Clipping:Disputing the status of the World Series
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| Date | Wednesday, November 11, 1885 |
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| Text | [from an interview of Spalding] There is another mistake which, through the enterprise of the newspapers, has become widely established, and that is that the series just finished has been contested to decide the championship of the world. That is nonsense. Does any one suppose that if there had been so much as that at stake that I should have consented to the games being played in American Association cities, upon their grounds, and under the authority of their umpires? The truth is, that the St. Louis people were anxious to play a series of exhibition games in the cities in which they have since appeared, and that to make the play interesting Von der Ahe and myself contributed $500 each toward a purse. The Sporting Life November 11, 1885 Mr. Spalding's statement regarding the world's championship is not altogether disingenuous. There was a sort of understanding that the series would serve as a test of the relative strength of the two clubs, and that it was to be a kind of inter-championship contest. The reason why more of the games were not played in Chicago was that it was thought the games would draw better in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and other cities, and that the profits would put money in the treasury of each club. In the latter respect the project did not pan out as well as was anticipated, largely on account of unfavorable weather. But it is not fair to deny to the St. Louis Browns the full credit for having shown their ability to beat Chicago half the time at least. The Sporting Life November 11, 1885, quoting the Chicago Mirror |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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