The Omaha Kid was twice knocked
out by Terry McGovern, and Young
Corbett" also turned the same trick,
although that was when the Kid was
on the downward path. During his
ring career of ten years Gardner met
the best men of his weight, and was
seldom defeated. Santry was also a
classy boxer and since his retirement
from the ring has been elected to the
Illinois Legislature.
B Pittsburgh Pirates will cele
brate next Wednesday the
thirty-second birthday of their club,
as it was on April 30, 1887, that tho
Smoky City aggregation climbed
aboard the National League ship.
The management of that league had
experimented with clubs in Hartford,
Syracuse. Troy, Worcester and other
minor league cities before they saw
the possibility of success in the west
ern Pennsylvania metropolis. Since
then other clubs have come and gone,
but the Pirates have stuck by the
ship.
Pittsburgh had its for league ball
in 18 7 7, when the International As
sociation was organized with clubs in
a number of American and Can
adian towns. Pittsburgh's pionefer
professional club was called the Alle
ghanys. The city first got on the
major league map in 1S82. when the
American Association was launched
with clubs in Pittsburgh, Philadel
phia. Baltimore, Cincinnati. St.
Louis and Louisville. Pittsburgh
didn't succeed in landing the pen
nant in either the International or
Americian assocations, and it re
mained for the Xational Leaguers to
bring home the flag.
