Clipping:St. Louis hold-outs signed
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| Date | Wednesday, April 17, 1889 |
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| Text | [from Joe Pritchard's column] The defeat of the Browns by the Pittsburgs, on Monday, by a score of 7 to 3, was the straw that broke the camel's back. The home team played a “don't-care-whether-we-in” kind of a game, and the crowd in attendance, as well as the players of the Browns, left the park after the game was finished with a look of disgust on their faces. Comiskey and his men were guyed unmercifully by the crowd from the time the first ball was pitched until the game was finished. “Comie” can stand guying if his team is ahead, but if the Brows are behind he don't relish it one little bit. After the game on Monday the Browns' manager told President Von der Ahe that he thought that it would be a good idea for some one to see Robinson, Chamberlain, King and McCarthy, and offer to compromise matters. The boss president was slow to give his consent to such an arrangement, but after studying over the matter carefully he told “Comie” to see the boys and compromise with them, if such a thing was possible. The Browns' captain-manager had a short talk with McCarthy, Robinson and Chamberlain on Monday evening, and they arrived at a conclusion in a very short time. The three men were told to report at the park at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning and sign a contract, which they did, and they played in the game against the Pittburgs the same afternoon. Several papers here and elsewhere have stated that the players threw up their hands and asked to be signed at the prices named by Mr. Von der Ahe, but this is not the case. There was a compromise, and it was brought about by Manager Comiskey, who was anxious to have his team in good shape for April 17, when it will go up against Gus Schmelz's Cincinnati team. I have watched the recent “lock-out” with considerable interest, and I will say right here without attempting to injure either the management of the Brown Stockings or the players who saw fit to hold out for what they claimed was just that neither side was very firm. Mr. Von der Ahe was aware of the fact that he would stand a poor show in the championship race without the help of the unsigned players, and the players wanted to get to work because it was a matter of bread and butter with them. Neither the players nor the management has any room or cause to flap their wings and crow, because the fight was ended by a compromise, and all the parties concerned seem to be well satisfied with the turn things took on Tuesday. The Sporting Life April 17, 1889 [from Joe Pritchard's column] [relating a conversation between Von der Ahe and Charley King's father] “Charley is bull-headed,” said Mr. King, “and I have told him that he had better sign with you at the amount you have offered him--$3,200. It seems like some of the other players entered into an agreement with my son not to sign unless their demands were acceded to. When I noticed that Chamberlain, McCarthy and Robinson had had signed, I told my son that he was in the 'nine hold,' and that is the reason I wanted to see you. He has been working at his trade—that of brick-layer—all spring, and he is in good shape to pitch good ball.” Mr. King's story of the combination shows that some kind of an agreement did exist between the players. The Sporting Life April 24, 1889 |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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