Clipping:The condition of the Excelsior Club
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| Date | Wednesday, March 10, 1875 |
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| Text | The Excelsior Club.--This veteran base ball organization of Brooklyn—the oldest amateur club in existence except the Knickerbocker of New York—held their twenty-first annual meeting Monday night, at their elegantly fitted club room, corner of Clinton and Montague streets, and the principal business transacted was the election for officers, which resulted as follows: President, R. Oliver; Vice President, E. Arnold; Recording Secretary, G. B. Abbott; Corresponding Secretary, W. C. Little; Treasurer, D. Chauncy, Jun.; Directors, Messrs. D. Chauncey, W. W. Richards, C. Sharpe and W. T. Laurence. It is to be hoped that with such an efficient board that they will look sharp after getting up a good nine to play ball in the amateur arena at Prospect Park this season. The club now musters 122 active members, and has a $2,000 surplus in its treasury. Brooklyn Eagle March 10, 1875 The Excelsior Club.--This base ball organization, which has such honorable antecedents as the most influential amateur club in Brooklyn, is about to disband as a base ball club, by discarding the name of base ball in connection with the Excelsior Club. Let the veterans and all lovers of the good old times of the Excelsiors rally to prevent this lowering of the old flag to the mere social element. Brooklyn Eagle March 19, 1875 |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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