Clipping:Proposed separation of professional and amateur players
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| Date | Sunday, November 22, 1868 |
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| Text | [from the Rules Committee's proposed amendments] Sec. 6. All players who play baseball for money, or who shall at any time receive compensation for their services as players, shall be considered professional players; and all others shall be regarded as amateur players. No professional player shall play in any nine the opponents of which are composed entirely of amateur players. And no professional player shall take part in any match game in which amateur players compose the majority of the contesting nines unless by mutual consent of the captains of the two nines. No person who shall be in arrears to any other club than the one he plays with, shall be competent to take part in any match game. The penalty for an infringement of this rule shall be the forfeiture of the game, and suspension from membership of the Association for one year. New York Sunday Mercury November 22, 1868 the New England Base Ballist The New England Base Ballist, edited by Mortimer M. Rogers, President of the New England Association of Ball Players, and a member of the well-known Lowell Club, comes to us every week as fresh and interesting as ever, and we are pleased to learn that its circulation and advertisements have so increased as to render its welcome visits to our office a certainty for the future. New York Dispatch November 22, 1868 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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