1870.16
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Red Stocking Leader Explains Background for Club Decision to Exit Pro Base Ball Scene
| Salience | Prominent |
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| Tags | Business of BaseballBusiness of Baseball |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Cincinnati, OH, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | Aaron Champion |
| Text | Aaron Champion, past club President, in a December 1870 speech touching on the costs of excellence after the club decided not to support a pro club after 1870: " . . . we have tried it [to fund a nine via outside subscription], and have failed most beautifully. The season 1868 we had a professional nine, and succeeded in getting in debt with it. The season of 1869 we engaged a professional nine. . . . [in November 1868] we found that the Cincinnati Club was $17,000 in debt. . . . 1869 went by. We had the best nine in the country -- the leading club. They had played fifty-seven games, and did not lose a single game. We were out of money, and were still in debt." |
| Sources | "How Cincinnati Supports Base Ball," Cincinnati Gazette, December 8, 1870. From Richard Hershberger, "150 Years ago in Base Ball, FB posting, 12/7/2020. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | "The Cincinnati Club holds a meeting. Recall that the Executive Committee recently announced that the club will not be fielding a professional team next season. This meeting is the membership's chance to second guess the committee. There is a moral there, about volunteering to be a club officers. Been there, done that.
"Here Champion backs up [Current President ]Bonte without reservation. We get a lot of inside information about the business of baseball in 1870." -- Richard Hershberger (From FB posting. 12/7/2020.)
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | 12/7/2020 FB Posting |
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1870.16 Red Stocking Leader Explains Background for Club Decision to Exit Pro Base Ball Scene"
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