Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-02
THE TEAM SOLD.
A Syndicate Purchases the Sacrament
Rail Climb

A Syndicate Purchases the Sacramento
Ball Club.
The rumors regarding the sale of the
Sacramento baseball team have developed
into facts.
As was stated in yesterdays issue of this
journal, negotiations for the sale of the
club were in progress Sunday night, but
last night the papers were signed, and
Messrs. ellis and George turned over their
franchise to syndicate consisting of the
following II. D. Gamble, NJ. Gro
min, William f. Huntoon, Marshall Il
Wisemsn, E. S. Green, L. J. Enright, VIM.
Mclaughlin. George Egan, Steve Lang and
John u Martin.
The price paid by the syndicate for the
team was 81 900.
The new owners of the club will meet
this afternoon at zoos Fourth street and
elect Manager for the team, President
and other necessary officers. Steve Lang
| is spoken of as being the probable choice
| for Manager and Mr.. Huntoon for Presi-
dent.
There will be few changes in the general
| makeup of the team for the present
| Charlie Gagus, second baseman of the
Haverlys of last year, will in all probability
/ DC oCht lOl dhN LAouC Sdpldlu VI thC lC-
organized Sacramentos. Billy McLaugh-
| lin, the catcher, will 60 behind the bat
again, as well as being stakeholder in the
club.
| Mr.. Gamble, one of the new owners,
stated last night that under the new ad-
ministration the Sacramentos would issue
q new challenge tor the pennant. We
are going in to play good ball, he said,
'and you can rest assured that the people
will in future get their moneys worth.
With ten bosses the players will be made
to understand that they have to play ball.
This is the greatest baseball town on the
coast outside of San Francisco, and all the
people want is good ball. Now, that's just
what we are going to give them. Just wait
and see."
The makeup of the team for the Fourth
of July games in this city and Stockton
| will remain the same as arranged by the
| late managers. Burke and Roxburg will
| form the battery at Stockton in the morn
ing, while Zeigler and Krehmeyer will do
| the honors in the afternoon at Snowflake
Park.
| There were some rumors that trouble
would be met with from the managers OF
| the other League teams, but these, it ap-
pears, are without foundation. Messrs.
ellis and George sold their franchise to
| IhC oy iiulCoIC just do lAcy udNc SOlu
any other article of personal property had
they so desired. This they had perfect
| right to do, and there can be no question
about the legality of the proceeding.
Mr.. ellis, one of the late managers, wore
a happy smile last night. 'It's great
weight off of our shoulders" he said, land
a timely relief. When Mr.. George and
myself went into the baseball, at the be-
ginning of the season, we were both green
+! at the business and had no idea of the vast
amount of labor and responsibility at
| tached to the matter. Both of US thought
we could attend to the baseball business
easily, and at the same time carry on our
own private business without Interrupt
ton. But we were badly mistaken. Why
you have no idea of the thousand and one
little details that have to be attended to
| the worry about recalcitrant players, the
| looking for new ones, and, above all, to
give good exhibitions. We were simply
swamped, our private affairs had to be
neglected and still we could not give the
team the attention it required. For my
part | am heartily glad | am out of it. The
new owners of the team are all good men,
and of the kind that can handle ball
players. / hope they will prove more sue
cessful than | was. Mr.. Huntoon, one of the
new owners is well up in baseball matters,
having managed teams before, and would
make an excellent President of the Associ-
alton, and representative director in the
| League"