Clipping:Player movement and rumors of 'unfair dealing'
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| Date | Saturday, May 5, 1866 |
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| Text | As regards the “change of base” made by some of the Atlantic players, we have to say, that the loss sustained by the Atlantics is one all clubs are liable to. They have themselves been benefitted by just such changes. For instance, when Start, Crane, and Chapman joined the Atlantics from the Enterprise. The changes which occur in the organization of the first-nines of our leading clubs each season, though they sometimes lead to unfriendly feelings and give rise to reports of unfair dealing, are nevertheless more beneficial than injurious to the game, inasmuch as a monopoly of success, year after year, tends greatly to lessen the public interest in the principal contest which take place. The excitement in regard to a match between two strong clubs arises, in the main, from the doubtful character of the issue. Were one club to stand at the head of the list for three or four successive seasons, almost walking over the course from want of an opponent worthy of its mettle, what would people care for such games? Why, nothing. New York Sunday Mercury May 5, 1866 The Atlantics...have lost Crane, Pratt, Pearce, and Norton, and have gained Ferguson, Post, McDonald, Bergen, and one or two other well known players, whose names, for obvious reasons, your correspondent was requested to suppress at present. The Excelsior have gained the seceding members of the Atlantic with the exception of Pratt. The Mutuals have been considerably strengthened by the addition of Waterman, Jewett and Martin, late of the Empire... Philadelphia Sunday Mercury May 6, 1866 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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