Clipping:Claim of a further amalgamation effort
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| Date | Saturday, September 13, 1890 |
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| Text | [Dickinson of the New York World on a secret meeting in Philadelphia between representatives of the PL and AA held 9/10] The actual business transacted was comparatively unimportant. In a nutshell, the Association men wanted amalgamation, and the Players' League committee wanted to arrange a series of games with the Association's winning club for the championship of the world. As a sort of compromise the Association committeemen proposed a twelve club circuit, the Players' League to absorb four American Association cities, the names of which any good base ball man can guess. They argued long and eloquently, and none talked longer nor was more eloquent than the gentleman from St. Louis, and more's the pity, the responsibility for this account rests on his broad, good-natured shoulders. There was really nothing to conceal. The Association committee was not prohibited by the National Agreement or the more inferior laws of the country from meeting the Players' League men. There is, however, not the slightest chance for them to persuade the new League into forming a twelve club circuit. That's all there is to the matter. The Sporting Life September 13, 1890 Respecting the conference at Philadelphia Mr. Brunell said:-- “While in Philadelphia I met several members of the American Association and had an informal talk over the situation. The talk was unofficial and informal because the American Association has no committee with any power to act. Billy Barnie was one of those supposed to be present at the meeting. I never saw Billy Barnie when I was in the East. Why should we amalgamate? We have nothing to gain by such a move. Our circuit is already full, and we certainly could not strengthen it with any of the Association cities. Whatever overtures may have been made have come from the other side. We have made none.” The Sporting Life September 13, 1890 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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