Clipping:Competitors for the Players League ball

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Date	Wednesday, December 25, 1889
Text	[reporting on the PL meeting 12/16-12/17/1889] There was a great deal of wire-pulling for the privilege of furnishing the ball. Kiffe, of Brooklyn; Wright & Ditson, of Boston; Shibe Bros., of Philadelphia; Tom Lovell, representing Al Reach, and Keefe & Becannon, of New York, were the competitors. Lovell wanted $4 a dozen for balls. Keefe & Becannon offered to supply all balls for nothing. Shibe & Co. offered ti give the balls free, publish the League Guide and pay the League a certain percentage annually. Kiffe is reported to have offered to supply the balls free, also to give a bonus of $3500 for a three years' contract. The young New York firm were successful, and the Keefe & Becannon ball will be used exclusively next season in the Players' National League.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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