Clipping:A fight with a gambler
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| Date | Saturday, June 17, 1876 |
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| Text | [Cincinnati vs. Mutual 6/6/1876] Prior to the commencement of the game a match gook place on the grounds which was not “set down in the bills.” the occasion was a dispute between a man well known as one of the most prominent of the betting fraternity of the City of Churches, and Craver of the Mutuals. The Mutuals were passing the ball around near the buildings, as usual before the game, when a man approached Craver, and suddenly the two were engaged in what looked like a sparring bout; but the earnestness of the man was soon plain to be seen, as he struck at Craver right from the shoulder. Suddenly a crowd surrounded the combatants, or rather one of them, for the fighting was all on one side, and the sergeant of the police present arrested the man and would have locked him up—so he told us—only no one would make a charge against him. Craver, from some cause or other, refused to do so, and the proprietor of the grounds did not, though the assault was in direct violation of the League Association ground rules. It was a singular affair all round, especially so from the significant fact that the man was allowed to act as he did with such impunity. The inference of a large portion of those present was that he knew too much of the inside business of professionalism to be interfered with in his special recreation of assaulting a player. This little opening to the contest gave it a variety and spice never before connected with a game on the Union Grounds, we believe. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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