Clipping:Pratt jumps ship
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| Date | Sunday, July 12, 1863 |
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| Text | This fine general player and first-class pitcher has been desirous for some time of belonging to one of our leading clubs here; and during the visit of the Athletics to New York, Pratt being offered a good situation here, accepted it, and at once had his name proposed as a member of the Atlantic Club; and immediately on his arrival home he resigned from the Athletic Club, and, in a week or so, he will have been duly installed as a member of the Atlantic Club, of Brooklyn. Of course, he will henceforth be their pitcher, as there is no one in the country to surpass him in that position, and few to equal him. New York Sunday Mercury July 12, 1863 A great change has suddenly occurred in the formation of the first nine of the Athletic club of Philadelphia. Pratt, their able pitcher, resigned from the club the day of his arrival in Philadelphia, the reason he assigned being that he had been offered a good situation in New York, and had joined the Atlantic club of Brooklyn, and henceforth he was to be the pitcher of that noted club, an honor no doubt that he was exceedingly ambitious of obtaining. This loss will greatly weaken the Athletic nine, but not as much so as many would imagine, as his place can be well filled by McBride, who is an excellent pitcher, though not quite as fast as Pratt. New York Clipper July 18, 1863 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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