Clipping:Early rumor of Detroit disbanding; Cleveland to the League; comparison with the AA
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| Date | Wednesday, October 10, 1888 |
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| Text | Evidences are multiplying that the Detroit club is preparing to retire from the arena. Its best players are for sale and according to dispatches received last night two of them have already been disposed of, the name of the purchaser not being given. Cleveland Plain Dealer October 10, 1888 The Free Press claims to have unraveled the problem so long enveloping the Detroit base ball club. The following disposition of the club and players it says was obtained from reliable outside information: Rowe and Conway will go to Pittsburg, the price agreed upon being $8,000; Brouthers, Richardson, Bennett, Ganzel and Thompson to Boston, consideration $20,000; and White, Hanlon and Getzein to Philadelphia at $5,000. The franchise and remaining players go to Cleveland for $10,000. Cleveland Plain Dealer October 15, 1888 If the rumors about Cleveland displacing Detroit in the league are true and the change is made it will be a popular one. The town is sick of association methods and the clubs of association quarrels and magnates. And the Sunday game feature was never popular among the best class of patrons of the game in this city. Many soured on base ball because of the Sunday games. No better ball will be seen in the league than the association but it will be cleaner and not so noisy. And that will suit the town. Cleveland Plain Dealer October 16, 1888 |
| Source | Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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