Clipping:Thorner on putting a NL club in Cincinnati
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| Date | Wednesday, September 16, 1885 |
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| Text | [from an interview of Justus Thorner] I can give you very little information regarding a League club for next season, although a company of capitalists are ready to back such a club here at any time, and join the League in case a vacancy should occur. There has been a great deal of talk in reference to this matter in the newspapers throughout the country, through which latter medium we find out more of what is going on than through any other direct channel. Directly, we have had no correspondence with any members of the League, nor have any meetings taken place, as reported in several of the eastern papers, but should any club drop out of the League we will be ready to jump into the breach and put a first-class team in the field. In case such a thing should happen, we will rebuild our entire stands and make it a facsimile of the Lucas Union Park in St. Louis, for which we have the plans in our possession. The Sporting Life September 16, 1885 Lucas gives up day to day operations of the Maroons There was much excitement in base ball circles here [St. Louis] when it was announced that Mr. Lucas had relinquished personal control of the Maroons. That the move was one dictated by wisdom no one can doubt. It has been clearly shown that it is impolitic for the same man to both own and manage a base ball club. The intimacy that naturally exists between a manager and the players tends to create a familiarity that is fatal to discipline. More especially is this true when the president of a club is the manager, for as long as there is no higher tribunal than the manager himself the player is apt to presume u0pon the intimacy that exists between them. On the other hand, when there is a higher “court” to pass upon matters of club discipline the player feels more restraint and conducts himself in a more circumspect manner. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons of Mr. Lucas' retirement. The new managing director, Mr. B. J. Fine, is a railroad man, accustomed to the rigid discipline of his class and able and determined to enforce the same thing in a ball nine. The Sporting Life September 16, 1885 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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