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| Date | Wednesday, December 16, 1885 |
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| Text | It will be set forth that the action taken was entirely legal, according to the constitution. The fact that the Metropolitan Club did not receive notice of the special meeting at which it was expelled will be met with the section which says that the president shall call special meetings upon the request of half of the clubs. It will be shown that ifve of the clubs on last Monday night asked for such a meeting on the next day, and the Mets were then thrown overboard, and further that at the annual meeting of Wednesday the action of the special meeting was affirmed. It will also be demonstrated that the Metropolitans have no valuable franchise; that they are without a ground or other property, and, in fact, where nothing but twelve ball players held together to play games. It will be also contended that the alleged sale of the club to play on Staten Island in place of New York abrogates any rights they otherwise might have possessed. In addition it will be offered in evidence that the Mets in December, 1884, voted to expel the Indianapolis and Richmond clubs from the Association under similar circumstances to their own expulsion. Counsel will argue that the Association is in effect a myth and that there is nothing to prevent any club from being summarily dropped at any time. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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