Clipping:Jimmy Williams resigns as St. Louis manager

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Date Friday, September 5, 1884
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Manager Williams has been restive and uneasy for a long time past, owing to the condition of affairs, and yesterday his resignation was handed to Mr. Von der Ahe, and it was promptly accepted. Mr. Williams leaves the club on the best of terms with his associates and they appreciate his many excellent qualities; at the same time an iron hand is needed at the helm just now, and Mr. Williams’ good nature and leniency were not exactly the qualities to bring order out of chaos and to put the Browns on a winning basis. This, no doubt, he appreciated, hence his resignation. St.

Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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