Arizona republican., 1912-08-04
NEWSPAPER USAGE
 A STRONG FACTOR
Picturesque and Brevity the Cause of Many Weird Ap- pelations; Chance Phrase Sticks Because of Peculiar Aptness and disability

How and why are the Giants the Athletics and the "Pirates?''
 Every follower of ball annals knows the nickaames of the big league teams but it takes an old time diamond dyed in the wool fan to pass with honors all examination on how they got their ragtimc expectations.
 Whence cometh the festive nickname by what chance aptness was the epi thet made to stick "yust like gloo'? Verify shall the tale unfold be from the wEappings of time for the eager hear traps Of the younger generation of fans.
 Way lack in dim past the Pittsburg manager wanted player. Louis Bier bauer. star second baseman for the Philadelphia team was the onliest one that fitted the specifications of the wanted hombre. Phillies' contract with Looie WIS all written out in the fine SpenCerian hand of some law sharp's typewriter-if they had 'em those days but owing to a slight diSa greement. the perfectly cute Irish name of MT. Bierhauer was not yet duly affixed to the document. The Pittsburg manag CT got busy. He fOStered the little diff ferences Looie had with the Philly manager and one darksome day lured him into the meshes Of Smoky city ownership. Philadelphia sent a clari- on howl to high heaven, and it also reeChOed throughout the width of the lard. Pirates Robbers. also every other genus. species and variety of thief" walled they. To think of team stealing d good man in that perfectly shocking manner! It was strictly against taseh1ll etiquette to annex anything one might be caught taking And as Pirates was the shorter if not uglier term. it became the unofficial cognomen of the man-stealers.
 The New York Nationals were dubb- ed Giants by the late P. Jay DOnohue in the summer of 1885. when they were making such a valiane fight against Chicago for the pennant It was their prowess not their stature that was responsible for the name, though many rooters think the opposite. The Amer iCan league team of the same village was called the Highlanders. first by James R Rice when the Johnson or gapization arrived in town. The presl- dent of the club that became the New York Americans when Ban got his hap;1s ou the franchises, was one Joseph Gordon. and the play place was on high ground. Now it happens there is q regiment of Scottish troops called the Gordon Highlanders. for seasons the Gordon Highlanders, for reasons and the combination nudged Rice to amply the name to the ball tossers.
 The name Quakers, applied to the Philadelphia Nationals is naturally taken from the city of their owners. It is thought the word was first used in 1883. when Philadelphia was represent e,I hv teams in the old American assO citation and the National league. The former was already spelled the "Ath- lotics'' and to distinguish them. news writers fell into the habit of saying "Quakers.
 As one of the first real big ball teams organized in this country, the Philadelphia Americans took the old time honored name. Athletics, which eunhonious appelation has been the choice of every back lots boy bunch from the time it was introduced into polite sport circles 40 digress now moment. and recount how the team
  led in 1864, the team was made part of the National organization of ball nIavers. the first league of them all. The name Athletics had been passed down throughout long time and when ovnanding. the organization bought up 2 team in Philadelphia, the newspapers with the consent of the club owners foruallv affixed the title to Connie M3ck's men.
 Comiskv adopted the name White stockings for his team when they were t.l1op m bv the American league in Cbicago in 1900 Two sport writers are responsible for shortening the name to "Sox' because the longer Words oF' not fit yell in the headlines, ana alS"' nerhans tecause brevity is the prime need of Q popular nickname when u first came out as SoX, the name mae a hit and it sticks.
 Newspaper usage gave the Cubs their cutest title When trank Sele9 took ove- the management or the thi- cago Nationals, there was Tn progress a baseball war. every other team was moor in material and were glomminS nIavers right and 1eft-4nd as often wrong as right His ranks depopuiat- cd by the raids of the American scouts Selee was forced to fill his team with youngsters of less than average pig ness and ability. George Rice. sport writer sprung the name and Tn feW weeks it was used everywhere.
 Tim Mdrnane sport writer chang