Clipping:The Atlantics backing out of a match
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| Date | Sunday, September 29, 1867 |
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| Text | The Athletics were taken by surprise on Friday, on receiving a dispatch from the Atlantics stating that they would not play the return game on Monday on their grounds, Brooklyn. We confess we were not surprised, as the matter was broached to me as being probable on the evening previous. The Atlantics assert that Mills and Start not in condition–they should have added Pearce, who was not, when in this city, except on the first match–to play. Start and Mills are both suffering from bruised hands; but Al Reach is in the same category, and Radcliff was badly hurt in one of this hands not long since; yet he has played in all matches since in which the club were contestants. Berkenstock and Reach both played at great disadvantage from the same cause in Atlantic matches. Our boys refused to entertain the proposition to postpone, and that indefinitely, and so notified the Atlantics. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury September 29, 1867 talk of a game being thrown [Atlantics vs. Athletics 9/23/1867] The Atlantics excuse themselves by saying that they were short Smith, and that Start had a sore hand. Still we would like to know why men who usually bet on the Champions remained at home and invested their money at 100 to 80 on the Philadelphians, how could they do this in view of the recent decided defeat of the Athletics on the Union grounds in a home-and-home match. Start’s sore hand did not cause him to muff badly, and the absence of Smith could not make such a great difference. Therefore we would like to be informed how it was that they met with such a decided defeat, and why the betting men changed sides so suddenly. New York Dispatch September 29, 1867 At Reach’s last week, we hard men assert that the game was played off by the Atlantic, but, in the same breath, they sang the praises of the Atlantic nine–extolling Crain’s play at second base, which it afforded us pleasure in our report of the game to acknowledge was above the average. The parties to whom we allude noted also Mills’ splendid play behind, and the delivery of the “Charmer” captivated them beyond expression. If they found so much to admire in the individual play of the Atlantic, how was it the game was thrown? ... Let the rooster to whom we allude hold their peace, or else strive to be consistent. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury September 29, 1867 |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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