Clipping:Inducing players to revolve
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| Date | Saturday, April 2, 1870 |
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| Text | [The Chicago Club] has attained to an unenviable reputation by their efforts to secure a first-class nine by unfair means. Not satisfied with securing the best talent possible, unengaged, they seek to secure crack players by offering them large salaries, in some cases double that they have engaged for, thus tempting them to break their contracts with the clubs they have engaged to play with. In nearly every case, however, they have failed to carry out their little schemes successfully, not that they could not find their men, but that popular opinion against “revolving” is so strong that players are afraid to brave it. Treacy and Hodes are the only revolvers now actual members of the Chicago Club. They tried hard for Fisher, Craver and White but at last accounts had been unsuccessful in obtaining either.Fisher denies that he ever signed agreement with the Chicago Club, but admits having received some money from Foley. It is more than probable that Fisher did sign such an agreement, but his friends claim that if he did so, it was while under the influence of liquor, as he was seen very much intoxicated in Foley’s company, at Albany, N.Y. ... [now quoting the Cleveland Leader:] Among others, they set their hearts upon securing James White, catcher of the Forest City club of Cleveland, who has for some months been under engagement to remain in this city, as a player, during the coming season. Notwithstanding the Chicago managers knew this, they began by glowing letters and munificent offers of money to win the Forest City player from his allegiance. Failing in these efforts, it was determined, on Monday last, to send Mr. Tom Foley down to Cleveland, to see about things. Accordingly on Tuesday Mr. Foley arrived at the Kennard with his carpet bag, and having duly breakfasted he set out to hunt up and harpoon his prey. The victim was found and plied with entreaties and threats until tea, but all in vain. The Forest City play had given his promise, and that promise was sacred. He must fulfil his contract. ‘Stuff and nonsense,’ shrieked the emissary from Illinois, ‘Didn’t Fisher have a contract to play with the Athletics, and didn’t I snake him?’ Still the incompatible [sic] Clevelander was firm. Go he could not, and would not, and there was no use in talking about it. But the Chicagonian did not lose heart. There was nothing impossible for Chicago, and he knew it. Another session was appointed for the evening; but White, not caring to be further troubled, failed to come round, whereat the uncompromising T.F. lost his temper, and filled two who pages of the Kennard House letter paper with threats and denunciations against the obdurate catcher. Next day, he was met by the officers of the Forest City Club, who told him something. That night T.F. returned to Chicago. |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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