Clipping:Mets excluded from AA planning; a new National Agreement?; McKnight
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
| Add a Clipping |
| Date | Wednesday, August 26, 1885 |
|---|---|
| Text | [reporting on the upcoming conference committee meeting 8/24] The League committee has full power to act. The American committee had not, and to enable them to act intelligently the American Association held a secret meeting at Atlantic City, Thursday, Aug. 20, for the purpose of agreeing upon some method of procedure, and for the instruction of their committee. The meeting was strictly private, and all the clubs were represented except Pittsburg and the Metropolitans. The former's representative, Mr. Nimick, mistook the date and arrived too late, and the Metropolitan Club was not invited to the meeting at all, owing to its connection with the New York League Club, the American Association not desiring its private business to become prematurely known to the League. The session was long and harmonious, and from the action taken it may be said that the present National Agreement is practically a thing of the past, and that a new agreement will have to be adopted. The Sporting Life August 26, 1885 I [the Pittsburgh correspondent] asked President McKnight about the secret meeting of the American Association at Atlantic City. He said that he had not bee notified of any meeting, and understood that it occurred because most of the club presidents were East and some one thought it well to have a consultation. Of course, any conclusion which they unanimously arrived at would be binding, even if it was theoretically informal. He did not know whether or not the Metropolitan Club had been invited to attend, but he did not think that the Association had any desire or intention of dropping out that club. The Sporting Life September 2, 1885 |
| 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" />