Clipping:Allegheny Club sues Bennett
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| Date | Sunday, October 8, 1882 |
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| Text | The Allegheny base ball club has brought suit in the United States District Court against Charles Bennett, catcher of the Detroit, for alleged breach of contract to play in Pittsburg next season, which agreement he afterward refused to sign. The club asks $1,000 damages and an injunction restraining him from playing with any other club next season. The Philadelphia Item October 8, 1882 The American Association clubs that have suffered from dishonest player who have broken thrier contracts, have engaged some of the best legal talent in the country to test the matter in the courts, and it looks as if it was going to be made very warm for some of the “revolvers.” A well-known lawyer in this city, in an interview with the editor of this department on the subject, said that there was no doubt but that a player could be enjoined from playing with any other club than the one that held his contract first, and that by accepting advance money they made themselves liable for a criminal action for accepting money under false pretenses. The American proposes to settle this matter now and here, and the coming season will be opened with some interesting litigation. The matter has passed the point of mere honor now, and has settled down to that of legal rights. In this chaos of broken contracts, specious lies and outright falsehood, it is pleasing to note that the proportion of dishonest players is very small, and what there is of it the League must answer for, and we shall be greatly surprised if this organization is not the chief sufferer. The Philadelphia Item November 5, 1882 |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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