Clipping:The case against Kansas City; franchise fee
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Date | Wednesday, December 1, 1886 |
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Text | [byline Caylor] [reporting on the AA special meeting 11/22 – 11/231886] The pluckiest set of men who ever went before a base ball convention were the Kansas City delegation. Their cause before the Association was hopeless from the beginning, but they made the delegate stop and hold their breath several times. The offer of $7,000 cash for the vacant franchise came I the way of a paralyzer. It made everybody realize that the Kansas City Club was backed by gentlemen who had the wealth and public spirit to back up their wishes, and a regret that their city was so situated as to be so undesirable. The jump from New York to St. Louis requires thirty-five hours and that is considered quite a hardship. None of the clubs were willing to increase this extreme trip by adding ten hours more of time. |
Source | Sporting Life |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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