Clipping:The Washington manager absconds?
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| Date | Sunday, July 11, 1875 |
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| Text | On Sunday evening, just as the Washington ball-tossers were ready to start for home, it was discovered that their manager who is known as “Binel,” was not forthcoming. He had, but a few minutes before, told them to eat a hasty supper in order to catch the train. They were stopping at the Everett House, and when it was discovered that the manager was not in the office, the players were loth to believe that he had left them in the lurch, many thinking that he was talking to a friend in some obscure corner, and would be on hand in time for the train. When the omnibus called he was still missing, and the players began to suspect that all was not as it should be. What had become of the gate money intrusted to his case was a question asked on all sides. The manager had $350 or $400 of the club’s funds in his possession. Philadelphia All- Day City Item July 11, 1875 The members of the disbanded Washington club have arrived from the West, and are very severe upon the action of Bruce, who stole away with their earnings. Philadelphia All-Day City Item July 14, 1875 Mr. Bruce, the runaway manager of the Washington Club, has not yet been apprehended. The amount stolen is estimated at between three and four hundred dollars. Women and wine were the causes of his downfall. Philadelphia All-Day City Item July 17, 1875 Sam Fields, of the unfortunate Washingtons, states that the Washington boys had been transported home through the generosity of Mr. George McMannus, of St. Louis. New York Sunday Mercury July 18, 1875 [Mr. Bruce] gives a statement of receipts and expenditures, claiming the former, (which he says included $206 of his own money,) to have been $1,148.20 and the latter $1,147.00. He says that after he had paid out all the money he had with him, and his credit was good for no more, he was thrown overboard, and the news sent over the country that he had absconded with all the funds of the club, in order to enable the men to get up a subscription to get them home. Philadelphia All-Day City Item July 23, 1875 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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