Clipping:Mullane backs out of St. Louis deal, is suspended
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| Date | Wednesday, December 10, 1884 |
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| Text | [reporting on the meeting of the AA Directors 12/10] Tony Mullane was by a unanimous vote of the Board suspended for the season of 1885, and ordered to pay back $1,000 of the money he had received from the Cincinnati Club. It will be remembered that Mullane was one of several players whose release was secured from the Toledo Club by President Von der Ahe of St. Louis at the close of the present season. Mullane bound himself by oath to play with St. Louis; but, on the morning of the eleventh day after his release was granted, and within an hour after he was eligible to sign, he contracted with O. P. Caylor of the Cincinnati Americans at a salary of $5,000, $2,000 of which was paid as advance money. He is ordered by the directors to return half of this money. As soon as Mullane’s expulsion was announced, Caylor announced that his club would withdraw from the American Association, and would apply for admission to the League. St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 10, 1884 [reporting on the meeting of the AA Directors 12/10] The nature of the charge made against Mullane and the penalty inflicted admit by inference from their construction that he had not violated any base ball law, but that he had been guilty of “conduct prejudicial to the interests of the base ball profession.” The Sporting Life December 17, 1884 Manager Von der Ahe of St. Louis, in the directors’ meeting had a difference with Caylor of Cincinnati, and called the latter a liar, which was quietly acquiesced in by Mr. Carylor. Congressman O’Neill, counsel for the Browns, denounced both Mullane and Caylor, and said that Caylor, as a lawyer, was a disgrace both the bar and to base-ball. Mullane takes his suspension very quietly and says he will work around the Cincinnati grounds at the same salary he would receive as a player. Caylor apologized for his threatened resignation, and the Cincinnati Club will remain in the association. St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 11, 1884 [from an interview of Von der Ahe] Mr. Von der Ahe gives a very humorous account of John J. O’Neill’s controversy with Caylor on the Mullane case, and describes graphically how the Congressman did the Cincinnati lawyer up. John said, “If they allow such men as you to practice in Ohio, I am sorry for Ohio.” After the affair was over Caylor approached O’Neill and said: “Of course we lawyers understand the use of strong language in controversy, and there is no bad feeling.” “None whatever,” was the reply. “I expressed my opinion of you, and it stands.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 17, 1884 Each and every one of the base-ball men said to-day that it was the best thing the association had ever done. Mullane himself said that he did not consider it fair that he should have been suspended while others as bad as he went free, but then he did not care, as he could have a summer off. When told that he would get a bad name by such work, he said he was not working for a name, it was money he wanted. The Cincinnati Club has arranged to have Mullane work around the grounds for them at the salary agreed upon, but the $1,000 must be paid back. Mullane does not seem to understand the position in which he has been placed. Cincinnati Enquirer December 11, 1884 [reporting on the meeting of the AA Directors 12/10] Although it was not incorporated in the resolution it was made a condition by the general consent of the Board that Mr. Mullane should be eligible to play in ‘86 only with the Cincinnati Club. No formal charges in connection with this matter were made against the St. Louis or Cincinnati clubs on account of their losses in the transaction, which acted in itself in the nature of a fine... The Sporting Life December 17, 1884 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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