Clipping:Troy and Worcester expelled from the NL
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| Date | Saturday, September 30, 1882 |
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| Text | The League held a special meeting Sept. 22 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... The most important business of the meeting was the resignations of the Troy and Worcester Clubs, and the applications of the Metropolitan and Philadelphia Clubs to fill the vacancies. The principal reason given for the withdrawal of the two clubs was their want of success, both financially and in the contest for the championship. No objection was offered to the withdrawal of the two clubs, and when their delegates offered their resignations they were promptly accepted, to go into effect at the end of the present season. The applications for admission of the Metropolitan and Philadelphia Clubs were filed, and will be acted upon at the regular meeting of the League in December next. New York Clipper September 30, 1882 It is now denied that the Troy and Worcester Clubs voluntarily resigned their membership in the League. Director Simester of the Worcesters says that a resolution was adopted declaring it the sense of the meeting that these clubs be not represented in the association next season. The vote stood 6 to 2, Troy and Worcester of course voting in the negative. The resolution was offered by Thompson of the Detroit Club, who had been the prime moving in the scheme to change the membership of the League, and who recently made a personal canvass of the six clubs voting in the affirmative, to work up and secure concerted action at the meeting. The reason given for kicking out Worcester and Troy was that the patronage in either of these cities is not large enough to give the visiting clubs a share of gate-money sufficient to pay their expenses, and that, as New York and Philadelphia were anxious to be admitted, it was simply a question of business whether two non-paying cities should be continued in the copartnership when two paying cities could be secured to take their places. The representatives of Troy and Worcester made a vigorous resistance to the carrying out of the plan of the other clubs, but were powerless against the majority. As the matter stands they can remain in the League during the present week, and then they are practically out of the association, although their membership does not cease until the annual meeting of the League, in December. The League transacted no other business than to adopt the resolution offered by Mr. Thompson, and to vote to allow the clubs to engage players for next season. A director of the Troy Club also denies that they have resigned, and says that a resolution was adopted expelling the club after Dec. 2, against the protest of its representatives. The directors of the Troy Club have been at great expense this year in laying out new grounds, and according to the constitution of the League no club can be expelled unless it has violated the League rules. At the meeting the representatives of all the other clubs admitted that they had violated no rule. The directors declare that if the League insists upon the expulsion a suit for heavy damages will be begun by the Troy Club. The Troy players express indignation at the way Troy has been used, and say that they will remain there next season in preference to going to any other city. New York Clipper September 30, 1882 A director of the Troy base ball club denies the truth of the Philadelphia dispatch that the club resigned at the League meeting at Philadelphia on Friday. He says a resolution was adopted expelling the club after December 21, against the protest of its representatives. The directors of the Troy club say they have been at great expense this year in laying out new grounds, and that according to the constitution of the League, no club can be expelled unless it has violated the League rules. At the meeting the representatives of all the other clubs admitted that the Troy had violated no rule. The directors declare that if the League insists upon the expulsion a suit for heavy damages will be begun by the Troy club. In the meantime the remaining games of the season will be played by the Troy, and as many of Troy's players as possible will be retained for next year. The Philadelphia Item October 1, 1882 The representative of the Worcester club at the recent league meeting wishes it distinctly and emphatically understood that the Worcesters did not resign from the league. They were simply “bounced.” Boston Herald October 1, 1882 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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