George Davis

During his playing career, Davis enjoyed a reputation as an intelligent and hard-working player who did not participate in dirty play. On their way to practice at the Polo Grounds on April 26, 1900, Davis and teammates Kid Gleason and Mike Grady stumbled upon a raging tenement fire. The players rushed into the building and rescued two women and a three-year-old child. The fire left 45 families homeless. Davis said, “I didn’t do much. I just went up the ladder the same as the rest of the boys and helped to carry down women and children… I didn’t do half as much as Grady and Gleason.” His face blistered from the heat, Davis helped his team earn a 10–10 tie with the Boston Beaneaters that evening.