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|City=Titusville PA, New York NY | |City=Titusville PA, New York NY | ||
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|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
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|Text=<p>"The professional | |Text=<p>"The professional player, aside from his personal character, is not precisely a majestic object . . . . Not to put too fine a point upon it . . . is usually a worthless dissipated gladiator; not much above the professional pugilist in morality and respectability. . . . It is only necessary for the gambler who has large sums at stake to buy him, in order to make certain of winning his bets."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span> Base Ball: The Professional Player, <em>Titusville (Pa.) Herald</em> March 12, 1872. Ascribed to the the <em>New York Times of March 8, 1872</em>.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span> Base Ball: The Professional Player, <em>Titusville (Pa.) Herald</em> March 12, 1872. Ascribed to the the <em>New York Times of March 8, 1872</em>.</span></p> | ||
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<p><span>Richard Hershberger' FB | <p><span>Richard Hershberger' FB commentary, 3/12/2022:</span></p> | ||
<p><span><em>"150 years ago in baseball</em>: A discussion of professional ball players. It is not complimentary. It would take decades for this attitude to disappear entirely. Note in particular the assumption that of course a professional will throw a game if you pay him enough." </span></p> | <p><span><em>"150 years ago in baseball</em>: A discussion of professional ball players. It is not complimentary. It would take decades for this attitude to disappear entirely. Note in particular the assumption that of course a professional will throw a game if you pay him enough." </span></p> | ||
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<div dir="auto">" | <div dir="auto">Richard Hershberger, subsequent email to Protoball, 3/12/2022: "<span>Titusville adapted this from the NY Times of March 8. Some other papers also picked it up. T </span>t is hard to say just how widespread this] the attitude was, but it certainly [was] in the air. In Zane Grey's [1906]novel <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Shortstop,</span> when the protagonist tells his mother he has decided upon a career as a professional baseball player, she bursts into tears at that ruination of her son."</div> | ||
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Pro Players Disparaged in Newspapers As Worthless, Dissipated, Buyable
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| City/State/Country: | Titusville PA, New York NY, United States |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "The professional player, aside from his personal character, is not precisely a majestic object . . . . Not to put too fine a point upon it . . . is usually a worthless dissipated gladiator; not much above the professional pugilist in morality and respectability. . . . It is only necessary for the gambler who has large sums at stake to buy him, in order to make certain of winning his bets." |
| Sources | Base Ball: The Professional Player, Titusville (Pa.) Herald March 12, 1872. Ascribed to the the New York Times of March 8, 1872. |
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Richard Hershberger' FB commentary, 3/12/2022: "150 years ago in baseball: A discussion of professional ball players. It is not complimentary. It would take decades for this attitude to disappear entirely. Note in particular the assumption that of course a professional will throw a game if you pay him enough." Richard Hershberger, subsequent email to Protoball, 3/12/2022: "Titusville adapted this from the NY Times of March 8. Some other papers also picked it up. T t is hard to say just how widespread this] the attitude was, but it certainly [was] in the air. In Zane Grey's [1906]novel The Shortstop, when the protagonist tells his mother he has decided upon a career as a professional baseball player, she bursts into tears at that ruination of her son."
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | FB posting 3/12/2022 |
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