk IN the
irn"lTh' al irci '"G''Ily rcther bunch
4 mNr"v
IN" stumuv H'tl" man who smii~.
~. never 'hlC. 60 q ..s- awning has made
quick fnrfGr' .ut Of IA" nat ipual game.
Z" ws- n ci"rS IN . drug store ont IN Ohio
w"lND YEAR nCp and didn't know "A hall
rom h1r But when hc h"curn" = news
n -,.k writer W" gu' WISE al! ,f a sudden
7" hHd sNv"d - few d'llarS and was anx-
'us - invest in ha-' "lll when he heard
m" dlv thar biz major lenru. club
'Ild h' bought dirt cheap - he hunted
~ a mIlhnnaIr' borrowed sin0 O.n pur-
ha-.4d the clup. mpde $50. UHO the first
oar and paid hack tho loan That was
.ninC snule. On tell YOU. hut the littl.
nan wasn't satisfied With Increased
rpfts ha bought ~" land on which his
all park il heated and j. now said 20
- v rr'h half million
Thor" ~ all kinds ~ BASEBALL bugs
80 h"rr on" who il IN class hv himself
L. might b" called the statistical bug
y no rov"ls IN baseball records He
cops an sabDra'" score e each Enma
rmpilss tho batt'ny and fielding aver
gcs ~ all ~" Dllyors m tho hig leagues.
20 rd- the doings - ~" minors and can
N Won the history - any man on the
iam0nd Nfc'S a record book -
I'm" kind IN every rocket and cun srft,e
lmr-t every DISPUTE DON'T got into m
rgumon' and orer 80 make n net with
i'm unless Won know YOU are right be-
nrehand. beca,l~" he'll surely win your
Money.
SEQ hat gian- n"ar IN" Giants hanch'
I" wps a famous college pitcher fifteen
ears ago aud y" could hay" -, n a star
professional too lie pitched for one ~
u gning s"nsa'jon lie faced m. New
.orA- m ~" Crc.a'oU l-'fo-n ~" pr..rin-
: 'h.' ,haWl iunshIr s'repn ard 10 made
record - WNi.'' %" still rrnud ItwAa
NJ. = thrsa dark DAYS ~hon spool sounfs
.r much "" rad his wing ~ great
rkIuc order and -ho' ~" al over the
la'" Hk" q 80" hullo' F0r rim" inuinRp
IN" G. ants tri"i v7'n.v 20 s,l,o ~ ply-
ing .,Iy"rv. Irrt l.v 90" =, Nit"v. lshcd
accidentally th"v dul 20 thy could 10
l'tl" tho IA fcllD.,. who ken hi~ head
nd 'ust laughed AZ ~ Ell .rpr'- to hi'
be- hall safely " D. had acr-ut.d some
Z %" offers from prot. ~siural clubs
.li"v" D." would laE" - n - great n
i'cl"r A. "ur NIFTY luf D." didn't need
I" money and v'T.' mo -" Lava and IL
partner ~ vel known Nrm
ID Won notice f'H lir rr~ny follow
'andlug jus .rf-rd" 'lc prn-s hoN9
luu't know hiTrf Th"n YOU probably
..N.r saw him ulav ell m, r" than six
'rn wears ag,' w.. vH~ IN" - t'r great
= hitt"r- IN ~" profession IN IN SEQ dAvs
l"fthtui"r b" could hit %" tail a mile
ID matter how b. wa yIt bed to him
hen men we're On h1s'.~ and D" looinad
!, ~ ~" ulaf" with his big wagon tongue
''h"r- used t. shake. ~ 'h"ir shoes lie
% The. lraEIIs moro than ture in tho