Clipping:Sam Wise expelled from the Cincinnati Club
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| Date | Sunday, August 13, 1882 |
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| Text | In the expulsion of Wise by the Cincinnati club, all of the barriers between the League, League Alliance and Association clubs, have been raised again, and the contemplated series of games between the Athletic and Philadelphia clubs will have to be declared off. In our judgment, the expulsion of Wise at this stage of the season, exhibits the worst judgment on the part of the Cincinnati club, which, by the way, has managed the Wise business very badly throughout. Having failed in their legal process it would have been much better for the club to have waited until the annual meeting of the Association, to pronounce sentence upon the deserter. While by no means defending the League, whose practices and deceitful artifices we have from time to time exposed and denounced, there is, however, two sides to this Wise business, and but for the fiery, uncouth, and bitter attacks made upon Wise by the Cincinnati papers, before the season was opened, we are almost certain that the whole matter would have been amicably settled, and Wise would to-day be playing in Cincinnati. For our own people, the new aspect of the Wise case is very unfortunate, as the game between the Athletic and Philadelphia clubs in September would have been the events of the season, besides contributing thousands of dollars to the treasuries of both clubs. While neither club will be bankrupted by the new order of things, thousands of the patrons of the game will be disappointed. Cincinnati has pronou8nced the decree, however, and the Athletic will honorably stand by it. The Philadelphia Item August 13, 1882 The Cincinnati club has at last taken proper action in the case of Wise, the renegade, who deserted the local nine last Spring. They have decided to dismiss the injunction suit begun at Boston against, him, and have notified their lawyer in the Hub of that conclusion. They then expelled Wise, and due notification was last evening forwarded to Secretary Williams. The other clubs will receive official notice in a few days. This will bar all American nines from playing with the League teams, even if the Troy difficulty was amicably settled. It is just the treatment that Wise deserves, and next year, if the American Association and League have an amicable understanding, he will find himself in the cold. The Philadelphia Item August 13, quoting the Cincinnati Enquirer [The expulsion occurred 8/4/82.] |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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