Clipping:Indianapolis Club manager embezzled
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| Date | Tuesday, December 4, 1888 |
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| Text | President Brush of the Indianapolis club has finally made public the charges against ex-Manager Spence of the Hoosier club. The President says: “The case is a clear one and is simply this. We played two games in Brooklyn at the close of the league season. Well, after the team reached home we were drawn upon for $50 by Byrne. As we owed the Brooklyn club nothing, we wrote to inquire what the amount was for and asked if the amount was not mixed up with our receipts in some way. Byrne returned us a sword statement that our receipts during the games there were $124 and that the $50 had been given to Spence. We examined our books and found that instead of Spence having reported $124 for the Brooklyn games we had received only $80. We at once took measures to find out if he had made false returns from any other city. Our club played in Cincinnati before the league season opened and we found that Spence had failed to report the full amount of his receipts, though the shortage was only $11. We wrote to Jersey City, where the club played on June 7, and received a letter from Manager Powers of that club. The letter stated that the Indianapolis club played at Jersey City on June 7. The receipts were shown to be $214.70. We only received $175.70, making a shortage of $40, which Mr. Spence has not accounted for.” President Brush has made efforts to have Spence blacklisted, but the league is not anxious to deal with the affair. The case is not done yet, however. |
| Source | Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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