from a time when the A's were still thought of as winners or at least contenders. The team's decline, from the mid-1930s clear into the mid-1960s, would result in the franchise being transferred twice. The elephant logo first appeared on uniforms in 1918, and evolved into a circus elephant of varying colors, depending on the trim chosen for the uniform in a given year. As the team typically wore a stylized "A" on both their home and road shirts, and eventually on their caps, the nickname "A's" also arose. The first break with the "A" tradition came in 1920, when the team featured the elephant logo on shirts for the first time, displacing the "A", albeit in a dark blue. The elephant, worn as a badge of defiance following McGraw's remarks, had previously appeared on just the warmup weathers and then on the uniform sleeve. The elephant was changed to its titular white in 1924, and in 1928 the team went back to the traditional "A". (Okkonen) After owner Charles O. Finley moved the team to Oakland in 1968, he dropped "Athletics" and made "A's" the official team name. "Athletics" was restored in 1981. Philadelphia Phillies "They've been the Phillies ever since the team entered the National League in 1883." (TSNBBG). "Phillies" or "Phils" is a short form of "Philadelphias", in the style of the 19th century, when a city would be referred to by writers that way. The city itself is often called "Philly" for short. Other uses of that term include the Philly Cheesesteak and the popular Phillies Blunt cigar. "Phillies'" earliest appearance in the Spalding Guide was in 1894, in the context of "Bostons," "Chicagos" etc. Bob Carpenter acquired the Phillies in the late fall of 1943. The following spring, a new name, "Blue Jays", was selected in a fans' contest. (TSNBBG) This change never caught on with the general public, especially as the uniform shirts continued to say "Phillies", albeit with a blue jay shoulder patch. That experiment was dropped after a couple of years. In 1900, the team's road shirts said "PHILA", a common abbreviation of "Philadelphia". The Phillies' uniforms otherwise carried only a simple block or stylized letter "P" for several decades. The first time the word "Phillies" appeared was 1933, in a script-style that has appeared frequently in the decades since then. 1942, the word "Phils" appeared on the road shirts and the