The evening world., 1919-01-15
Giants Changed Hands Six
Times Before Club Became
Financial SUCCeSS-h Bill Of
Its History.

until l'ce, when John r. Bru.I a,-
CURED II. since then II has o.. .u a.
big success financially. originally
the club wa owned uy John ~ DAY
and managed by lau', MuIf,.
Under Mutrl'.s management the
club won what va. iu'u called tu.
NatonaI champ up 900 isss ami
1859. On the team u' ih, tim, wore
such Old stars as PITCHER Tim k-"t,,
Mickey welsh. Roger Conner, Juhr-
ny Ward Mik' Ticrnan. Jtu
O'Rourkc, Who diod only the oth,r
day. GcorE, Core and Mike Slat.
terry. M. Day owned the club for ton
years. or until lSo2. when g. c. Van
CotS then tine IustndStcr OF NoW
York, took H. oft his hands Mr. Van
Cott wa tho active owner ,f tb,
team for only tw" years.
Andrew Freedman, since deceased.
took hold OF tho club M 1890 aud wa
It's President Tor eight Years. or until
1902 During TIN, period IN, Giants
were more or less . joke team. Tho
best they did was 90 tnt'h third un-
der tho management uf "SCrdppN
BIZ Joyce in 1897.
Freedman hired and fred manager
regularly. John a. Day former
owner. came back ~ manager for q
short time iu lSNH. and Horace r.
fogel ran the team IN 1907. other
managers from time to time We're.
Jack Doyle, Arthur Irwin. George
Davis. Fred Hoey aud George Smith.
In 1902 John T. Brush bought Freed
man out, but just before that To h'
exact, on July 10 of that Ncdr-Frc'd
man did the bust thing hc ever did for
the New Yorl. club. Ito induced John
McGraw 10 come TO the Giants.
NcGraw was an American I'dgu,
manager az the time. but was at log
carloads with Ban Johnson.
ToHN T. BRUSH was Gtockholdcr
in tho New York club lcns bc.
fore be actually bought Freedman out
In 1909. Away back In 1859. after
most OF the Giants had deserted 10
tho Brotherhood League tho luCil
club had 70 recruit practically n now
team. Brush then owner Of tho In
dianapolis club, Withdrew from The
league and sold ms best players to
the Giants. Amos Ruslc, the star
pitcher Of his time. came to New York
in this deal along with Jack Glass
cook. Jesse Burkctj, Henry Boyle.
Dick Buckley Jerry Denny. Charlie
Bassett. Scanlon and Sommors. The
II out n stock
when Mr.. Brush nnally took over
the club from Free dndn II wasn't
any 3i,0Ou,UUU proposition, III" price
he actually paid Was never made
public. but about un"-tpurth the pres.
ont day price would about hit the
mark. Some say he paid Freedman
tl.0oO,o0O for tho hfty-rlght shares Of
stock he acquired. What an invest o.
~. l..s
the price tho club brought yCstcr-
day. DURING tho Brush regime the
Giants were built up To one Of the
best baseball paying propositions ~
either OF the big league circuits. Tho
club grew from "A tajlcndcr TO pen
nant winner or contender. Under
McGraW's management II has won
ak National League championships
and one World, Series. In addition
the team has made many records for
successive games won, sc. In 1916,
for instance, th" team established a
worlds mark with twenty straight
In accordance with the terms OF Mr
Brush's will the club reverted To- his
estate after his death, In November
1912. His son-in-law, Mr. Hampstead
then assumed the presidency, which
position he has held successfully VI
To yestc riay, when, a., he explains, h6
cold the controlling interest IN tn,
club for The best interest Of the Brush
estate and those depending on n.
kHANG star PLAYERS have been de,
AVA Velopcd hy the New York Clut
during tho years o' It's existence
many OF whom have gone by IN,
board or out Of memory Of the pres
ent generation Of tins. Right uf ,h,
reel We might say the greatest o
them all was thTisty Mathpw.ot
Matty came 10 New York from Nor
folk IN 1900. shortly aftcrward. ih,
same year, be Was returned tu Nur
iolk, only 20 he drafted by CIncin
nAu. In 1901 he was traded To In,
Giants for Amos liusie, who for ycar
before that had been popular lido
with local fans
Matty stayed with the New Norl
Club for nfte'n wears. when a., va
lraned TO the Reds with Nckochrir
i0usch ana cash, for llorzog am
hilhfer, 10 become the Cincinnati
manage Msttys nam, was , nous.
hold word, and stilI H. for thai matte,
~ you can overlook the names q
such baseball heroes og "Ru,L
Ewing, Johnny Ward, Roger Come,
Jouett Mcckin, Danny Hicb,rJso, an.
several Others who wore Giant nm
aoyns ~ .hC old. old DAYS we r,I,-,
sJbmit as tho best ur tho romp3r,t.y
later Gay Developments Of tho Chant
Ss.Sn sterling players as Arthur D.y
lis. the best Third basemiu Of bi
dhy: "kubc' Marqudrd, for whom IN
NV York club paid IudunapoI. SiI
oOO. IN 1908, ana who once pitchC
nineteen straight victories. Lar
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