Clipping:The status of moribund clubs
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| Date | Sunday, February 28, 1864 |
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| Text | [at a special meeting of the NABBP 2/23/1864] ...it was decided to appoint a Committee of Examination, whose province it should be to inquire fully into the manner in which the duties of the several officers of the Association are attended to, and also to inquire into the legality of the credentials of delegates to the Convention that emanate from clubs which, as far as the fraternity are generally aware of, are, practically, defunct organizations. In connection with this latter subject, we were please to see the mention made by Mr. Page, of the Active Club, who advocated the appointment of what he called a Record Committee, whose duty it should be to take notice of the career of all clubs attached to the Association, through each season, and keep a record of the number of games they play, etc., with a view of ascertaining their true standing and position at the close of the season. The present constitution of the Association is lacking in the one important particular, of not properly defining what constitutes a club in good standing, and properly eligible to a position as a member of the Association. This should be remedied at once, in justice to the regularly organized clubs; or otherwise, a club that has been in good standing once, but from various causes has almost become defunct, can, by a little expert management of one or two of its members, contrive to retain its representation in the Association, and offset the influence and vote of the delegates from a club numbering a hundred members and more. A ball club that does not play one regular match for two seasons in succession, should be considered as defunct, as far as its title to send delegates to the Convention is concerned; and an amendment to this effect should be made to the Constitution at the next Convention. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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