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April 30, 1884
Brooklyn Eagle
Top Baseball Returns to Brooklyn
Beginning tomorrow afternoon in our nation’s capital, Brooklyn will have something it has lacked since the end of the National Association: a club representing her in a top baseball league. The Atlantics or “Trolley Dodgers” are one of four new clubs added to the American Association, swelling the ranks of that league to 12 teams. Along with our boys in blue, new clubs in Washington, Indianapolis and Toledo have joined the circuit.
The wags tell us the top players on our local club will be third baseman Fred Warner, center fielder Oscar Walker, and pitcher Adonis Terry. They also tell us to be realistic about the team’s hopes this season, as the Chadwick Sports Guide predicts the club will finish eighth in the Association, ahead of only Washington, Toledo, Pittsburgh and Louisville. However, for us it will be enough to have a rooting interest here in the borough.
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