Clipping:The grand division of players
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| Date | Wednesday, December 9, 1885 |
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| Text | Everybody knows what Detroit got, but the public is not so generally informed on what Philadelphia's plum in the pie is. This is the entire deal in a few words. Detroit secures the “big four” intact, and releases Wood, Casey and McGuire to the Philadelphias, who also get Farrell, of the Providences. President Soden buys the Providence franchise; releases Farrell to Philadelphia; transfers Radbourn and Daily to the Bostons and holds the remainder of the Grays to dispose of as he sees fit. This is the sum and substance of the whole thing and I had if from President Soden yesterday that the stories which are going the rounds in regard to the signing of the various other men are all false. The Sporting Life December 9, 1885 Milwaukee refuses to join the League; Pittsburgh declines Milwaukee flatly refused to enter under the Sunday restriction and the 50-cent rate. This left but Indianapolis open, and as that city is not considered by the League committee as promising, although willing to enter, another desperate effort was made to secure Pittsburg. A final appeal was made to Mr. Nimick to join the League, and Spalding went in person to Nimick and used all his persuasive powers. He offered the vacancy to Pittsburg at the latter's own terms, without a cent of expenditures, and with every assistance possible in the way of securing strong players. Mr. Spalding offered to bring Messrs. Day and Soden, of the committee, to Pittsburg to ratify any compact that might be made and also intimated that all hopes of Brooklyn entering had not yet vanished. It was a sore temptation and Nimick went expressly to Brooklyn last week to confer with the Brooklyn management. When he learned, however, that Brooklyn had finally and fixedly determined to stay in the American Association he made up his mind at once and irrevocably declined Spalding's offer, which determination was ratified at the annual meeting of the Pittsburg Club last week. The Sporting Life December 9, 1885 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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