Clipping:Detroit's argument for the legality of the Big Four deal
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
| Add a Clipping |
| Date | Wednesday, September 30, 1885 |
|---|---|
| Text | Messrs. Marsh and Moloney visited Chicago last week and had an interview with Mr. Spalding, details of which will be found elsewhere. The Detroits claimed that the transfer was perfectly legal notwithstanding the Saratoga agreement, as its adoption by both the League and the American Association was not formally promulgated until Sept. 17—a day after the Detroit-Buffalo deal was made. As a contract or a release is not binding until tits promulgation, Detroit thinks it would be found in law that the agreement in question did not go into effect until the 17th. Detroit also claims to have documentary proof that both the letter and spirit of the agreement were being violated in the efforts of other clubs to get the Buffalo players, and mentions President Soden, of the Boston Club, as the chief criminal in this regard. However, the result of the conference with Spalding and the refusing of President Young to allow the Buffalo players to play with Detroit, is that Detroit will play out the season with the old team; Buffalo will finish with such players as can be picked up cheaply; the big four will lie idle for the balance of the season, and the whole matter will be finally adjusted at the meeting Oct. 17. Meantime Detroit gives it out that the big four will certainly be found with Detroit next season. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
| Tags | |
| Warning | |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
Comments
<comments voting="Plus" />