Clipping:Minor leagues in the new National Agreement
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| Date | Wednesday, October 28, 1885 |
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| Text | [reviewing the new National Agreement] To this [arbitration] committee also was referred the question of the status of the minor leagues. This was wise and we trust that the smaller organizations will receive considerate treatment at the hands of the Committee upon the occasion of the next meeting. In fact it would be politic to treat them fairly, else with maximum salaries at $2,000 the great bodies may find that free-booting is a game at which all can play, and that these smaller leagues would not hesitate to create discord in the ranks of the big clubs by offers of salaries equal to and exceeding those fixed by the new law. We think , however, that the Committee, which is composed of the best brains and talent in the base ball business, will weigh the question well and act in a manner conducive to the welfare of all—big and little. The Sporting Life October 28, 1885 [reporting on the meeting of the Arbitration Committee 10/17] An appeal was made on behalf of the Eastern league by J. I. Rogers, soliciting prompt recognition as a party to the new National Agreement, in order that the players of the said association might be protected from League and American Association spoliation. The answer of the committee to the appeal was made in the form of appointing a special committee to draft a set of rules for the qualifications of new members of the National Agreement, said committee to report to the regular meeting of the Arbitration Committee, which is to be held in Philadelphia Dec. 8. From Oct. 20, therefore—the day the League and American Association are open to contract for players—to Dec. 8, the clubs of these two associations will be free to engage any player—not now under special contract—belonging to any Eastern League, Southern League, New England League or any other outside organization, of the kind. The Sporting Life October 28, 1885 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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