Clipping:Baltimore Club finances, ownership
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| Date | Sunday, November 2, 1884 |
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| Text | The season of 1883 was extremely profitable, but a well-informed party recently told your correspondent that the total profits for the season just closed was very little over $3,000. Mr. Houck has not been popular with either the players or the public, and Barnie has at last succeeded in getting entire control of the club, which he will manage alone next year. He has purchased Mr. Houck's interest and paid for it, and will have no trouble in getting any financial backing he may need, as he has made many friends during his residence in this city [Baltimore]. Cincinnati Enquirer November 2, 1884 The management of the Baltimore (American) Club has undergone a change by the withdrawal of A. T. Houck, which leaves Wm. Barnie sole proprietor. The dissolution was brought about by the latter, who discovered after two seasons what many other persons have discovered inless time, viz.: That Mr. Houck will heavily handicap any enterprise he may be connected with. His utter ignorance of the workings of base-ball, and his great unpopularity with players as well as patrons of the game, not to speak of his recognized unreliability, finally drove Mr. Barnie—who has made himself popular here—tol the wall, and for self-protection he was compelled to buy or force him out. He chose the more honorable course and purchased his interest, for which he paid him $4,500. This may look like a small amount, but in view of the fact that Mr. Barnie owns individually the right of membership in the American Association, and could in consequence have simply dropped him without any pecuniary consideration, it is a liberal settlement. Mr. Barnie has been congratulated on all sides at his happy riddance, and now that he has no one with whom he must share either money, censure or praise, he declares that affairs at Oriole Park will be conducted more liberally than heretofore.. Cincinnati Enquirer November 30, 1884 |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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