Clipping:League violation of the Brotherhood contract

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Date Wednesday, July 17, 1889
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[from W. I. Harris's column]”It has been asserted, Mr. Ward, that there has been no violation of the letter of the agreement made by the League with the Brotherhood when it accepted the contract prepared by the Brotherhood and amended by the League. Is that a fact?”

“No, it is not. There have been instances where it was not observed.”

“Well, for instance?”

“Why, there is the case of Sutcliffe of the Cleveland Club. Sutcliffe was reserved and transferred without his consent, and was then classified at a figure less than that contained in paragraph twenty of the 1888 contract, when in the contract it especially provides that the salary of Sutcliffe, if he was reserved, should not be less than the amount named in paragraph 20. This was not only a violation of the spirit, but of the very letter of the agreement with him. Sutcliffe assented, of course, but he did not assent willingly. He did so because there was nothing else for him to do. He had to assent or quit ball playing.

Source The Sporting Life
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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