Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-07
OFN B. FOSTER NAMED AS
SECRETARY OF THE GIANTS
Well Known Base Ball Writer Succeeds
R. II. McCutcheon With the
New York GLIB.

NEW YORK January John B.
Foster sporting editor of the Evening
Telegram. was elected secretary of the
New York Giants at special meeting
of the directors held at the headquarters
of the club in the Fifth Avenue building
yesterday afternoon. He will succeed r.
H. McCutcheon, who accepted the office
a few weeks ago at the earnest solicita-
ton of the late John I. Brush. who ask
ed him to assume charge temporarily
after the resignation of Joseph d.
O Brien.
n. Ashley Lloyd was elected treasurer,
a position which Mr.. McCutcheon also
held after the resignation of John D.
Whaen last fall, while Frank NJ Stew
ems. son of Harry Stevens, who holds
the concessions at the Polo Grounds. was
elected director. Mr.. McCutcheon will
remain director of the club.
Mr.. Foster. the new secretary, has long
been identified with base ball as writer
For a number of years he has been Off
cial scorer at the Polo Grounds and in
timately associated with the players and
officials of the club. Since the formation
of the Base Ball Writer'S Association he
has been the New York representative of
the organization, and also has been
editor of Spalding's Official Base Ball
Guide.
Familiar as he is with all the ms and
outs of the game through years of expert
ence and observat Mr.. Foster is we'll
qualified to fulfill his duties as an officer
of the club. The death of the late John
T. Brush took away from the club an
adviser thoroughly familiar with the
many details of the game. leaving
. handful of directors who knew little or
1 HI n
take much of the responsibility off the
hands of Mr.. Brush that John d.
O Brien elected secretary more than
a year ago, and his resignation. coming,
as it did, shortly before Brushs death,
left the business end of the organization
without guiding hand.
Upon the shoulders of Mr.. Foster will
fall most of the management of affairs.
exclusive of the team itself over which
John J. McGraw is i'm complete COM
mand. AS Harry \. Hampstead the
new president is unfamiliar with the
complex laws and politics of the game,
the position of secretary will be re-
sponSble one.
office in the last three years. Fred
Knowles was compelled to resign
count of his health at the end of the
season in 1910. and he was succeeded by
William +. Gray, who held the position
until after the worlds series in 1911. y
little more than a year ago Joseph ID.
o. rien was imported from the west to
take GrayS place. Mr.. O'Brien resigned
shortly after the worlds series last fall,
mo reason being given, and r. Fl. Nc
ICutcheon was elected to fill the office
temporarily.
Mr. Foster declared Yesterday that he
| had no intimation of being considered for
! the position until the latter part of last
week. He will resign his present position
on the Evening Telegram and take up
| his duties i'm the Office Of the club within
| the next few days.
With McGraw in the west vaude-
| Vile tour there is much to be done in the
way of. making final arrangements. for
| the southern training trip of the club
and the sending ont of contracts to the
players. 1t is now hardly more than a
month before the Giants will be winSing
| their way to Texas.
! John s. Foster knows base ball, as he
| has been studying and writing about it
| off and on mostly on, since 1881 In 1880
| he was state editor of the Cleveland
| Press and two years later accepted the
| same position with the Cleveland Leader
| tor reported i'll and Foster remarked to
| the managing editor: I'll go out and do
| the base ball game today" He wrote a
semi humorous story, which so pleased
! that he was urged to continue the work.
| and finally accepted the position OF sport
| ing editor which he held until 1879 when
| he came to New York
! On arriving in this city he wrote bicy-
| cling for time, but eventually was ap-
| pointed sporting editor of the Evening
| Telegram, position he has held for M
! teen years.
| In the war of 1880, when the players re-