Clipping:Talk of putting an AA club in Chicago
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| Date | Wednesday, August 24, 1887 |
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| Text | [from Harry Palmer's column][from an anonymous source] “It is probable that Chicago will have a team in the Association next year, and with that accomplished, Von der Ahe will not want to enter the League. The plan is to start a base ball park on the North Side, and to arrange it so as to remedy the inconveniences now suffered by the public in attending the games of the League. The grounds will be more spacious and will be so arranged that thousands will not be forced to sit under a broiling sun or suffer a drenching in the event of a sudden storm. The Yerkes street car management will guarantee a sufficient number of cars so as to obviate waiting and crowding in going to or returning from the game. With the cable system, bridges at Rush, State, Dearborn, Clark and Wells streets available for private equipages, it is believed that the public will have ample facilities for visiting the grounds in a comfortable manner...” … Inasmuch as no base ball organization now under the protection of the National Agreement could establish a team and grounds in this city without the consent of President A. G. Spalding and the Chicago League Club, and as it is quite natural to presume that the Chicago Club would never consent to such an arrangement as that above outlined, it is difficult to understand just how the projected scheme for an Association grounds in this city could be carried out, unless the Association should withdraw from the protection of the National Agreement, and openly declare war upon Spalding and the League. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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