Clipping:The ten-team circuit
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| Date | Wednesday, March 5, 1890 |
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| Text | [from Tim Murnane's column] There is little doubt but that Hewitt and Brush would have been relegated to obscurity long ago in this fight but for their forethought. At the first League meting, when Brooklyn and Cincinnati were knocking for admittance, Hewitt and Brush held the winning cards. Cleveland and Pittsburg were in nearly the same boat. These four cities figured out that by letting these two outsiders in it would mean the bouncing of them later on. So before they would agree to admit them they had an agreement drawn up whereby the League cannot even vote them out. Walter Hewitt can now pick up an amateur team and hold his franchise in the League, and the strong clubs must pay him his price or stand the racket. Brush, however, has a good team and feels sure of making some money. I am sure this winter's advertisement has stirred up the Hoosiers in such a way that the crowds at the games in that city would be much larger than ever. The Sporting Life March 5, 1890 [N.B. This agreement does not appear in the League minutes.] [from W. I. Harris's column] Tim Murnane, my Boston colleague, has asserted that when Cincinnati and Brooklyn were admitted an agreement was made that Indianapolis and Washington should not be disturbed. I have it on the authority of John B. Day and Charles H. Byrne that no agreement of that kind, either written or verbal, was ever made. Tim says, in his last letter, that Mr. Hewitt gave him the information in New York and that Mr. Soden confirmed it. There's some romancing somewhere. I'll take an oath that Messrs. Day and Byrne told me there was no agreement made, and I presume Murnane will do the same as to his informants. The Sporting Life March 26, 1890 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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