The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-01
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
OLD BASEBALL DAYS REVIVED
m DAY, MCTRIE AND CONNOR.
They Helped 10 Establish the National
Game On THIS GIty Years Ago and Are
Now Among the Veteran Pans Of.
CAST May BOH Moran In Philadelphia.

Suting behind The netting IN the grand
- aud At the Polo Grounds on Thursday
we're three men Who helped to place New
' orb On the baseball map more than tNen'y-
1--WE wears ago. when the Giants won their
first National League pennant and sub.
-"puently a worlds championship. II Was
reunion that made some OF the veteran
fans think 81 Old lines Those mon were
John ~ Dav. James Mutrle and Roger
COnuoT Yet n is possible that very few Of
The present generation at rOOtsrs could
tell ynu much about them.
Bay owned iobac,o business down in
Maiden lane when Nuri~ hreeys-d INTO
town from New Engl'ud with an idea
~ IN. mer,'-t chance the" met and MntTIe
told Dlv that II he would put NJ afeN hun
drrd dollar- 10 lease "a plot 81 ground away
NJ on The FAST Sds a baseball club could
bs e>' lbii-h"d and some money nigh h'
made Dav consented 90 go INTO the schem",
and together thsN organized the old Me- rO-
poli'1u club. which played independently
for n while and then gained membership
IN ne once famous American Association.
Baseball under Dav and Muirle was such
= good thing that twenty-five years ago
they were compelled 10 secure larger
grounds 70 they leased from August
Belmont and others the old Polo Grounds,
then located ~ Fifth avenue and 10th street.
Inc dent ally they organized the New York
club and made n hig deaf for new players
with the Troy Cluh. Among thsSe new
plaverS was Roger Common, n first hlsAman.
who could "a. The hsll = mi Tim keefe
and Mi,kry Webrh. famous pitchers. and
rIrA living. the bssI catcher that ever
pu' an the mask Admitted toths National
League. tho New Works soon h''dme 80
roplItr 'h1' the M-trppolr ms we're sold
- Frl-ius Mum7n and Nerc Transferred 10
S'1'"n Island. where he rluh.gradunlly died
4 natura! death.
II WIS IN isS7 that Dav and MuttIe began
80 make 4 fortune Tn" crowd, ~ IN" Old
polo Grounds veto enormous The DE
trots. with -a,h star. ~ Dan Bro'rher-.
I'd Hanlon. Jim White I1"N Rowe. ,hnrlev
B-nnci Hardir RichaTd-"u. lodI Bald
WIN. Fred Dunlap. san Thompson and
"a. her~ drrw such . crowd one da- hat
the fences md urn-' il"- were torn down
and thousands Ut fans rushed INFO The
enclosure free IN" New Nork playerS
stuut a. tho WRECKED gates win hac.. boxes
nnI other rr~~rta 'le- no winch silver
pieces poured IN = ~r"'dy torrent. That
wa- after alt he tickets hal l"-n sold and
there vas no other nay 20 ,uils't 10" I'D
inr~s on fees \ohpdv ever knew how MANY
per-on- crowded around the diamond
that day. hat Il was r-',rns'sd thar moro
than sntHp GOT iu-sIe the fences IN
IsSN and 1850 the t,Ianr-. vL'h Mutr'c mana.
ger. won ~" National league pennan'
and also the world. championships, lie.
feattng the ~ louis Brovn> The hr-i
wear and m" Broosvn- ~" second Day
m adj s,tN tsp out ~ iho-e vampaien, anu
raised IA pla,rr~ salaries. -ons ~ them
ge'tin: a. much a. si"- FOR season.
SSns N .an. sn"r ar. fSm6. n. *.
Ortgtn1'pT of the var ,ry We are the
psori. Wherever he VEN WITH MS
'ianis. crowds of fans used 70 h"sr h'-
hattie cry NJ was prosperity and hlppt.
ns~- then fpr 'he tNo m'n Nho mad placed
h" national game on a Arm hi-'~ ne New
Bu' Sudd ,nly ~ 'h,- good foT.u ns van
.nsd Everything .-'"med % 20 WronE
me BOARD 81 Nldcru'n ordered ~'r'ei
-el.ct.d o new home Tor h" ttin'- a. 'ghih
az snrIs and Is.ih street. nov vacant lot
ihl- pls'" had not l'""n used Tor YEAR
stored 80 DaN and Nlutri" IN" hull pl1r-
.r- ORGANIZED Hrp' herhool End With few
piovers tonuor. lV'ng ksete. Nnrd.
Gore O'Rourke. IA rans gnd Other. Nno
had drawn hig salaries uu,isr baN leii hi-
employ. although thew admitted ih"y had
- prinoiri". they ~l,d and they ,ouh not
, iolnte - brotherhood ul-ds".
This revolt rsCk"d DAY nnd Mu'rte
financially IH'v -r"nt Urge snr N
O rying to .omha' gurih"T New lVrs 'luh
- ~ "iish'd hv ID" PLAYER ~ W" hcIu"o1
~rou b...tma au invalid .ud bad - E4ys
up - i've Nort whi" pty Nrnf back -
al. utl.. inharcu store dos niDNn ~"
star plal.f- Dropped uv' ~ 10" game
: onnor. Wh" saved p. none. h@csm"
'ired - hts HON" ~ i''urv'dge. Mas .
Mari took up ih' pTa''Is' 90 'aw. - .ns
Il 81 amt ~" "n. " 'h1mrt"n "!ant~ w"r 4
-anu ftrsp. i.Hf t'pN and Nuffic go .
ssI, . los frenls and ~hen he, me CON
nor d. 20" gan' or TLur.dsy hey .uuld
not help 'aINrn- Of The good Old ia's
vi Wolca-'. 'rc ngh'-eizh' champion. b
Ia. ."ri~I o." terms ~ Promoter tRr,y I