Clipping:A vagaries of the baseball business
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| Date | Sunday, July 16, 1876 |
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| Text | [from a letter from the manager of the Juniata Club of Hollidaysburg] The Quickstep, of Wilmington, by letter, on the 6 th inst., asked for a game here the last of this week, and wished to know what guarantee we would give them. I answered that we would play them, give them half gross receipts, but would not guarantee any amount. Under this they telegraphed that they would play us yesterday (Thursday) morning. We advertised them, and then received another dispatch, that, owing to the illness of a player, they could not play us until this afternoon. I answered “All right,” and advertised them again. They played at Altoona, yesterday, and defeated them 10 to 0. This morning, at 9:35, I received two dispatches from their manager (one M. Richenberger) (one sent last night), asking a guarantee of $25 and expenses. I informed him that would stick to original agreement, viz.: one-half gross receipts. They then telegraphed that the Mountain City [of Altoona] guaranteed them $50 for a game this afternoon, and that they could not play us. I want all base ball clubs in the United States to know such thieves. They have stuck me ten or fifteen dollars for telegraphing and advertising. From the nature of things, a great portion of this base ball business must be transacted by telegraph, and any club that intentionally violates their engagements should be expelled from all associations. It gets the people down on the club that advertises, and and causes them to lose friends, what the visiting club would not care. |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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