Clipping:The proposed Indianapolis move to St. Louis; Indianapolis Club finances
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| Date | Saturday, June 29, 1878 |
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| Text | W. B. Pettit, Esq., President of the Indianapolis Ball Club, arrived in the city yesterday morning, and, by appointment, met President Hulbert of the Chicago Club, and Harry Wright, of the Bostons, to consult about the legality of moving the present Indianapolis team to St. Louis. Their conference was a long and secret one, but the results arrived at are known. It appeared that Mr. Pettit has been in negotiation with Mr. Solari, who controls the Grand Avenue Park, on which the Brown Stockings used to play. Before closing any arrangement, he wished to ascertain how the move was looked on by his partners in the League. Both the Chicago and the Boston Clubs were willing that a trial in St. Louis should be made, and Mr. Pettit accordingly left for the City by the Bridge last evening to conclude his negotiations, if he could get terms to suit him. … The change would not, Mr. Pettit said, involve a change of management, nor any transfer of contracts. ... [The] audiences in Indianapolis have lately been about 600 to a game, which would clearly not pay salaries, to say nothing of other expenses; $200 per game for thirty games, or $6,000 receipts for the season at home, would starve any club. Mr. Pettit did not care to name his salary-list, but it can hardly be less than $13,000 or $14,000 for ten men, and it would take a clever financier to pay that bill with $6,000 receipts. Chicago Tribune June 29, 1878 It is now definitely settled that the Blues will play the remainder of the season at St. Louis. The basis of the transfer is that the managers of the St. Louis Grand avenue Park agree to play the club the remainder of the season, and to assume all liabilities. Up to date the club receipts have fallen about $4,000 below the estimated receipts, and at this rate the management would find itself some $8,000 in debt by the end of the season. Financially the transfer is a wise one, as the attendance upon games in this city has not been large enough to justify their continuance. One of the conditions of the contract is that Mr. Pettit shall still retain the management. It is barely possible that after the close of the league season, September 14, the club may play a few games here, otherwise the game this afternoon will be the last one played in this city in the present year. Indianapolis Journal June 29, 1878 W. B. Pettit, president of the I.B.B.C., returned from St. Louis last evening, and reports having leased the Grand Avenue grounds in that city. The management has definitely decided to play the greater number of the remaining league games in St. Louis, though Mr. Pettit promises that games with all the league clubs, excepting the Cincinnatis, will be played here before the close of the season. Indianapolis Journal July 1, 1878 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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