Clipping:Regulating the purchase of minor leaguers
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| Date | Wednesday, November 20, 1889 |
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| Text | [reporting the NL meeting of 11/13-15/1889] ...Mr. Spalding introduced resolutions calculated to make the minor league people very tired, as it upset their schemes of quick sales and liberal profits. The purport of these resolutions is for the League not to sign players other than their reserved men prior to Feb. 1, and not then, except through President Young, which will stop all competition: Resolved, That no League club shall from this day enter into negotiations or contract with players not under League reservation, or enter into negotiations with any club for the transfer of any of its players until February 1, 1890. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, to be designated as the Negotiation Committee, of which the president of the League shall be chairman, to which shall be referred all applications from players desiring position on League teams, as well as applications from club members of the National Agreement wishing to dispose of the release of their players. Resolved, That the chairman of the committee shall be the exclusive channel through which such applications and negotiations can be conducted by the National League or any of its clubs, and said committee shall ascertain the terms upon which any such release can be procured or such contracts executed. Resolved, That all League clubs, in order to secure the services of such players, will indicate to the chairman the positions to be filled and the names of the players wanted, and, upon the unanimous vote of said committee, a contract may be executed between a club and any player so approved and promulgated in the usual manner. Resolved, that the committee, by its unanimous vote, be authorized to draw from the guarantee fund of the League such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution, to be repaid to said fund by the clubs benefitted thereby. These resolutions were adopted and Messrs. Young, Byrne and Reach were appointed as members of the negotiations committee. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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