Clipping:How a club becomes semi-professional

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Date	Saturday, December 4, 1875
Text	[writing of the Eagle Club of Louisville] In introducing the records of this strong Southern club, the scorer, F. H. Johnson, says: “At the beginning of the season the club opened play with a strictly amateur nine in every respect, but owing to the rivalry existing between them and the Olympics, it was decided to engage a catcher. The Olympics then strengthened their nine with paid players, and, in order to stand first in the State the Eagles did the same, in consequence of which action not one of the Eagle nine played in all of the forty-two games of the season. New York Clipper December 4, 1875 paid club officers [reporting on the Philadelphia Club annual meeting] The follow by-laws–presented at the last meeting–were then unanimously adopted: “The Secretary and Scorer for his services shall receive for his salary the sum of three hundred dollars per year. The Manager of the Club shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per year.” Philadelphia Sunday Mercury December 5, 1875
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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