The Washington times., 1922-02-08

It is only a matter OF time when
there will be a baseball league or
ganized in ireland. and possibly there
will be worlds championship con-
tests played on the Green Isle. Base
ball has not been adopted over there
to any great extent as yet, although
II has been introduced in limited de-
gree.
The exhibition games played there
by professional teams from America
were thoroughly enjoyed by hte ma
tives, who were quick to grasp the
idea of the sport. 1t is one that
should appeal to people who love out
door sports as do the Irish.
In compiling the names Of the
players of Irish descent who have
gained fame in baseball In our
country, the list looks net unlike
the city directory Of Dublin.
writer, for If I leave out the name OF
any one who has exploited the game
over here, / can see my finish. But
here goes, anyhow:
On the oldl Atlantics OF Brooklyn,
Smith, who pitched over fifty balls
to a McKeever before a ball was
called. In the 1870 lineup of the At.
lautics there were Joe Start, Dicky
Pearce and Mcdonald.
On the old Atlantics of Brooklyn,
were Dick Mcbride, Fergy Malone,
AL Reach: on the Chicagos were
Treacy, Cuthbert, Flynn. King and
McAtee; on the Cincinnati Reds were
Allison, Swessy, Waterman, Andy
Leonard, and Cal McVey; on the
Haymakers of Troy. were McGeary,
Mcmahon, York. King, and Foran;
on the Forest Citys OF Rockford, H..
were Doyle, Foley, Simmons, and
Addy; on the Mutuals were Joe
Stort, Mills Brothers, Martin, and
Patterson. ..-.
In the later seventies there were
Curry Foley, Dennis Sullivan, John
Ivan, champion fighter; Jim Devlin,
Bin Croner, Mike Kelly. Jim Nc.
Cormick, "Only'' Nolan, Honest
Callahan.
The eighties produced a big crop.
Conner, Gillespie. Leary, OLeary,
Dougherty, Muldoon, Queen, Dun.
lop, Moore, Harbridge, Powell, Ken
nedy, Troy. Burns, Burns, McLough.
lin, Murnane, O'Brien, Daley, DAILY.
Toney. Evers, Bond, Hackett, Stat.
terry. Riley, Koran. Phelan, Sweeney,
Gillen, Crane. Cregan, Leahan,
Fisher, Calvin, Keefe, WEIGH, Welsh,
Griffin, Mulvey, Fogarty, O'Rourke,
Corcoran, Duffy, Farrell, Hanlon,
Beckley, Joyce. Boyce, Buckley,
Brouther, Carroll. o'Neill, Comiskey,
Kilroy, McGeorgy, Hoy, Carney,
Mack. Delehanty, Tebeau, Brennan,
McAleer. Madden, Hickey, Tener,
Ryan, Miller, Cassidy, Seward. Don.
nelly. McTorley, Murray. Dillon,
o'Day, Dofgan. O'Reilly, Coffey,
Carr. Gleason, Mcmahon, Mckinley,
Manning, McKinpon, Hogan, McGin.
mis-, McCaffery, Williams, Farrelly
MARI. Mitchell, Carey, LOTUS, Nc.
Donald, Mccarthy, King, Milligan,
Dolan, Mahoney, Padden, Donahue,
Sweeney, Denny, Powell, Kinsella,
Gillisan, Higgins, Mowrey, Evans,
OIIara, Bresnahan, McGraw, Jen.
nings, Gleason. Brodie, Keller
Corbett, Newman, Petty, Flint
McGlynn. Powers, Brady. Rose,
man, Radford, Lynch, McClel
land, Callahan, Burke, Purcell,
Walsh, Lange, Barnie, Hughes
McShae, O'Brien. Collins, Ferris,
Lewis. Barry, Mcbride. McQuillen,
Seaman, McJames, Clacy, Lake
Ring, Neilan, Mccain, Cronin, Nc
Intyre, O'Neill, Brouthers. Egan,
Brespahan, Archer, Herman, Con,
roy, McCarron, Cunningham. Leach
Tobin. O'Leacey, Donlin, Dunn
Duff, Cotter. Mcclure, Donohue
Jordan, McIlreiss, McInnis, Bannon,
Clemens, ODoul, Moriarity. Kilduff