Clipping:The story behind the Clarkson sale to Boston

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Date	Tuesday, November 12, 1889
Text	[from an interview of John Clarkson] Mr. Spalding could have satisfied me financially and kept me here during 1888 and 1889. It was only a question of money at first. I was paid $2,800 in 1887. I wanted more, couldn't get it, and opened negotiations with Boston. After I had offered Mr. Spalding $7,500 for my release—it would have been returned to me by Boston—and had found out what I could get for pitching for Boston I refused to settle with Mr. Spalding and refused an advance, which he knew I would refuse as well as he knew that he could get $10,000 for me from Boston. Until I had been refused an increase of salary and had promised Boston that I would go to it there was no personal reason in the way of my staying in Chicago.
Source	Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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