Clipping:Dunlap sold to Detroit; personal contract to evade the salary limits
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| Date | Wednesday, August 11, 1886 |
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| Text | The famous “stone wall” infield of the St. Louis Club has been broken by the transferal of the famous second baseman Fred Dunlap to the Detroit Club. This deal, which has been in progress for some time, was consummated in this city on Friday, Manager Watkins coming on from Boston for the purpose. The release, however, is said to have been $4,700, which, if correct, is the highest sum ever paid for a player. Dunlap is to receive $4,500 a season for two years, a bonus for the remainder of this season of $2,500 and an advance on Nov. 1 of $1,500. In order to evade the salary limit and no advance money rules, personal contracts have been given Dunlap. His regular League contracts only call for the limit in salary. The Sporting Life August 11, 1886 [from the Detroit correspondent] ...Fred Dunlap's release didn't cost any such sum as that given by an imaginative scribe. His release cost $3,000, and he receives a salary equal to that he got from Lucas--$3,300. The Sporting Life August 18, 1886 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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