Clipping:Early professionalism hinted at; political patronage
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Date | Thursday, August 27, 1863 |
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Text | ...ball matches have of late years got to be quite serious affairs, and some have even intimated that ball playing has become quite a money making business, many finding it to pay well to play ball. Another thing, too, the wire-pulling politicians, who do the dirty work of the several party leaders and committees have begun to see that the base ball community are sufficiently numerous and influential to be looked after. |
Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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