| Show I ORIGIN OR GIN OF PET NAME F OF V VARIOUS ARIOUS BALL 1 TEAMS ThAMS- BT BY Y TIM I I have rec received several letters of or I late lato from different sections of or tho the I country countr complaining of or the lie pet litmus given to major league cubs clubs Those who do not follow Colow tho the game closely I hind find it Is a matter n-matter mater to know who Is Js who vho now that lint In lii many cases moro more titan than one club Is located in a a city I and the name of or tho the league lea Is scarcely ever mentioned Take St Louis where thc they have the Browns and the tho I Cardinals Now ow what does that mean menn to the average t reader realer down town in I Maine The Tho names are not original I with either club The American lea league ue club Is known as as' as the stockings stock stock- i lags ings abbreviated into the browns The Thc name was orl originally used by the old I St. St S1 Louis browns In tho the early TOs several cIal Ul times Dines 1 s champions of or the American Amen Ameri can association and later led lcd h by Challe Charley Chancy Comiskey Finding that the I National league club has dropped the name namo it was a chance for the American Amen Ameri I can cnn lea league ue to pick liCk up a a little prestige when the they went into St. St Louis The rhe Robinsons had already changed the to the Iho name of the original browns cardinals nale o after discovering that Mil Mu- Milwaukee U- U waukee was not ripe for Cor major Ica league ue ball bal Tho The National leu league ue comes by right with the name Maroons instead of or wih cardinals It IL I was wa back In 8 that Henry Lucas organized tho the St Louis team aa nM a a member of ot the Union association asso asso- und amid dressed his hs ball boI team with wih maroon ant stockings and the selest uniforms uniforms uni uni- ball team forms ever worn by a bal In tho lie er c early the St. St Louis red red sox soy divided dl the honors with wih the browns club that of or that city This Thus was the cub et out Joe Joo long and Silver Flint as a battery and amid ant toured the lie country as ns an Independent or countr tion Uon I believe It was the Cincinnati red stockings s who set the style for or naming clubs after the color of or their stockings for tor shortly shortt after we 0 find the Chicago white stockings a n keen of the Cincinnati Cincinnat club The Tho present white sox Is simply a n short namo nalo for Or white stockings Tho TIme Chicago cubs is only one of many names given hiven the Chicago National league club Ansons Colts Cols was as finally finally fin fin- In- In ally turned into youngsters aly or cubs and the tho namo has stuck Cincinnati Always I Cincinnati can never got get R away wa from the glor glen cast over tho the city 40 years ears earsa a ago o by the re red stockings and today tho club is know as n tho the reds or or as ns flea Den Mulford would put it I it the tho red birds Tho The tigers ers Is 1 a fighting name suro sura enough t and tho lie Detroit boys bos have havo worn honors honor with becoming grace graco Tho name came camo from front wolverines and an developed developed de do- into tigers no doubt from the lie style stylo of at makeup at some time and theold tho the old tigers th they will wi remain Plain old Cleveland is all al you can cnn do dotor for tor the time team that represents the time American AmerIcan Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean league In that city Naps Is 19 simply a compliment to and would RO go o with that player The Pittsburg club Is known as the pirates simply because they como come from tram a city where it I Is 19 very hard bard to keep your our linen white and pirates arc aro known as ns men not any too particular about this First Firt It was smoked Ial- Ial Ital Itai- inns ians then pirates and pirates It I will remain wl Coming east to Washington wo find the American league club of at that city called senators rather thor a weak name caled for a team constant constantly bringing up imp tho rear end and wholly out of at tho sportIng sporting sport sport- lug ing line lino Ing Tho The Athletics of Philadelphia represent sent tho lie American league and have havo 0 to follow tho the never shown sho a disposition National league This name was given leaCe to a club In Philadelphia long long before 10 baseball was made mud a profession The name namo is a winning trade mark among the tho to Quakers Tho Thu Athletics were mem mem- hers bers br of or the time National i association and anti won thu lit championship In 7 71 J Tho TIme Phillies cam camo Into the tho National In j 73 7 and nut with wih the Athletics Ath Mb- played their games on the same annie grounds rounds at mit Twenty fourth and JolTer Jeffer Jefferson had Its own son soil slet streets Each club ls when shen the two climbs tan anti and met meL the thc old oll Quaker village fairly shook with enthusiasm Those were glorious old oM days daYN In 74 H 7 1 the Athletics Athletic with wih the lie DO Boston ton club toured Europe for six weeks s How Hov would the lie boys like lc a n tour of th the theold theold old country nowadays with expenses and salaries paid pai Rather Bather hot stuff i iel eh elm i el Then camo the centennial and the I reorganization of or tho the old National association as as- a- a aI of tIm tho l ho national nat nat- I sedation and amid the tho forming armIng nat 1 tonal ional league The Athletics w Y vre re picked pick pick- ed out to represent ent Philadelphia but et business was bad and the club threw I UI up the thc sponge before the lie season was a lull luH In baseball for over There was ns I several years yem In the Quaker City But Dut knowing the lie love tho the old fans had for forthe forthe or orthe I the name minnie Athletics three Philadelphia Mason and Simmons Simmons Sim Slim men SharlA I mons organized a baseball club to play independent games ganies and found the theold theold ilay old olti Athletics charter chatter very verr valuable The Time gamo commenced to pick ll up and early arly in lim the SOs the club was taken into the American association The Fhe National league saw sw that Philadelphia was coming back Into the lie ma map and got gotAl gotAl ot Al AI Reach Rench and a few others to or organize anLo the club cub now known as a the Phillies as the Athletics refused to 6 1 3 up the name which was necessary arY if it hoped to become a member of tho the National league When rhen the Players Players' league leagle killed the American association In tn Philadelphia In 1890 the Athletics became became be be- came canie a member of of the Brotherhood lea league Sue and after aCer a year ear In the American Amer Amer- American ican association on that lint followed gave cave up tho the ghost William still sUi holdIn holdIng holding hold hold- In ing the charter When hen the tho league decided to disband what hat was more natural than to take tko up the time magnetic magnetic mag mag- name Athletics Like thc lie grand old name nume Mary in iii the song tho name namo of ot the Athletics stands for tor much In Philadelphia Brooklyn Trolley Toley Dod Dodgers Dodders c I couldn't understand anything but quakers tho the Athletics while hie the Phillies had been controlled led by y outsiders much of ot the time The ThO history lila his tory tor of at the men who ho have havo held stock exceedingly In In- In In Inthe the time the club cub would be The fhe Brooklyn club has ha be been on dubbed tho the bridegrooms the trolley troley dodgers and tIme the mostly trolley tronc dodgers of or late years The giants and Highlanders control of or Am American Amer Amer- r- r New ew York The rs ican len league ue club were dubbed highlanders high high- land landers rs for two t o reasons Tho grounds are arc located on perhaps tho the hl highest h st point of or Manhattan Island and then lien Joseph Gordon the clubs club's first president president dent being a n Scotchman it I was wa considered con con- dent the club d a compliment to namo naino the Gordon The Tho giants camo came naturally Into their name as al they were er very largO large Iorge s1 sized cd players when th they y went to New Ne York In 83 with Hb Jim Murtie Murie toma tom for a a mana manager cr Mutrie was a u line press agent and had Now York cheering for the giants slants The name namu has hns remained with wih the New York league club although at times the team was WRE anything but giants giant twice In succession coming in last In the time race raco Tho TIme doves do cs and ond the tho red sox Is the names W we know our Boston Doston clubs cluba by br Tho National league club has hns been beon known as ns the Boston Doston reds The Tho doves is 15 a ft sort Gort of compliment to President George Dove Dovey while tho Boston Doston AmerIcans Americans Amer Amen leans took up the name namo of or red ret sox last winter simply to have ho 6 some Bore trade mark that would be easy to write and have havea a b baseball flavor or Instead of or having ha to say the Boston Doston Americans Tho The Boston red so BOX became the red sox BOX |
