Clipping:The reasons to allow professional clubs
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| Date | Sunday, December 13, 1868 |
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| Text | The report of the Committee of Rules came up in order, and Mr. Chadwick, the acting Chairman, proceeded to read the report, in which he referred to the necessity of adapting [sic] such changes in the playing rules of the game as the season’s experience had shown to be advantageous, and also to the fact that bearing upon the subject of professional ball playing, that though a prohibitory rule had been on the statute-books for years, it had been merely a deal letter; and that in view of the impossibility of framing a law on the subject which could not be evaded, and also of the lack of power to enforce even if such a law could be framed, the committee had deemed it expedient to divide the fraternity into two classes, viz, professionals and amateurs, leaving the two parties to have their intercourse governed by such rules as their State associations might adapt. New York Sunday Mercury December 13, 1868 [also found verbatim NY Clipper 12/19/1868] |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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