Clipping:Reaction to the expanded reserve

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Date Saturday, March 3, 1883
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The clause suggested by the Conference Committee, giving each club the right to reserve any of its players, not to exceed eleven in number, has awakened indignant protests from the press, public and players all over the country as being the old reserve-rule revived in a more virulent form. The American Association at its annual meeting will doubtless reject this clause as being most unjust and illiberal... New York Clipper March 3, 1883

[reporting on the AA convention] The conference report was the subject of hot discussion, as the chief point was the adoption of the eleven-men reserve rule, whereby a player is cut off from the baseball field if he refuses to fulfill his contract with a club, provided his pay amounts to $1,000. No club under this rule can accept a player who breaks his contract, and hence there can be no bidding for players during a season. There was considerable opposition to the rule, because it was believed it would give great advantage to certain clubs, and would operate unjustly against others and against many old players. Messrs. Barnie, Phillip and Von der Ahe strongly opposed the reserve-rule, but finally withdrew their objections, and the report was then unanimously adopted. New York Clipper March 17, 1883

The reserve-men clause in the tripartite agreement adopted by the American Association, League and Northwester League in an injustice to the professional players. The fundamental principles of the American Association, the injustice of the reserve-rule, the rights of players to protection and to obtain all that their services are legitimately worth and that other clubs are willing to pay for them–are now summarily swept out of existence. It is an old axiom that a man’s services are worth to him what he can get for them, and this clause is manifestly unjust to the men whose active service is the life and hope of the national game. New York Clipper March 17, 1883

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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