Clipping:The spread of the revolving system; the reputation of the Atlantics
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| Date | Thursday, September 3, 1868 |
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| Text | The Auburn N.Y. Journal in commenting upon the revolving system, says:– We “laid the flattering unction to our soul” that the clubs in this vicinity were not engaged in this very reprehensible practice, but we find that we must take that back, as wee it is stated in several papers that “the handsome sum of $1,200 was the inducement which led Pat Grace to leave the Knickerbocker Club of Albany to become a member of the Central City Club of Syracuse.” We can only understand from this that the Central Citys, emulous of the very questionable reputation of the Atlantics of Brooklyn, are thus adopting the bad example set by that club. Stop it, boys! Let the Atlantics gamble under the leadership of John Morrissey if they choose to do so, but don’t you in any way assist them in bringing the game into disrepute. “Play ball for the fun of it,” and play as well as you know how, but don’t try to be professional players for the purpose of making money. It is not laudable, and as now conducted, cannot be made honest or respectable. |
| Source | New England Base Ballist |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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