Clipping:The League not respecting non-League contracts

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Date Saturday, August 19, 1876
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Dan Collins, centre-fielder of the St. Louis Red Stockings, left for Louisville last night, treating the management in a shameful manner. On Thursday he was paid his salary to the 1st of the month, and yesterday he vanished, saying never a word. He had asked for a release in order that he might join the Louisvilles, but was informed by Mr. McNeary that he could not be spared. The club has fulfilled the terms of its contracts with all its players to the letter, and been especially kind to Collins in retaining him when he was playing a game at third that would have put an amateur to the blush. New York Clipper August 19, 1876, quoting the St.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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