Clipping:Von der Ahe on Comiskey and team-building

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Date	Tuesday, January 28, 1890
Text	[from an interview of Von der Ahe] Ball players are an ungrateful lot. Take this man Comiskey’s case, for instance. I payed him $5,000 a year for three years, and have made him presents besides. To be sure he is a good captain, but I made him what he is and gave him reputation and fortune. It is a fact that Comiskey never signed but one man for the St. Louis Club. He never knew what men were to be on the team until I signed them. Comiskey has been given too much credit. Now, see what he will do in Chicago and then watch St. Louis without him. As heretofore, I expect to have a winning club, one that will stand right up to the Association leaders.
Source	Philadelphia Evening Item
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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