Clipping:Finances in Providence
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| Date | Sunday, March 19, 1882 |
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| Text | The season of 1882 promises to be the liveliest in Providence since that city entered the national league. Heretofore the base ball association has begun the season with a large indebtedness staring it in the face, as a gentle reminder of the previous season, and on top of that it has had to raise funds to start the club on its trip. This year but very few debts had to be met, and they were provided for at the annual meeting of the stockholders by spontaneous contributions, which aggregated more than $400. since then about $600 more has been contributed by admirers of the game. The new management is taking hold as though it meant business, and is preparing to run the club on thorough businesslike principles. Boston Herald March 19, 1882 Feguson gets Caskins blacklisted The true inwardness of the suspension, by black-listing, of Caskins, is gradually but surely cropping out. A number of weeks ago the Sunday Star asserted that it would be a matter of exceeding difficulty to prove that Caskins was fairly and squarely black-balled in the open meeting of the league delegates assembled at Saratoga. Evidence is accumulating to sustain that assertion. A few days ago, a representative of this paper had a conversation with a veteran base ball man, who was acquainted with the facts relative to the suspension of Caskins. The entire blame was laid at the door of that great disorganizer, Ferguson. The gentleman said that the trouble arose at New-York city, one day last summer, when Caskins wanted to cross over the ferry and go out and see his wife, who was then indisposed. He applied to Ferguson for a leave of absence, agreeing to be back in time to play on the succeeding day. Ferguson would not grant the favor, whereupon Caskins telegraphed to the president of the Troy association, stating the facts of the case and requesting him to authorize the leave of absence. The president granted Caskin’s request, and the latter went to see his sick wife. The Star’s informant averred that Ferguson stated that he would get even with Caskins. When the latter’s name was brought up in the meeting at Saratoga, only a trifling accusation was made against him. His suspension was left in the judgment of the Troy directors, who met that same night, and, influenced by Ferguson, voted to black-list. The gentleman further averred that after Caskins was suspended, that Ferguson bragged of what he had done, and that he said he would shall all base ball players who ran against him just what they might expect in the future. Ferguson is in bad repute with Providence base ball patrons, who cannot forget his ungentlemanly conduct and speech last season, and he is also disliked in Detroit, where he also turned to the people in the grand stand, and made ungentlemanly remarks. Providence Sunday Star March 19, 1882 |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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