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vo umt wciu umi cveuing at vne ulOSOuJlouse and talk the matter over with them. InlUe meantime § consulted with Mat Morgan,and he advised mo tp go to Now York, as he thought It would help me In my trade. *1 kept my appoint-i ifii! with Maine, and as 1 walked iuto 1 ho hotel J met Fulmar* who was here In me interest of theAthletic Cl a o, which was then in the l/cague Alliance. Mutlie steered me iuto a saloon oil 'J’hird street, and there later in the afternoon I gned with the Mels. Ks ter brook had p 1 ay cd base for the Mets the previous season, and become very popular with the patrons of the non^iuNow York. As there was no reserve *ujeVt that time, Ksterbrook left the Mets andjoineli the Clevelands. The first mouth I had avery liVi'd pull of it. as New Yorkers seem tothink tV t Ksterbrook was the only ilrst base-inanin\the profession. But J played a deep ault;j\c«oght many 11 y balls that Kstetbrook never thought of going after. In time 1 convinced the\rowds that J could pfay the base a little bit. AjU that season I continued at my nude, workitig; in the morning and playing in1 did far better than 1 autici-reinaiuod in New York I would ave some good business of mythe niternoon.pa tad, aud had probably now«wu and be outIS tern come to seef base balme frequently whVlt; I was in New York* and often told me he wished 1 had remained in Cincinnati. That wint\r I signed with the Cincinnati Club under contain conditions, and 1 have regretted it ever sinc\. The promises that weremade me were after\am ignored, aud I was forced to pluy ball h\re or not at all. 1 have never made public tbe tlyckery that was used to get me to hi-u with Cine»ured I have not forgofcen tbe injustice that was done mp on that occasmn. By coming here i lost a great opportunity forttu advancement in
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Jan 06, 1889
Page 6
Full Page
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Daniel L.
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