Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19

part it can easily be explained why the clubs are known by this and that
 nickname-appropria or not-ra ther tha nanother.
 At times d club will change it's t. :le. As club shifts ownership II ! sometimes shucks it's popular name But this isn't common nowadaN s As the cubs are bound to a hickman now. so they are apt to be for some years hence.
 There are the Braves. Their nam is with them to stay. because the
 made it stick after il had been fast ened on them by their then owner. Jim Gaftney. When he went and bought the then Boston Nationals, previously
 known by any number of nickna mes, facetious and otherwise. he found a name that appealed to him. He named his own club, and the Braves they were ever since the early period of his regime president and owner, cellar habit to the winning oi world $ cha mpionship down to the present daA IL is alleged that James F.. G1ffney- still a big power behind the throne iu
 basebali-paid a delicate tribute tp his affiliations with Tammauy when he settled upon the title.
 Also the Red Sox were so named in an official way. Tn the days when John l.. TaVlor was pursuirs his high " popular way as president of the champs he de"-ded on the name, and it is so to this day.
 r As with the Red Sox, it is SD with the Reds of Cincinnati but the latter have had the name from time imme- morial. The hue of the stockings won by the players had everything 10 do with the conferring Of the title on both. This brings in the White Sex of Chicago, who likewise nave q time worn nickname.
 As with the foregoing. so also is II with the Cardinals and Browns of St Louis. Theirs are ancient titles, the colors of stockings and uniform caps, as in the case of the great ma ioritN uf the clubs. having to do with the matter Add the Pirates to tEat list and the origin of the nicllnames Of six of the big league clubs can be ea@iIt understood.
 It is bit different with the Giant-- There was the period lwav back wien the New York Nationals were, to T man. players of size. Henro the name. and it hasn't varied through the years
 Brooklyn fell on Dodgers which is diminutiVe of trolley dodgers-as a pleasant reminder by her over-the- bridge neighbor of New York of th- custom of the strange burg's com muting inhabitants. In way it is far-fetched.
 It is a wide open cinch 70 figure where the Phillies got their name. That other Philadelphia club, the hth letics, bears an ancient and honorable name.
 That is only general title that de mands no reason for tracing its an cestry But the club has n white ele- phant as an emblem. The players wear it on their uniforms. as to the Cubs of Chicago a cub emblem.
 Tn the case of the Athletics the tale carries interest. It appears that in the earlier days of the American league John J. McGraw of the Giants made the characteristic remark that Connie Mack had a white elephant on his hands in the Philadelphia club. This same remark was remembered by Mack, and he took pride in making McGraw remember it when success crowned the Mackian efforts. So runs the tale. a any rate. Those who can the famous machine that represented She National league in Chicago back in the days when the American league was young will rec olect the names of an array of won derful players who composed the great est ball club that ever stepped on A diamond. At the period when they were in process of formation they were all of practically the same age TheN were in effect a club of youngsters so the name of Cubs fell naturally to them. With all the prestige that at taches 10 it, it is a surety the same will survice for many years
 It must be confessed that the ap- plication of the names Yankees" and Indians" is somewhat surrounded with mystery as to their particular reason for application. As for the Tigers, there is no mystery there. The striped stockings. as we'll as the gen eral disposition of the club that won pennants for Detroit. made the mori- ker a highly fitting one