Clipping:The Forest City club reorganizes
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| Date | Sunday, August 11, 1872 |
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| Text | ...the Forest City club, of Cleveland, has been reorganized. The Forest City Base Ball Association, as heretofore constituted, has wound up its affairs, the players having been settled with and the contracts cancelled. This was the result of a compromise between the officers of the Association and the players, which was brought about through the unwillingness of the association to keep the nine on its hands doing nothing, and as there was no prospect of doing any better, negotiations were entered upon with the above result. The players have associated themselves together with Jim White as Captain, Sweasy being left out altogether, and propose to finish up the season under the same name, so as not to forfeit their championship record. Their games will be played on the old grounds, and the gate receipts will be divided among the nine. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury August 11, 1872 On Saturday the contracts of the base ball players of the Forest City club were cancelled. Subsequently the players met and organized to continue the campaign. The only change made is the transferring of the management from the board of directors to the players. James White was chosen captain and manager... Philadelphia Sunday Republic August 11, 1872, quoting the Cleveland Plain Dealer The two defeats sustained by the co-operative Cleveland nine at the hands of the Boston Club broke up the co-operative arrangement, and the players disbanded as a nine on Tuesday last... Philadelphia Sunday Mercury August 25, 1872 |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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