Clipping:Von der Ahe comes out in support of the League against the Brotherhood
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| Date | Friday, October 25, 1889 |
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| Text | [a statement purportedly by Von der Ahe:] The Association will have to stand by the League. I don’t speak officially as President of the Association. But I believe that is the inevitable outcome of the fight. It is a question of capital against labor, and capital must stick by capital. The Brotherhood may think it can command capital on its side, but it will get left on that point. To mention nothing else, there are not six men in the whole Brotherhood who have an ounce of business brains. They are good ball players, but can’t manage. They can’t even take care of the salaries they are getting. And capitalists are not going to trust their money in such hands; and right here let me emphasize the fact that it takes capital, and big capital, to run the ball business. I exhaust this point when I say that A. G. Spalding is the only instance in the history of the game of a ball player developing into a successful manager. Johnny Ward, no doubt, thinks he could manage. Johnny also calls him self a lawyer. Why doesn’t he practice law, then? Simply because he is a ball player, nothing more, and couldn’t make enough money at law in a year to pay one week’s board out of fifty-two. The Philadelphia Item October 25, 1889 [a statement purportedly by Von der Ahe:] I do not think the Brotherhood movement will amount to anything, but if there is going to be a fight we might as well have it now and have it out. The reason why it won’t last if finally arranged is that the players will find that they haven’t got as good a thing as they had before. They will find that the capitalists who have it in charge will watch the dollars closely. They want all they can get out of it. The men can’t run it themselves. I don’t know six of them that can manage their own affairs, but if it is organized the Brotherhood need not think it will affect us. Take out all the players you want; there are enough new ones to fill their places. The Philadelphia Item October 26, 1889 |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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