Clipping:A game reputedly thrown by both sides

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Date	Sunday, October 17, 1875
Text	[Chicago vs. Philadelphia 10/14/1875] Before the game was called, there were spread and accredited wild rumors that certain players had been fixed on both sides, and that the opposing gambling cliques were in battle array, and that there would be fun ahead. The pool room was extraordinarily lively, and one man, and he a prominent director of the club, was the most conspicuous at the pool box, buying up pools against his own club, wiling to take nay odds that were offered, until he had nearly $2000 in the pool box, and all against his own club. Why should we look then to the players, under circumstances like these, for honesty or integrity? What right have the management to complain, when they themselves set the example? That the game was “crooked” on both sides, there can be no doubt. Both club tried to give the victory to the other, and Chicago, despite the fact that it had accumulated the most errors, was forced to succumb and wear the trophy of victory.
Source	Philadelphia All-Day City Item
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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