Clipping:The NL tries to amend the National Agreement
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| Date | Wednesday, January 21, 1885 |
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| Text | This situation of affairs developed a little plan concocted at the league meeting, which, if successful, would have insured Lucas' admission to the League despite Von der Ahe's protest and without any infraction of National Agreement rules. This scheme was to amend the seventh section of the National Agreement by inserting after the words “any party hereto located” the words “except that the preceding provisions of this section shall not apply to the St. Louis Athletic Association of St. Louis, Mo.” … The resolution to amend was unanimously passed at the League meeting, and was mailed Monday by President Young to all the American Association and Eastern League clubs, it requiring a two-thirds vote of each Association member of the National Agreement to pass the amendment. The St. Louis Club at once became aroused to its danger, and Mr. Von der Ahe quickly took steps to defeat the proposed amendment. He wired each American Association club as follows:--”Do not vote for amendment to National Agreement until you hear from me. Letter now on the way.” Then he at once set out for Cleveland, where Mr. Byrne, of Brooklyn, was staying, waiting to sign the Cleveland men. President McKnight was also there to be present at the signing. These gentlemen consulted, and the result was the following dispatch: Cleveland, O, Jan. 15.--N. E. Young, president National League of Base Ball Clubs, Washington, D.C.:--Three clubs of the American Association have already voted against the proposed amendment to the National Agreement. This settles it on our part. H. D. McKnight, Prest. As the dispatch states this settles the proposed amendment, two negative votes sufficing to defeat it. The clubs which voted in the negative are Brooklyn, St. Louis and no doubt Cincinnati, which club had just cause to be apprehensive if such a method of evading the provisions of the National Agreement should be success. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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