Clipping:St. Louis Club ownership, finances, directory
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Date | Tuesday, January 15, 1884 |
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Text | Never in its history has the St. Louis Base-Ball Association had so pleasant and amicable a meeting as that which marked the stockholders’ annual gathering and election of a new directory last evening. For some time past Mr. Von der Ahe has been absorbing the stock until the membership is now reduced to some twenty gentlemen or so, and these are all well interested in the good and welfare of the national sport locally. ... The declaration of a dividend of 100 per cent on the original amount paid in was also well received, and Mr. Von der Ahe announced that stockholders could get their dividends on the 25th of the month. ... The ballot for the new directory resulted in the re-election of Messrs. Von der Ahe, O’Neill and Noiker [?], and in the selection of Jas. A. Williams and David L. Reid in place of Capt Judy and Ed Rother, who are retiring. St. Louis Post-Dispatch January 15, 1884 This is the first dividend declared by the St. Louis club, the earnings of 1882 having been carried over as a reserve fund to provide for advance salaries, improvements and the contingency of bad weather at the beginning of the last season. The capital stock of the Sportsman’s Park and Club association (the official name of the St. Louis Base Ball club) is only $5,000. It is not probable that the directors will publish a statement of their financial affairs except for the use of the stockholders, to whom the books are open at all times. It is understood that the receipts from entrance fees and reserved seats were about $60,000, and about $11,000 from sale of refreshments. (St. Louis) Missouri Republican January 16, 1884 |
Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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