Clipping:Baltimore Club ownership, finances
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| Date | Wednesday, October 30, 1889 |
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| Text | Efforts are being made here [Baltimore] to get up a stock company to buy the club from harry Vonderhorst and the one or two other owners. Vonderhorst is not the base ball man that Von der Ahe is—in fact, he is an altogether different kind of a Von, though engaged in the same line of business outside of base ball. Vonderhorst has sunk about $10,000 on the Baltimore club and would like to sell out his interest in the team at a fair enough profit to about cover his losses. This he will not be likely to do. Those friends of the club advocating the stock company scheme think this the only way to put the club on a firm basis, and, by strengthening it with additions of first-class players, make it a winner and entitled to the patronage of the people. The Sporting Life October 30, 1889 Von der Ahe's one-league plan President Von der Ahe is out with an idea to fight the Brotherhood. His plan contemplates the consolidation of the League and American Association into one organization of ten or twelve clubs, the unprofitable cities of both bodies being dropped. Each club is to contribute a large sum towards a guarantee fund, and the money in this fund will be used by the new Association in fighting the Brotherhood, should there be any in existence next year. If it is found that a League club at any point is suffering from competition with a Brotherhood team money will be advanced the League club to carry on the fight. Large sums will also be offered for the services of the best players in the Brotherhood, thus crippling that organization. This one association idea has long been a pet scheme of President Von der Ahe, and he is known to have been at work on it for a year past. He was in Chicago Wednesday in consultation with President Spalding, and later gave out that he was in favor of the consolidation. The statement is made that Von der Ahe has been offered a place in the League and will go in on condition that there is a consolidation of the League and American Association, the strong clubs in each organization being taken in as members. Mr. Von der Ahe says he will be willing to sacrifice Sunday games if the big league contemplated can be formed. The Sporting Life October 30, 1889 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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