Clipping:Bradley gets a judgment against the Cincinnati Unions
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| Date | Wednesday, November 11, 1885 |
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| Text | The suit of George Bradley against the Union Base Ball Association of Cincinnati, for $600 unpaid salary claimed to be due him by the backers of the defunct Cincinnati Union Club, has been decided in his favor, a judgment of $636 having been given in his favor. The Sporting Life November 11, 1885 The success of George Bradley in his recent suit against the Union Base Ball Association, of Cincinnati, is of National interest to every one—player or stockholder—concerned in the profession of base ball playing. His relations with that club are familiar to base ball readers. In order to secude him from the Athletics he was given a two years' contract at $2,600 per annum. When he made his famous break to rejoin the Athletics the Cincinnati Unions, in order to reatin him, induced Mr. Gerke, the wealthy brewer, to make the contract with Bradley a personal one. Bradley received his salary in full, minus a $75 fine, during 1884, but in the fall of that year the Union Association fell to pieces, and of course, Bradley, who was blacklisted, was unable to obtain employment. By his personal contract he was to get $600 advance on his salary for 1885 on Nov. 1, 1884, but when the time came the money did not. He was put off and finally refused payment. On this he sued for the $600, and the suit was tried before Judge Force and a jury in Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago. The jury were out only eleven minutes, when they returned a verdict in full, with a year's interest, amounting to $636. The judge charged that Bradley was not at fault for the club's retiring from business; that the club had no exucse whatever to terminate the contract, but must stand by it in full. Under this charge Bradley can recover the rest of the salary, viz: $2,000, and there is no doubt that he will enter suit therefore unless it is compromised, which, it is reported, has been done. The result of this trial is important, and will be of interest to all who hereafter jump into wildcat base ball schemes. It will put a damper upon the organizers of such associations and will serve as a pointer to players who may be cajoled into joining such organizations to sign only personal and unconditional contracts for two or three years, and they will be sure of all they sign for. It is but just that the men who have money, and hold it up to tempt players to desert the regular and old-established business clubs, should not be allowed to have a string attached to the ball. The Sporting Life November 25, 1885 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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