Clipping:St. Louis tried to jump to the PL
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| Date | Wednesday, December 25, 1889 |
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| Text | [reporting on the PL meeting 12/16-12/17/1889] Mr. Von der Ahe left for St. Louis last night very much disappointed and decidedly disgruntled over his failure to secure admission to the Players' League. He came here with the belief that he would be admitted to the new League, and, in fact, many of the delegates acknowledged that the whole thing was cut and dried. But they were mistaken. When the question of the admission of St. Louis to the League came up the Pittsburg delegates exploded a bomb in the shape of a flat refusal to get out. They were in to stay, and stay they would. They showed any number of telegrams from men in Pittsburg who offered to take stock in the club. They showed that they were perfectly capable of supporting their club. That settled it, and the St. Louis president was notified that there was not chance for his club at present. Von der Ahe, on his own behalf, said that he had been reasonably sure of getting in the Players' League, but now that he had not been able to do so he would either try to build up the American Association or go into the Western League. “It is hard to tell what I will do just now,” said Chris. “But the playing season has not begun yet, and many things are likely to turn up by the time it does. |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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