Clipping:A condemnation of Pittsburgh's duplicity
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| Date | Wednesday, November 24, 1886 |
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| Text | [from the editorial column] The method adopted by Pittsburg and the duplicity displayed by that club in its dealings with the American Association, and its final desertion to the League, deserves the censure of every fair-minded person, and public opinion in condemnation has been outspoken. The door has long been open. Not a straw was laid in the club's way, and it might just as well have gone about the matter in open, honest fashion. Not a hint of the club's contemplated action was given, and no formal notice was in comon courtesy served. Instead assertions of fealty and pledges of fidelity as strong as mortal man could make them have not only time and again been given unasked by the officials of that club, but were proffered almost up to the hour when the act was consummated, and but a few days ago Mr. Nimick put himself on record over his own signature denying any intention of forsaking the Association. And yet all the time negotiations were going on with the League's agent, Mr. Spalding, and preparations were continually being made to make everything secure for the jump. The lease of the only other available ground in the vicinity of Pittsburg in addition to the one now occupied by the club is explained. It was simply a trick to forestall a possible opposition club. The pressing business cares which compelled Mr. Nimick's resignation from the presidency of the club now resolve themselves into a device to evade responsibility for his promises and protestations in his former capacity as president of the club. In fact everything goes to show that a course of systematic duplicity unparalleled in base ball annals has been constantly pursued by this club. … A general consensus of opinion among the officials of [the AA] indicates that the jump of the club is looked upon in the light of a deliverance from an unmitigated nuisance, not to say evil. The Pittsburg club has for two years been a source of constant irritation and vexation to the Association. Ever since it heroically (?) refused to enter the League, at the solicitation of the latter body, the club has demanded extraordinary consideration, and has upon all occasions endeavored to hold a ship hand over the Association with the bugaboo of desertion to the League. This sort of bluff was at first pleasantly tolerated, but it soon became disagreeable and unbearable. The constant threats of desertion and the ever-present uncertainty of the club's intentions long ago wore out the patience of all the Association people and we may safely say that there is not to-day a man of prominence in the Association who would willingly walk a hundred yards or waste a postage stand in an effort to retain the club. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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