Clipping:Stalled negotiations; status of the Cincinnati Club; proposed six-team PL
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| Date | Saturday, November 15, 1890 |
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| Text | The Players' League people now regret having been wheedled by their New York “friends” into another conference with the National League. They claim that the latter has shown no disposition to do the square thing by all of the clubs, and that, having secured Chicago with the aid of the New York Players' League people, they are now only playing their cards to secure the controlling interest in the Cincinnati Club, and then the rest of the Players' League clubs will not be considered at all and no settlement made with them, despite the assurances of the New York people to that effect. The Brooklyn League people are said to have endeavored to squeeze the Brooklyn Players' League men, in the belief that they had the Players' League where they wanted it. This has drawn the Brooklyn Club into line against consolidation. Philadelphia and Cleveland also claim to have little prospect of fair treatment. Several meetings of these club representatives have been held and the result is that they have come to the conclusion to maintain the Players' League at all hazards. A Players' magnate stated this morning that he and his fellow delegates had come to the conclusion that they could not expect decent treatment from the League, and that the Players' League would be maintained as a six-club league, made up of the best players—Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington and Cincinnati, the control of the latter club resting with the four clubs first named. In conclusion Mr. Wagner said:-- “No more business with the National League for us. My only regret is that we did not stick to that resolution at Pittsburg and save Chicago.” The Sporting Life November 15, 1890 The National League has its rival, the Players' League, badly beaten. To effect the complete demolition of the younger base ball organization it is only necessary for the old magnates to secure a controlling interest in the stock of the Cincinnati Club now held by the Players' League syndicate. The capital stock of this club is $40,000. The National League has practically absorbed the New York and Chicago Players League clubs, each of which owns $7500 in the Cincinnati Club. To attain its end there are two ways open to the National League. The first is to make terms with the Brooklyn Players' League Club, which also holds $7500 of Cincinnati stock, and the second is to satiate A. L. Johnson, of Cleveland, who possesses a similar amount. The only hope of the Boston and Philadelphia Players' clubs is that neither of the deal can be made. The Sporting Life November 15, 1890 |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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