Clipping:Mills on the status of the reserve
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| Date | Wednesday, December 18, 1889 |
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| Text | [from a letter from A. G. Mills] The proposition that these express contract stipulations [i.e. the reserve clause] confer upon a club complying with the specified conditions the exclusive right—as against the whole world—to the service of the contracting player “for the season next ensuing the term mentioned in paragraph 2,” does not need the opinions of eminent counsel, the clear demonstration in your editorial of Oct. 2, nor judgment of courts to sustain it; nor can any conceivable jugglery with justice weaken its force. It is perfectly plain and obvious in itself. No intelligent player could possibly have understood it differently, and if any “leader” has succeeded in persuaded a fellow player to accept any different view of his duty, he has simply burdened his own conscience without in any degree impairing the contract obligation. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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