Clipping:A hint about the Baltimore Club moving to New York
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| Date | Sunday, February 26, 1888 |
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| Text | ...Now, as a fact, there is but little possibility that the club will leave the city, say, this season, because it is strong enough to make a great fight and draw the crowds, which will pay a gratifying percentage on the investment; but, it will go, beyond a question unless his is done. This support is all it wants, but, in case there is no support, the franchise goes, and New York will be the city. Mr. Von der Horst, at the last meeting of the Association in Cincinnati, was one of the prime movers in the scheme to retain the Metropolitan franchise in New York, and advocated the establishment of an office here. On last Thursday one week, Mr. Von der Horst quietly crossed the Jersey City ferry to New York, saw several of his colleagues, with whom he had brief talks, and the result was the office was rented and established on Park Place, in New York, and directly opposite the Post office. Mr. Von der Horst, as chairman of the American Association, and also of the committee which had in charge the disposition of the Metropolitan franchise, had full power to rent the office. This action has some significance. The franchise in New York is held by the Association, and any club can be transferred to that place. There is one thing, however. The patrons of the game here can rest assured that if they support their own club, whether it falls by the roadside or not, they will have representation. It is a matter of business with the management. Business men do not purchase goods worth fifty cents and retail them at twenty-five cents. |
| Source | Baltimore American |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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