Clipping:Cherokee Fisher shown to have thrown a game
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| Date | Sunday, January 7, 1877 |
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| Text | A few weeks ago a gentleman in Milwaukee wrote to The Tribune relating some facts in connection with William Fisher, commonly known as “Cherokee,” who played several games in the West Ends of Milwaukee toward the close of last season. The allegations against Fisher were so grave that it did not appear proper to print them until they had been looked into. Now that there seems no doubt of the truth of the charges, it is quite proper to publish them to show the character of the player, and perhaps to warn other clubs against employing him. It seems that a good deal of suspicion was excited by some of “Cherokee’s” play with the West Ends, and especially by his conduct in a game where they were beaten, Sept. 18, by the Aetnas of Detroit, by a score of 18 to 0. At the time of that game the Club management announced that they would ferret out the affair, and they were successful when confronted with the accusation and what proof could be obtained, Fisher owned up to the whole sell, and implicated a prominent gambler and betting man in the affair. This last man also gave up the story , and the whole swindle came out. It was a very simple transaction, and needs no especial comment. It was simply $100 in “Cherokee’s” pocket, and the game was lost. Of course he could not stay in the Club after that, and he accordingly made way for another man. The case is somewhat remarkable as being the only authenticated instance of a “sold” game in 1876. There have been plenty of charges, and a good deal of wild talk, but nothing like proof in any single case before this one, and even here, there was no accusation that the Club authorities knew anything about the matter. |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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