Clipping:Baseball fever in St. Louis
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| Date | Sunday, August 2, 1874 |
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| Text | St. Louis has no professional club, but has the base-ball fever quite hard. The Brooklyn Atlantic played there with the amateur Red Stockings recently, and a crowd of six thousand spectators was present. Early in the season the Hartford expected to have some games in St. Louis, but on the representation of a member of the Chicago club that there was no base ball interest there, the project was abandoned. This looks as if Chicago wanted to keep that pasture for themselves. The little game, however, will not succeed, for every club that has gone to St. Louis has made money, and the people here are determined to have a good club next year. Rivalry with Chicago would prompt this if nothing else, and that is just what ails the Chicagoites. It would be wisdom for all the professional clubs when they visit Chicago to take flying trips to St. Louis, and play the strong Empire and Red Stocking clubs. They would make money and foster such interest in the game as would certainly assure a professional nine there next year. |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Republic |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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