Clipping:UA raises salaries in the NL

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Date Sunday, January 20, 1884
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Hanlon, the left-fielder of the Detroit Club, has resigned from [sic] that organization. He had been reserved by the Detroits, and for a long time refused to sign. When he threatened to go to the Cincinnati Unionists, the Detroits weakened on their bluff and decided to give him the salary he had stipulated. The Lucas Union Clubs may not be successful, but they can be thanked for compelling the League and American Association to pay dearly for passing such an unjust and tyrannical rule as that of reserving eleven players. “Those who dance must pay the fiddler., quoting the Pittsburg Leader

Source Cincinnati Enquirer
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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