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Date	Saturday, April 26, 1879
Text	We now have three strong co-operative professional nines in the metropolis–the Jersey City Browns, the Atlantics and the Alaskas. These clubs ill be ready to play all visiting professional nines on the Union or Centennial Grounds. It would not take a month’s play to build up a handsome paying patronage for the national clubs stopping in the city en route to and from Washington to play one or the other of these local nines. But it appears that there is an obstacle in the way of the form of a required guarantee fund, which the local nines are neither willing nor able to pay. To refuse to play these games on this account is a very unwise policy on the part of the visiting clubs adopting it. How are we to build up the professional game in the city if this sort of thing goes on? The local locals do not leave the city to visit other national club cities, and, therefore, have no opportunity to receive a guarantee in return. We are surprised that Mr. Bancroft, for one, does not see that6 it is to the interest of the visiting clubs passing through the metropolis to play a match, even if receipts should only at first defray actual expenses. If the public became aware that ll the National clubs would stop en route whenever their engagemen5ts in the championship arena admitted of it, they would soon crowd by hundreds to see the games; but it needs time to build the patronage up, and our local clubs cannot afford to do it at the cost of $50 guarantee-fund each game. Ferguson knows how the position is, and he will not doubt set the other club managers right by bringing his team here when he can without requiring any guarantee-money.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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