Clipping:Washington Club ownership; finances
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| Date | Sunday, August 11, 1889 |
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| Text | There is a growing impression among the patrons of the national game that Walter Hewitt is growing weary of being a baseball magnate and is systematically unloading his interest in the senatorial combination. The late R. C. Hewitt was a baseball “crank” in the fullest meaning of the term. The result was that he put his boat into the league and never lived to realize a single dollar on his thousands expended. His son Walter is made of different material and only looks at baseball with business eyes. The elder Hewitt was unusually successful in many of his business ventures and Walter is now reaping the benefits from them. Since the latter succeeded his father as the leading and producing spirit of the Washington club, his sole ambition has been to get back some of the money his father invested in the sport. By judicious management, coupled with several brilliant bursts of enterprise, the younger Hewitt is now in a position to retire from the ballfield nearly $50,000 ahead of all outlays. At the present writing he declines to go into details as to his future intentions further than to smile knowingly and say that he has no idea of leaving the league. He insists that because he disposed of Capitol part to a good advantage it does not necessarily follow that he contemplates disposing of his franchise. He says he is well satisfied with the present condition of his team, and predicts that he will put even a stronger combination in the field next season. Chicago Tribune August 11, 1889 |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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