Clipping:An account of why the American Association Brotherhood never formed
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| Date | Sunday, February 9, 1890 |
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| Text | “You don’t know that the American Association came pretty nearly having a Brotherhood last season, did you?” inquired Long John Reilly in the Cincinnati Enquirer office, the other day. “No; I never heard of the movement,” responded the writer. “Yes, the Brotherhood had the Association in line, but Latham was the cause of its death before it got out of the swaddling clothes.” “How did Arlie break it up?” “Well, the movement started in Louisville. Every time any of the Association teams would go to New York or Philadelphia last season they were almost sure to put up at the same hotel with some League team. These League players used to fill us up with great stories of the benefits to be derived from such an organization. Guy Hecker and some of the Louisville players became enthusiastic, and they decided to organize an American Association Brotherhood. They secured a charter, or something else from the Brotherhood, and all the Louisville players signed it.” “Our team visited Louisville next, and every member of the Reds affixed his signature to the document. Next the St. Louis Browns appeared in the Falls City, and every one of them were enrolled. The paper containing the names was then turned over to Arlie Latham, who was delegated to get the names of the players in the other five teams. Lath must have been too busy, or something interfered. He rammed the paper down his back hip-pocket, and that would up the American Association Brotherhood. The paper was never heard of again, and neither was the Brotherhood. |
| Source | The Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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