Clipping:Early rumor of AA expansion
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| Date | Monday, October 22, 1883 |
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| Text | We are credibly informed that the clubs of the American Association have, after a general inter-change of views, decided to support at the ensuing annual meeting a proposition to add four clubs to the membership of the Association, and that the new cities admitted will be Chicago, Indianapolis, Brooklyn and Washington. It is difficult to believe that the Association will take the step in question, as a championship schedule for twelve clubs would have to be reduced to eight games at most, so that the club series would be divided into four games at home and four games on the grounds of every other club, instead of seven games as during the past season. The effect of this would be financially disastrous just as soon as the play had developed the fact that at least eight of the twelve clubs were weak and had ceased to draw good patronage either on their own or other grounds. Our informant is positive in the assertion that the twelve club plan has already been agreed upon, but we can hardly believe it will be carried into effect.--American Sports. Our Chicago contemporary has probably been misinformed, as the Athletic managers as well as the Metropolitan and Cincinnati clubs declare positive that they know nothing abut such an arrangement, and have never been spoken to about it. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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