Clipping:Philadelphia croakers

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Date Sunday, July 12, 1868
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[The Athletics return home from their western tour:] To bring the story to a close, they arrive home, and instead of a welcome, are met by the croakers with the salutation: “Oh! You’re pretty chaps, aint you, to lose the Rochester game?” and similar expressions. This is Philadelphia all over. The players, themselves, felt bad enough, and did not need a reminder of an occurrence that was painfully uppermost in their minds. No recognition is given them. They are allowed to straggle off tot heir homes–conquerors though they be, and victors though they were in eighteen contest–without any one saying, “Welcome home.

Source Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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