Clipping:A rumor of Ewing to desert; a prescient observation about the capitalists
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| Date | Saturday, August 16, 1890 |
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| Text | The many rumors about the League's endeavors to induce Players' League men to desert culminated last Saturday in something more positive than mere surmise. Word came from Boston that Ewing and Kelly were the men referred to in The Sporting Life despatch a couple of weeks ago as being tampered with, and that since then both had gain been positively approached, and that there was reason to suspect Ewing's loyalty. As may be imagined this news created a decided sensation, and was the sole topic of discussion in base ball circles. The Boston despatch which gave the first inkling of the affair put Ewing in a rather doubtful light. The substance of it was as follows: “John B. Day went to the Hub Thursday night and held a long conference with the New York captain. They sent out a messenger to find mike Kelly, but the king sent word back that he had no use for the League magnates. But Ewing yielded to the arguments of the magnates and promised to use his influence in converting other members of the club. At any rate, Ewing has now approached Danny Richardson, Roger Connor and Tim Keefe with League offers, but from none of them did he obtain any encouragement. Charged with his defection by a newspaper man, Ewing indignantly denied it and swore that he intended to stick by the Brotherhood. His fellow-players, however, tell a different story. An argument held out is that the Brotherhood contracts are of no legal force and can be broken with impunity. While the New York Club is now playing the best of ball and its members appreciate the fact that Ewing is putting up a great game, they cannot now help regarding their captain with doubt and suspicion.” The Sporting Life August 16, 1890 [editorial matter] A great deal of excitement was created the past week owing to the Ewing episode, in which, we believe, Ewing was misrepresented and unjustly berated. But even had the report concerning Ewing been true, and that player shown to be really contemplating desertion from the Players' League to the National League, the excitement over the matter evinced by both factions in the present war would have been needless and uncalled for. Suppose Mr. Ewing or any other prominent player of the new League does desert? The existence of the Players' League doesn't depend upon any one player, or a dozen players—not by a long shot; not near so much, in fact, as it does upon the sand of the capitalists behind it. The loss of twenty Ewings would not be so serious as, for instance, the withdrawal of one McAlpin. Experience in the past years has proven conclusively that players can be replaced in great or small numbers, but capitalists are not so easy to find, or hold when found. The Sporting Life August 16, 1890 |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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