Clipping:The state of the Mutual Club; the retirement of the Hunt brothers
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| Date | Tuesday, July 13, 1869 |
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| Text | The Mutual Club held its regular quarterly meeting at Wildey's Club-house, Broadway, last evening. The attendance was very large. The successive defeats the Club have met of late has occasioned much comment among the members of the organization. It was supposed that the matter would be finally disposed of last evening, but in a measure such was not the case. After considerable discussion, in which the non-playing as well as the playing members took part, it was finally agreed to transfer the whole matter to the consideration of the playing nine, who will meet this evening and decide the future course of action for the season's campaign. From the tenor of the remarks last evening it is though that the Nine will vote to do away with the Board of Directors, and elect one man to direct the movements of the Nine. This one man is to put the Nine under a thorough course of training at once. They are to play at least twice a week, and as much oftener as practicable. Other much needed reforms in relation to temperate habits, wholesome food, &c., are to be enforced. Who this one man will be is of course at present not definitely known, but there is hardly a doubt but what John Wildey will be the man. The unfortunate difficulty that led to the retirement from the Nine of the Hunt brothers has made it necessary for the future success of the Club to make a number of changes in the playing Nine. So many stories are in circulation regarding the action of the Hunt brothers, that a true statement of the causes should be made public. Not until two or three days previous to the day on which the last Eckford-Mutual game was played it was definitely known that the game was to come off. C. Hunt had been informed that it would not be played, and so had made preparations to spend the day out of town. Afterward it was decided to play the game, but Mr. Hunt refused to play, and went into the country. His brother, R. Hunt, also refused to play the Eckford game, assigning for his reasons certain pecuniary matters relating to the Club, in which he did not consider himself fairly treated. This action of two such players, on the even of an important match, caused much indignation among the members of the Club, and it was the almost universal determination not to permit them to play in the nine again. |
| Source | New York Daily Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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