Clipping:Complaints about the reserve clause in the Tripartite Agreement; a suggestion dissolve it
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| Date | Sunday, June 24, 1883 |
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| Text | The reserve clause inserted in the articles of agreement at the meeting of the American, League and Northwestern League last Spring to patch up peace between these associations, promises to be the rock upon which these articles oaf agreement will split. The American clubs are already chaffing under this restriction, and are casting about for some means to throw off the shackles. Under this reserve clause it will be impossible for the American clubs to strengthen their teams for next season, and in playing strength they will have to continue playing second fiddle to the League... … The St. Louis papers have taken up the discussion, and the meeting of the American Association to act upon the cases of Baker and Overbeck, now playing with American clubs, and who have been black-listed by the Northwestern League, is looked upon as the entering wedge that will split the reserve policy. The American Association will undoubtedly sustain Baker and Overbeck, and then the trouble will being. The American is strong enough to walk alone now, and it is time it asserted its independence. The doing away of the reserve clause will also greatly benefit the Philadelphia club, as it will enable the managers to secure a nine by open competition that will be a credit to the city. The Philadelphia Sunday Item June 24, 1883 Put all the players in the market and let their services be bid for. If a man is a good player he is worth just as much as his services demand, and there is no other way to look at it. Break the rule, and the Philadelphia club will be able to secure a nine that will worthily represent the city. Break the rule, and the Athletic club will give the city such a nine as has never before been here. Keep the rule in force, and both our clubs will have to remain as they are now. The demand for the suspension of this rule is so strong that we cannot see how it is going to be enforced. If the League insists on it we advise that the League be entirely ignored by the American, and players promised every protection by the American will soon come swarming over to the clubs that are able and willing to give big salaries for the best of players. The Philadelphia Sunday Item July 8, 1883 |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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