Clipping:A dispute over gate receipts

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Date	Saturday, October 27, 1866
Text	[Athletics vs. Atlantics 10/22/1866] Arrangements were made for the second contest at Philadelphia, and the Athletics, in consideration of the disappointment and expense incurred by the Atlantics in visiting Philadelphia, offered to give them a fair field, and divide the receipts of the next game, first deducting ordinary expenses. Well, the second game took place on Monday last, and the receipts were put down at $1999. Out of this large sum they offer the Atlantics $425, which the latter firmly decline to receive. It appears that the new fence of the Athletics cost $1024, and it is demanded by the officers of the club that the Atlantics shall pay half of this sum! ... Now, every one knows that without a fence the game could not have been played, and, therefore, to make the Atlantic Club pay one half of the expense, is simply to resort to that system of falsehood, deceit and fraud which has characterized this one high-toned club all the way through the season.
Source	Philadelphia City Item
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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