Clipping:A request for privileges by NA clubs
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| Date | Tuesday, March 25, 1879 |
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| Text | [reporting on the NL meetings] Applications were received from the Utica, Worcester and Manchester clubs, of the National association, asking for the privilege of allowing them to pla on league grounds during the championship season and also to play on National grounds with league clubs, without guaranteeing $100 as provided in the rule. The application was most emphatically denied. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle March 25,1879 NA clubs can't play on NL grounds; gate set at fifty cents; no negotiations with players during the season [reporting on the proceedings of the National League convention] Applications presented by the Utica, Manchester and Worcester national Clubs, asking for the privilege of playing on League club grounds, were denied; as were also applications to play on National grounds with League clubs, without the guarantee of $100, as provided in the rules. Additional umpires were adopted, and the price of admission to championship games was fixed at 50 cents. An agreement binding clubs not to engage or negotiate with any players for 1880 before November 1, 1879, was adopted. New York Tribune March 29, 1879 |
| Source | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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