Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — NAMES OF BASEBALL CLUBS [ARTICLE]

NAMES OF BASEBALL CLUBS

Uniforms Worn by Players lit Different Cities Represents Nothing but Balary Received. Nowadays the name of a city attached to the name of a ball club means nearly nothing. For instance, the five new players secured by the Athletics hail from Toledo, Buffalo, San Francisco, Sacramento and Waco. The two apportioned to the Philadelphia Nationals come from Rochester and Tacoma. It is hardly surprising if players coming from a distance are not strongly stirred by a civic motivation higher than that of salary received, says the Philadelphia Ledger. It is first and foremost a bread-and-butter question, and stolen bases and three-baggers have a cash value. Luckily the enthusiasm of the "sporting fraternity” keeps up the romance of an intense and thrilling intercity rivalry, and the keen competition, for the best batting and fielding averages and a consequent-increased valuation moves an incentive to every player to do hia best, no matter what uniform be wears.