Clipping:John B. Day's doings
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| Date | Sunday, June 22, 1879 |
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| Text | A meeting of the delegates composing the Metropolitan Baseball Association will be held at the rooms of the Fly Away Club, 253 Avenue A., on Monday (to-morrow) at 8 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of considering the advisability of reorganizing for the present season. Secretary John B. Day states that clubs within a radius of twenty miles of this city are eligible to membership and all such are invited to send delegates. New York Sunday Mercury June 22, 1879 The Metropolitan Baseball Association has reorganized for the season of 1879, with the following officers: President, Mr. Cloughen, of the Fly Aways; vice-president, Mr. Fry, of the New York Nine; secretary, day, of the Orange Club; treasurer, Mr. Raleigh, of the Alaskas. Five clubs, viz.: Fly Aways, Alaskas, New Yorks, Chelseas and the Orange Nine, will constitute the Association. The championship series will consist of seven games each with every other club, making a total of seventy games during the season. Each week five games will be played at the Union Ground and one at Orange. New York Sunday Mercury July 6, 1879 [N.B. The Alaskas withdrew a week later and were replaced by the Montgomerys. The Orange Club withdrew at the end of the month. The association faded away in August.] |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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