Clipping:Plans for the Athletics for next season
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| Date | Sunday, October 2, 1881 |
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| Text | The Athletic club next season will be under the management of Messrs. Mason, Sharsig and Fulmer, who are three of the most ardent admirers and genuine promoters of the game as can be found in this country. These gentlemen will furnish all the capital that will be necessary to run the club, and each player will be paid a salary instead of playing on the commonwealth plan as at present. The present nine will be entirely reconstructed, and several new players now prominent in League clubs will be added. Oakdale Park has been leased for the season, which will commence in April and end in November. The ground is to be plowed up and leveled, a new grand stand to accommodate 1200 persons will be built and additional shaded stands for spectators will be erected along the side of the field. The gentlemanly managers will leave nothing undone to make the game attractive in this city, and give it its old-time prestige in base ball by having one of the best clubs in the country. … There will be two clubs here next season—the Athletic, under the management of Messrs. Sharsig, Fulmer and Mason, and the second under Phillips' direction. Philadelphia Item October 2, 1881 Horace Phillips credited with the idea for the AA; the success of and dissension within the Athletics The idea of this league originated with Manager Horace B. Phillips, of the Athletic. After a good deal of hard work he has got the different cities interested and the coming convention is the result. The success of the Athletic this season is due to Mr. Phillips. Just here it might be stated that one or two members of the present team, who have become fired with a desire to run an organization on a plan of their own, are doing considerable underhand work for the purpose of affecting the coming convention, but it is hardly possible that this will amount to much. Steps were taken yesterday to insure one of the best teams in the country for this city for next season, under the management of Mr. Phillips, and a majority of the charter members of the old Athletic Club have given permission for the use of the name. Philadelphia Times October 2, 1881 |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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