View source for Clipping:International Association members need not compete for the championship

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|Type of Date=Day
|Date=1/18/1879
|Title=International Association members need not compete for the championship
|Text=<p>[from a circular by Jimmy Williams regarding the upcoming IA convention:] We cordially invite all professional clubs to become members of this Association and enjoy its protective privileges.  The impression having obtained among some clubs that they cannot be members of this Association without competing for its championship, they are hereby informed that such is not the case, as only such clubs compete for the championship as enter under the rules of the Association governing the same; and of the membership of the past year only about one-half competed for the championship.</p>
|Source=New York Clipper
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
}}