Clipping:Revolving among the amateurs
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| Date | Thursday, August 3, 1871 |
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| Text | REVOLVING. This disreputable practice has become so common of late among amateur clubs that we deem it necessary to call the attention of clubs to the rules, which are very explicitly in regard to such cases. We are positive that there are several prominent amateur players in this city who have signed an agreement to play with a club and are playing with different clubs under assumed names. So frequent has this got to be that, if it is continued, it will eventually depopularize the national game. No later than last Saturday, at Reading, the Schuykill Club, of that place, played upon their nine three members of the Rising Star Club, of this city, against the Geo. M. Roth, imported for this special occasion, but who are now members of the club. Another case is that of Bunnell, who is now playing with the Union Club. This player signed an agreement to play with the Geo. M. Roth for the season of 1871. He therefore is a member of this club and of no other, yet he played in a game recently with the Union. What benefits a club to have these revolvers? All match games played by the Union, whilst this player is a member of the nine, are either counted against them, or declared null and void, which ever way the association may determine. As this business has been pretty effectually stopped in the professional association, so should it be in the amateur. If you with to uphold the noble game, play honorably, abide by the rules, and do all that may become a gentleman. |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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