Clipping:The organization of the Centennial Club
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| Date | Sunday, November 1, 1874 |
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| Text | The third club for this city has assumed definite form and is a fact. The fee for membership is $25, and nearly thirty gentlemen have signed the subscription rolls. It is unlikely that more than one or two of the players will be men who have before played as professionals, the effort being to obtain the best amateurs of the city, and by strict discipline and good management to bring out the fine qualities which it is so well known many of our amateurs possess. The club will be known as the “Centennial Base Ball Club,” and probably Mr. Charles Rollins will be elected president. An application will shortly be made to Councils for a least of the waste grounds of the Water Department, at Corinthian and Girard avenues, which the club will fit up in a simple but commodious manner. The idea is to charge but twenty-five cents admission and thus popularize the club. Philadelphia Sunday Republic November 1, 1874 The Centennial Base Ball Club was organized on Nov. 7th by the appointment of the following officers and managers: C. E. Rollins, President, W.D Allen, treasurer; J. Bard Worrell, Secretary; Mr. A. E. Story, Wm. F. McCully, A. E. Smyth and J. B. Cooke were elected Directors to serve for the ensuing year. The capital stock of the corporation was fixed at $10,000, divided into 200 shares at $50 each. Philadelphia All-Day City Item November 15, 1874 |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Republic |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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