Clipping:A rumor that Cleveland will disband; efforts to sign its players
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| Date | Wednesday, August 6, 1884 |
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| Text | There is now string surface indications that the Cleveland League team will disband in a short time, owing to its poor showing in the race, and the lack of patronage in consequence. The team has been at Chicago all of this week, and all kinds of rumors have been afloat regarding its future movements. Enough is known to warrant the statement that in all probability the Windy City will be the last place that the team will play as a Cleveland organization. Denny McKnight, President of the American Association, was in Chicago last Saturday and Sunday as an agent of the Allegheny Club of Pittsburg. He was instructed to sign all the players if possible at fancy prices, and it is understood that in the event of his being successful the most of the members of the present Allegheny team were to have been released, and the Cleveland papers [sic] transferred to represent the Smoky City in the American Association. The story, as told by one of the players of the Cleveland Club, is that McKnight made arrangements with the management of the Cleveland club to such an effect by paying a big bonus to the Board of Directors. He had a paper in Chicago trying to induce the Cleveland men to pledge themselves to go to Pittsburg. It is understood that McCormick, Brady and Glasscock refused to sign it, and, as these men were the most valuable of the lot, the Pittsburg agent gave up the job and returned homed. Other managers have been negotiating with the Cleveland players, but up to a late hour last night no desertions were reported. It is just possible that the team may yet receive a prop in the way of private subscriptions from citizens and play out its schedule of championship games. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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