Clipping:Evaluating the Red Stockings
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| Date | Wednesday, July 28, 1869 |
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| Text | ...the brilliant success of the Red Stockings has not been owing to their being an eclectic nine, but simply to the fact that they are the only thoroughly trained, disciplined and well practiced base ball nine there is in the country. The Cincinnati Club gave that experienced professional cricketer, Harry Wright, carte blanche to organize and train up a nine which should, in every respect, do credit to the club they belonged to, the city they hailed from, and the State they were ambitious of carrying off the honors of the United States championship for. This, harry Wright has done. By good judgment, he secured what he considered the best nine for the club, and then he went to work to train them together to play as one man; and it is in this training, in their practice together, and in the way they support each other in the filed that their recent success is mainly attributable. The Eastern players of the Cincinnati nine, before they were trained, had the same powers for base ball skill they now have, but it lacked development. Practice and thorough training have brought them up to their present point of excellence; and thus the liberal and sensible managers of the club are entitled to credit. When our club managers adopt the same course they may expect a similar degree of success, and not until then., quoting the NY Sunday Mercury |
| Source | Cincinnati Gazette |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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