Clipping:The disbandment of the Troy club; the effect player eligibility
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| Date | Sunday, August 4, 1872 |
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| Text | The disbandment of the Troy nine presents a similar case to that of the Olympic Club in one respect–namely, that the receipts of the first part of the season not coming up to the amount anticipated by the stockholders, they thought it best to back out before serious losses were sustained. In doing this, however, they appear to have been indifferent to the result of their action, as far as the injury done to the players was concerned. A question involved in this matter is that concerning the eligibility of the players of a disbanded club to take part in games in another club until the expiration of sixty days. In this regard it must be borne in mind that this sixty-day rule was adopted solely with a view to stop “revolving.” By a resolution adopted at the first meeting of the Professional Association, and which still remains in force, a disbanded nine can legally join another organization at once, the rule in question...releasing a player from his written agreement to play with a club the moment the club he is a member of “fails to live up to their engagement with him.” By this rule the lately-disbanded Troy nine are free to join the Eckfords–as the majority have done–and to play a match game this week as they intend doing. The list includes Wood, Zettlein, Martin, Gedney, and Neslon, all old Eckford players of former nines. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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