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|Type of Date=Day
|Type of Date=Day
|Date=3/3/1888
|Date=3/7/1888
|Title=the Brotherhood and the $2,000 limit
|Title=the Brotherhood and the $2,000 limit
|Text=<p>[reporting the NL special meeting 3/2]  As the $2,000 limit rule had long been a dead letter, the brotherhood committee wanted it abolished entirely.  This, however, the league would not do under any consideration, as it is virtually the key to the future success of the organizationAccording to the construction of the new contract, were it not for the salary limit, which appears in the National agreement, the league would have to reserve its players every year at the same salary they received the year before or give them their releases. There was a necessity for the league to listen to the demands of the brotherhood last fall, but times have changed since then, and the league has the upper hand at present and they do not intend to lose it.  The Brotherhood Committee made a strong fight to carry their point, and used up several hours of valuable time in useless arguments, but the League Committee were obstinate, and the players will have to do just as they did last year—sign a $2,000 contract and make special arrangements for any money they receive exceeding that amount.</p>
|Text=<p>[reporting the NL special meeting 3/2] The next business of importance was the reception of the committees representing the League and Ball Players' Brotherhood.  All of the League leaders withdrew from the room except Messrs. John B. Day, John I. Rogers and A. G. Spalding, who received the Brotherhood committee, which comprised Messrs. John M. Ward, Ned Hanlon, Dan Brouthers and Arthur Irwin.  The very important matter of the salaries of the players was considered. As the $2,000 limit rule had long been a dead letter, the Brotherhood committee wanted it abolished entirely, in order that the salary of players could be written in full in the contract, as the League agreed to do at the annual meetingThe Brotherhood argued that this constitutional clause was generally violated and was, indeed, a “dead letter,” that the National Agreement had no jurisdiction in the new contract, and that the salary limit rule was but a subterfuge and shield.  The League committee, however, squirmed out of the hole by insisting tat the National Agreement covered the case, and that salaries could not be written in full in the contract so long as the rule stood, which would be until the American Association consented to act with the League to eliminate the [illegible]... consumed in discussion, but the League committee was obstinate and the Brotherhood committee finally consented to a compromise, under which it was agreed that contracts should stand at $2,000, as heretofore, and that for extra compensation individual contracts with managers shall be made.  The Sporting Life March 7, 1888</p>
|Source=Chicago Tribune
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<p>rumored abolition of beer in the grandstand in St. Louis</p>
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<p>[from Joe Pritchard's column]  One of the greatest improvements to be made at Sportsman's Park, the coming season, will be the abolishment of the sale of beer in the grand stand.  The custom is a Western one, and it has certainly been a nuisance at all the parks where it has been followedI know of a great many people who will not attend places of amusement where beer is peddled promiscuously.  This is their privilege;  but I do not know of a person that will remain away from a ball game because the amber fluid is now hawked around in the crowd. The Sporting Life March 7, 1888</p>
|Source=Sporting Life
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
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[reporting the NL special meeting 3/2] The next business of importance was the reception of the committees representing the League and Ball Players' Brotherhood. All of the League leaders withdrew from the room except Messrs. John B. Day, John I. Rogers and A. G. Spalding, who received the Brotherhood committee, which comprised Messrs. John M. Ward, Ned Hanlon, Dan Brouthers and Arthur Irwin. The very important matter of the salaries of the players was considered. As the $2,000 limit rule had long been a dead letter, the Brotherhood committee wanted it abolished entirely, in order that the salary of players could be written in full in the contract, as the League agreed to do at the annual meeting. The Brotherhood argued that this constitutional clause was generally violated and was, indeed, a “dead letter,” that the National Agreement had no jurisdiction in the new contract, and that the salary limit rule was but a subterfuge and shield. The League committee, however, squirmed out of the hole by insisting tat the National Agreement covered the case, and that salaries could not be written in full in the contract so long as the rule stood, which would be until the American Association consented to act with the League to eliminate the [illegible]... consumed in discussion, but the League committee was obstinate and the Brotherhood committee finally consented to a compromise, under which it was agreed that contracts should stand at $2,000, as heretofore, and that for extra compensation individual contracts with managers shall be made. The Sporting Life March 7, 1888

rumored abolition of beer in the grandstand in St. Louis

[from Joe Pritchard's column] One of the greatest improvements to be made at Sportsman's Park, the coming season, will be the abolishment of the sale of beer in the grand stand. The custom is a Western one, and it has certainly been a nuisance at all the parks where it has been followed. I know of a great many people who will not attend places of amusement where beer is peddled promiscuously. This is their privilege; but I do not know of a person that will remain away from a ball game because the amber fluid is now hawked around in the crowd. The Sporting Life March 7, 1888

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