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Accrington Embarrass League Yet Again

As if the general disarray in Accrington weren't enough, Zachary Davis was seen "making a scene", as they say in the theatre trade, whilst being sacked as general manager of the terrible Reds club. Reports from trusted sources confirm that Mr. Davis overturned a desk and threw a mid-priced vase against one of the walls, yelling and screaming as several team officials hustled him out the office doors.

This is emblematic of the general discord that characterises the Accrington club, in apparent contrast to the general harmony that rules the Steam Tramways Company also run by Sir Finlay Drury. It is nothing short of astonishing that two lines of the same business can be run with such different management tactics and achieve such opposite results.

The sacking of Davis follows on the heels of the sacking earlier in the season of William Marc, who himself will end up being remembered more for a memorable exit than for anything he accomplished on the baseball pitch. Upon hearing of his termination, Marc immediately went to general manager Aidan Whitwell’s office, where he laid into the Reds major decision-maker with a tirade behind closed doors. Not that it had any impact, since Whitwell himself was sacked later the same day.

Apparently, this is the kind of atmosphere the Baseball League sanction with their re-election of the Reds for the 1892 season. The integrity and good name of the League continue to be balancing on the precipice of jeopardy with every season they allow this organisation to be part of it.