San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28
|ANT RECORD
N NATIONAL
BEST Of LOT
|Graw Largely Response
Die for Lifetime Win
ming Percentage.
IN 2692-LOSE 2OS9
ants Have Better ALL
lime Record Than Any
Other Club.

ew York. Feb. 2S.-Not only arc
present New York Giants two
IS worlds champions, but Nc
w's powerful Manhattan club also
he lifetime champion of the Ma
al League. Despite years of second
sion ball during the Friedman
md. the Giants have the highest
.entage of any team in the Ma
al League. Over a span of forty
IONS, the Giants won 1902 games
lost 20S9, while they hold a win
margin over every team in their
ue.
was forty years ago when the
York Nationals played their first
|npionship game. on Manhattan
This was on May /, 1888, the
ng BoStons being New Works Op-
ents. 1t was fitting that the
nts should start off with a vic
as they won the game from the
ID Stockings" by score of Z TO 3.
crowd estimated at over 10000
the game, among them being Gen.
). Grant. who pulled" continuous
S a long black cigar and applauded
erously whenever the occasion de-
Ided. SO great was the crowd that.
c of the players sold their stools to
ndees for fifty cents. There We're
$4,000 a year players in those
Had to Climb Fence.
s result of the then record
shing crowd it was necessary to.
the gates and the players were
PEELED to climb the fence TO get
the ground Pat Gillespie tors
seat out of his trousers OF 4 fence
but John Ward obligingly pinncd
ogether.
Iany of the foremost players of
early era took part in that first
mt game. William Buck Ew-
the famous catcher. led off for
g York, followed by Roger Conner,
smuggling first-baseman. John
ntgomcry Ward, now praeticing
i'm New York. battcd third.
billing Mickey" Welch pitched New
* to its first National League
DRY. Welch still is a freq tent
or at the Polo Grounds and likes
chat about the old days.
he popular Dasher Troy, Pat Gil
' bic. Mike Dorgan, Ed. Gaskins.
Frank Hankinson were other
Mt players in New York's first Ma
nal League game
u. the Boston lineup were such
I,Tfated names as Joe Hornung,
n Morrill,, Ezra Sutton, Sam
Sc. John Burdock. Mike Hines,
hrley Burlington and Paul Rad
All Due to McGraw.
:kipping from the Mutric era of
Giants to the present. we find
ID it is entirely due to the McGraw
nagempnt that the Giants today
| the National League field III life
c percentage. the New York team
won So games and lost S73 for
Percentage of .49l. Under McGrnw s
ectiou of the team. during q span
] twenty and a half seasons. the
hints have Won 1850 games and lost
G for a percentage of 500.
1Fbe New York team played its first
ne under McGraw's management
July 10. 1902. Philadelphia was
W York'S opponent and won by the
re Of 3 to 3. McGraw PLAYED
|rtstop for tho Giants, handled
Zee chances clpanly. and made one
and scored run. MCGinnity and
wcrman were New York'S battery.
lie "Ham" IherC and Charley Doom
ended TO Philadclphia'S pitching
i catching. Hughic Jennings, nj
: DScnt assistant manager of the
lnts. played first base and cap
ned the Philhes.
Beginning with 1918. tho Giants
|ned strongly on their former for
|nt0rs-the Chicago Cubs-and won
~ out Of their last ten yearly series
m the Windy City team. st. Louis
u Cincinnati have yielded most
en- to the strength Of the Giant
| ms. The Giants began pickino 'on
Il Cardinals early. winning their
| st nine annual series from them
ginning with 1890. s.. Louis won
|lr in row. but tho Giants then
|n eleven moro until the Cards Won
series in 1914.
~ was during MathowSon'S STAY
|th the Giants that they levied most
|butN from Cincinnati. ReginninG
m 1904. the Giants won the years
|,ips from the Reds thirteen seasons
succession. Broollvn has been
| rIy successful against the Giants in
|EDuF vc1~g hut Now York won 81