Clipping:More on Fitzgerald's resignation
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| Date | Saturday, September 15, 1866 |
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| Text | In March last, I was unanimously re-elected President of your club. Why did I resign? Because I refused to sanction your disreputable practices. Those who had the management of the club insisted upon hiring men to play for them. I strenuously opposed it. I contended that a situation should be obtained for Dockney. A conductorship on the Fifteenth street cars was the result–but Dockney would rather play than work, and he declined the post. I remonstrated against his playing, and was overruled. In the same manner, I objected to others, but my objections were disregarded. I said, the idea is abroad that we pay men. When we play an important match, the question will be put to me: “Do you pay any of your nine? We hear you do.” I give you notice, gentlemen, I shall not tell a lie–therefore, get them situations, or get rid of them. But, as it generally fell to me to obtain situations for all the unfortunates in the club, and as I had begun to lose heart for this wholesale drudgery, I resolved to resign, and thus rid myself of further annoyance. |
| Source | Philadelphia City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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