Clipping:Brooklyn and Cincinnati prospects of jumping to the NL
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| Date | Wednesday, August 14, 1889 |
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| Text | [from Frank Brunell's column] Where are the usual loud and affidavit-flanked expressions of loyalty to the Association usually issued about this season of the year from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Cincinnati, O.? Gone are their bombast and hushed and ringing eloquence of the tongues of Byrne and Stern. I can see the model League not far away and think that silence and some side ear marks point toward the coming of Brooklyn and Cincinnati to the place of prosperity and peace—the National League. The Sporting Life August 14, 1889 [from Joe Pritchard] “Will Cincinnati desert the Association next November? Said President Stern to me to-day. “Well, that is a question that I cannot answer just at present. Great influence is being brought to bear upon the officers of the Cincinnati Club to make the change.” “By whom? The League officials?” “No, by the people of Cincinnati. They want to see the League clubs.” “You have not made up your mind as to what course you will pursue at the season's end? Was asked by your correspondent. “No. Sunday ball in Cincinnati is a thing of the past, and I will finish the season's Sunday games over in Kentucky; and if I am in the Association next season, I will have everything fixed so that our regular schedule can be played out by playing Sunday games in Kentucky, as everything can be run wide open over there.” Mr. Stern said a great deal more about the League and Association, and from the general drift of his conversation it will be safe to bank on the Cincinnati Club remaining right where they are. Stern is out for the stuff, and while it can be said that Cincinnati is a fair 50 cent town, he can make more money remaining in the Association, charging 25 cents, and playing his Sunday games in Kentucky. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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