Clipping:League clubs signing rookies in preparation for a Brotherhood strike
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Date | Sunday, November 6, 1887 |
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Text | The League clubs are still keeping up their game of bluff and the work of engaging youngsters and organizing them into reserve teams is still going on. The League is determined to be prepared for any emergency. Members of the Brotherhood have recently been giving “pointers” to the young players and the latter are harder to sign now than they were three weeks ago. It has been pointed out to them that they are being used as tools to bring the Brotherhood to terms and as soon as the veterans are ready to sign the young players will be given their release. This argument has been very successful with the youngsters and they are now demanding large sums of advance money before they will consent to affix their names to a contract. The organization of the new Western League has also created a demand for more talent and prices of young players have been run up so high that the League clubs are now compelled to pay much more money for new talent than they anticipated. |
Source | Philadelphia Times |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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