Clipping:The Cincinnati Club reserved players
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| Date | Wednesday, October 29, 1879 |
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| Text | When Kelly signed the contract [with Chicago] the Cincinnati Club was still a member of the League, and it is still a member and will continue one until its resignation is accepted by the League at its meeting in December. Now, the Cincinnati Club, in its reservation of five men, included Kelly. That reservation is and will be of force until the Club has resigned from the League. No other League Club has a right to any one of those five men named. The Chicago Club violated its agreement, and this violation will be of no benefit to them. Cincinnati Enquirer October 29, 1879 [from an interview with Hulbert, discussing the Buffalo meeting, at which he held Cincinnati's proxy] Accordingly, when the agreement relative to the reservation of five players by each Club was drawn up I signed it for the cincinati Club, and when it came to naming the five players I again wired Mr. Neff for insturction, and again was requested to act absolutely for Cincinnati in the matter. I therefore named the Cincinnati five, taking care to select the five who in my judgment were most to be desired, and I think few persons will disagree with my selections, which were Jim and Will White, Kelly, McVey and Hotaling. The League meeting adjourned, and shortly afterward notice was received by Secretary Young from Mr. Neff of the absolute release of all the players in the Cincinnati Club. This notice abrogated the reservation agreement so far as the Cincinnati Club was concerned, and I immediately instructed Secretary Spalding to engage Kelly for next year, if possible, and he did so. Cincinnati Enquirer November 16, 1879 |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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