Clipping:A proposal for a joint stock Cincinnati Club; Chicago's advances on Jones and Hallinan
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| Date | Monday, May 28, 1877 |
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| Text | A proposition in on foot among some of Cincinnati's wealthiest men to form a joint Stock Company, which will run the Cincinnati Base-ball Nine next season. Definite action will be taken in a day or two. The proposition is to keep the best players of the present nine, and fill up with the very strongest taleknt that can possibly be had from other clubs, so as to, in all probability, bring to Cincinnati the championship of 1878. the refusal of the services of one of the best mangers in the country has been tendered, providing such a stock Company is formed. That there is money in such a move is evident from the fact that last year's nine spite of its unmerciful beating was a financial success and made money for its mangers, and the club this season in the face of defeat has been a paying institution. No less than five thousand dollars has been taken in so far as receipts, and the season is only one-sixth over. With any improvement in the Club's success—which must surely come—it will pay heavily on the investment. But nos is the time to strike for next year. The best men should be secured without delay. It is well to know that good players do not go begging long for engagements. Jones and Hallinan have already been approached by the Chicago Club about engagements for next year; they prefer, however, all other things being equal, to stay here, providing they can read their titles clear. It might be just possible that if the Stock Company was organized right now, the present management, for a consideration, might be willing to transfer to it the present organization for the balance of the season. We speak of this from no knowledge, and state it only as a possibility, and not as a probability; for it seems impossible that the Club can go through the season losers, and they may come out heavy gainers. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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