Clipping:George Wright signed by Providence
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| Date | Friday, September 6, 1878 |
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| Text | George Wright, in a letter under date of Sept 3., announces that he has fully decided to play in Providence next season. This decision will be received with regret by all lovers of the national game in this vicinity. Mr. Wright has been connected with the Boston club ever since its organization, and has contributed no small part to its success. He is an extraordinary ball players; and is the best short-stop that ever entered the field. Others will play as brilliant a game at times, but none excel him in playing everywhere. He covers all the ground there is to cover in his position. He leads all the short-stops of the country in his fielding records; has a good batting records; as a base-runner he has no superior, exercising, as he does, his best judgment in running bases, while his brilliant lightning throws to first base have always won the heartiest applause of admirers of the game. So long and closely has he been identified with the base-ball fraternity of this city, that to see him playing in any other than the Boston club will seem exceedingly strange and unnatural. Our friends in Providence are to be congratulated on being able to secure Wright for their club of next year—one who wi8ll play for the club and not to make an individual records, while our consolation is that our loss will be their gain. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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