Clipping:Paying the players to beat a contender
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| Date | Friday, October 18, 1889 |
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| Text | There is a big kick among the members of the Cincinnati team before Duryea and Keenan received all the “Brooklyn boodle” for winning the game on Tuesday from St. Louis. “Doc” Bushong arrived in the city on the same day that St. Louis reached here, and it was understood that he had offered certain Cincinnati players money, which was legitimate, in case they should win a game from the Browns. As soon as Manager Schmelz announced that Duryea and Keenan would be the battery against St. Louis in the first game on Tuesday, Bushong went to Duryea and Keenan and informed them that he was prepared to pay them $100 in case they won the game. Before Bushong left for Brooklyn he paid to Duryea and Keenan the money he had promised them for winning the game. It is true Duryea’s fine pitching largely contributed to Cincinnati’s victory, but the remainder of the team who figured in the game also aided materially by their good work in downing the Browns. The other members of the Club do not begrudge Duryea and Keenan the money they received, but do think that President Byrne ought to remember them. |
| Source | New York World |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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