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| Date | Wednesday, January 4, 1888 |
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| Text | The style for next season seems to be for each club to “father” another club, with the idea of utilizing it as a sort of reserve nine where all extra players may be kept in practice and ready for use on short notice. The Chicago and St. Louis clubs have teams of the same name in the Western League; the Detroit Club has the Toronto club, of the International Association; the New York Club has the Jersey City Club, of the International League; the Washington Club will, it is said, furnish backing for the new Troy (American Association) Club, and the Philadelphia managers are seriously considering the advisability of taking hold of the Allentown Club. The Sporting Life January 4, 1888, quoting the Philadelphia Record The report that the Detroit club has secured a controlling interest in the Toronto Club is emphatically denied by the Toronto officials. The Sporting Life January 4, 1888 President W. M. Douglass of the Allentown club and President A. J. Reach of the Philadelphia club held a long consultation in reference to sending the unemployed players of the Philadelphias to Allentown. This would enable the Philadelphias to retain control of a larger number of players than they usually carry, but President Reach said he did not see how his club could do it. The Allentown club is a member of the central league, under the protection of the national agreement, and this proves a bar to any such deal. The Phillies could farm out players to such clubs as the Camden and Harrowgate, but not to any club a member of an association under the protection of the national agreement. If this can be done some of the Philadelphia players may be sent to Allentown, which club would thus become a sort of reserve nine for the local league team. The Philadelphia club has no financial interest in the Allentown club, as has been erroneously stated in some quarters. Cleveland Plain January 6, 1888 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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