Clipping:An amateur club splitting off from the cricket side
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| Date | Wednesday, January 12, 1887 |
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| Text | The Young American Club will meet...for the purpose of organizing upon a distinct basis. Hitherto the base ball club has been simply a branch of the Young America Cricket Club, and although the base ball division has been by far the most popular, as well as least expensive, branch of the club, yet it has been continually snubbed and set back by the cricket element, which happens to be in the majority. The base ballists and their friends have tired of this, and now propose to secede from the parent organization and set up as an independent organization. All the active players of the team and their many friends are enthusiastic in support of the movement, and no doubt a strong and permanent base ball association will be formed. The club has secured from the Philadelphia League Club the privilege of its gymnasium, and the exclusive use of the new ground for two days in the week—a very important advantage, as it insures for the club a good playing ground, with all possible conveniences. The Cricket Club says ti will put a new base ball team in the field, but the team they will be able to gather now will be only a shadow of the former Young American Club, and will do the club little or no credit. Success to the new Young American Base Ball Club! The Sporting Life January 12, 1887 [See TSL 1/19/1887 p. 5 for the organizational meeting.] |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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