The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
AUG. rs, 1891, Big
DAY FOR M'GRAW
John Broke Into Box Score at
Second Base for Bal
timore.
ROOKIE BATTED
Got One Single in Four Times
Up and Erred Once in Six
Chances.

President Stoneham OF the Giants can
II he 80 desires have a celebration at the
Polo Grounds on August IS (the Pirates
then win be visiting Gotham) in honor Of
the clubs vice-president and manager
John J. McGraw. The Little Napoleon
wasn't born on August 26 and he didn't
take charge OF the team which he has
been bossing since 1908 on August rs.
Where the August rs figures promi-
nently in the baseball life Of John J. Mo-
oraw. who this winter dug up new own
srs for the Giants. a new capitalist for
the Braves and a new manager for the
Reds, Is that II was on August %, 1881,
he did his first pastiming in select cir
Giles. The L. n. then was eighteen years
old and he had been earning his liveli-
hood during two summers playing ball.
a person who is qualified to relate
what kind of ball player McGraw was
in 1890 is, II .he Is still living. George Kin
ney. hotel keeper OF Truxton. N. T.. Nc
Graw's birthplace. Some of the fans OF
Cortland county aver that 1t was Mr..
Kinney who helped John ]. start out on
his career In the minors-with a team IN
the New York and Pennsylvania league
In 1890 and with tho Cedar Rapids team
OF the Illinois-Iowa league in 1891. Nc
Graw's name does not appear In any OF
the averages published for 1890, but In
1891 he is given records for his PERFORM
ances at Cedar Rapids and at Baltimore.
Makes Debut on August 20.
John T., as before related. reached
fast company on August rs. 1891. maxi
| ing his debut in the American Associa-
ton in a game played in Baltimore In
which the Birdets had as their oppo-
nents the Columbus team. The Little
Napoleon must have felt right at home
In the Baltimore bird cage, for the nick
rarine of the Cedar Rapids athletes was
| the Canaries.
! Billy Murray, Red SoX scout who
1 played In the same league as McGraw
( In 1891. can tell whether or not the
| Cedar Rapids Canares got their name
| because they were yellow. Anyhow out
! in Iowa McGraw played eighty-hve
games with the Canaries. Some of his
yellow companions were Bill Hotter,
afterward a pitching star at Baltimore,
and Hennery Fabian, now the best known
! groundkeeper in America. He covered
short, lad a chance to handle bOI
chances and felded .s75. He was
! PTS swatter and scored sixty seven
runs Murray In fifteen more games
scored eighteen more run. and hit OLA
| better.
| McGraw Gets HIS Chance.
When McGraw Joined the Orioles they
were not setting the world afre, having
registered one victory IN their last seven
tries. The victory was over Washington
| on August "a, l. to o, Mike Madden
pitching against Martin Duke. left
handler vino could burn up the minors
and who was singed every time he got
| into the majors.
| The Baltimore manager, whoever he
was. extracted sam Wise from the lineup
! In order to show Off McGraw TO the
| O-lole followers. john J. batted sixth
and was stationed at second. The man
who hatted eighth for Baltimore was
Uncle Wilbert Robinson, present Superha
manager. Robby that afternoon was
handling the delivery OF Egyptian John
| Healy, who made the trip around the
world with the Spalding tourists.
The columbus curver was phil kneU
a southpAw. who later was with the
. PhillIes and Cleveland. McGraw got on
hit OFT him toured the circuit once and
on the defence handled five out OF sin
chances Baltimore won the game The
box score follows.