1870.14
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Boston, Other Towns Eye "First-Class Professional Nines" Like the Red Stockings
| Salience | Prominent |
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| Tags | Business of BaseballBusiness of Baseball |
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| City/State/Country: | Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Troy, St. Louis, New Orleans, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [Beyond the Cincinnati-Chicago base ball rivalry] "The pecuniary success attendant upon of the Red Stocking Club -- the best managed club in the country -- has tempted other cities to try the professional nine experiment. The Boston Journal says that for some time past, gentlemen interested in the game of base ball have been considering the subject of securing for Boston a professional base ball nine who should do honor to the city. It seems to be one of the few notions in which Boston is lacking. The success of the Union Grounds as a pecuniary investment has shown that the thing is perfectly safe and feasible. . . . It is proposed to petition the next Legislature for a special charter as a base-ball club, with a capital stock of not less than $10,000, in shares of $100 each." "Indianapolis is raising a first-class professional nine under competent management. Cleveland will again have a professional nine;: Troy, ditto, and an opposition tot he Athletics is organizing in Philadelphia. St. Louis, too is in the market, and also New Orleans. |
| Sources | Brooklyn Eagle, November 17, 1870. |
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| Comment | Richard Hershberger, "150 years ago in baseball" [FB posting, 11/17/2020: "Rumors about new professional clubs for next season. Here we see an intermediate stage, combining the assumption that the Cincinnati Club will keep on doing what it does, along with early rumors of a new club on Boston. The Union Grounds mentioned here is not the one in Cincinnati or the one in Brooklyn, but the one in Boston, so named because it originated as a joint project of several local clubs. Its pecuniary success is in part due to the visits of the Cincinnati Club. The Boston baseball establishment has been paying attention. More developments will soon arise.
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | FB Posting, 11/17/2020 |
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1870.14 Boston, Other Towns Eye "First-Class Professional Nines" Like the Red Stockings"
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