Clipping:The Louisville manager encourages his club to kick
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| Date | Wednesday, May 11, 1887 |
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| Text | John Kelly has found a weak point in the Louisville Club, and it the meekness of the players. The Louisville Club has long had the reputation of being anything but fighters. They seldom coached, never objected to the umpire, and acted like good schoolboys under the eye and rod of the master. But Kelly says that it won't pay, and has instructed the boys to pull the glove off the iron hand. All winning clubs fight for points, however small, and Kelly says that he can't afford to give his rivals one single advantage. He is going to win the pennant, if the Louisvilles can do it. The players have been instructed to bluff, kick, bulldoze and yell whenever there is a point to be gained. Of course, ungentlemanly and indecent conduct is forbidden, and such behavior will be promptly fined; but Kelly wants the men to play with vim, dash and determination. All this comes of the games with the St. Louis Browns, who by their bulldozing tactics have succeeded in winning several victories not merited. Kelly will meet them on their own grounds, and fight them with their own weapons and tactics. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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