The evening world., 1919-01-15
Giants NelU OlUners Plan
To Develop Sporting Side,
Not Games Business End
viii Indcavor to Make Fans
Feel Team Is Their Par
tiCular Pride.
BIZ William abbott.


plan 10 make tho rolo Ground
more Of New York instilu
ton. The baseball public b. to l..
taken in as sort ol side partner in
tho venture.
I'VE VIII ann to make tho fans Fec,
as IL the Giants is their partlculal
| pride. We want them 10 regard tho
| team "a our club. We intend 10 dc.
Nc.op the sporting side Of baseball
and not trouble the fans with tn,
business end OF the team"
That's rght. Charnc,' broke N
Manager wee President McGruN.
"rhd, Is our policy. We will work
to make the Giants more popular"
Tho new regime announce u read.
ness to spend ell the money ncces
sary to give the Polo Grounds a
Championship team McGrIw VIII bt
the real baseball head and viii con
tnuC as manager Charles Stoncham
as president viii represent the club
at AL league meetings. Judge Fran
Clo MCQuIuC VIII mold the purse
strings. tie will not resign as CIty
MdS Lstratc as nc believes his new
GuLies Will only mean the signing Uf
IA few papers. John Il. Foster re-
mains as secretary OF the CLUB.
John MCGrdw was the chief cngi-
nccr In the purchase OF the Giants,
one OF the biggest deals in basebalrs
history. 1t has ben no secret for some
time that the clubs manager had
ownership aspirations. Several times
It had been rumored the club had been
sold 10 a MCGrdw combine, but until
yesterday these reports were merely
false alarms. The actual sale was
one OF those rapid-fire transactions
TOR which the diamond is justly cele-
brated.
McGraw interested his dear friends
CHARLES StonCharn and Judge McQudde,
ana the three finally made such an
attractive orfer that Harry Hemp
stead agreed TO sell the club his
luthcr-in- law, John 4. Brush, made
MS Mes work. McGraw trst ap-
preached Charles Stopeham less than
three weeks ago about buying the
Giants. Once the new President
reached a conclusion, the whole thing
went over with IA bang.
How did you happen TO get into
baseball, Mr.. Stonehan?" asked an
interviewer.
"Ha. ha. that's one on you, young
man." came laughing reply, for the
face or the new Giant owner is con-
unuously wrodthed in smiles. "I have
.ong been an ardent fan. | have been
wen moro than that. have been a
grand stand manager who even tried
to yell Instructions to the players.
baseball as "A wholesome snort is
unCquailcd. The war certainly proved
shat, II any proof Is necessary. Whv
'ho time Is not far distant when base.
hail viii be played pretty nearly MI
over tho world
AS for the Giants, VIC have the
brightest hopes. We firmly believe
baseball Is coming back strong this
season and arc going to prepare ac-
curlingly. II is our aim, however, not
To- inject business into u sport and
for that reason We purposelv re-
Trained from announcing tho pur-
chase price Of tho club. We hold TO
the view that fans arc mainly inter
ested in what the team does on the
field and not what tho club sells for
or what an individual player may be
sold for"
Charles 4. Stoncham Is a man Of
many angles, Wall street knows him
well as tho head Of one OF tho biggest
brokerage houses in the financial dts
| iriCt and daring Speculation. Turf
| circles easily recognize Mr. StOneham
aa the owner OF a string OF thorough
hrCdS
Charlea Stonoham hc is plain
! charlie 10 a host of friends has
many little hobbies. many of which
are Of a charitable nature.
leo 4. Bondy. ono ~ the now Giant
directors, tells hqY MIR. Stonehsm re-
comfy visited thc~Bowery out Of curl .
! oslty. "This 10 tough" exclaimed the
Giants owner ~ he viewed seores oi