Clipping:AA adopts a modified percentage plan

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Date	Wednesday, September 14, 1887
Text	[reporting on the AA special meeting of 9/5/1887] ...the percentage question and some time was consumed in discussing it. Finally Mr. Byrne, of Brooklyn, who had all along been considered the most determined opponent of the percentage plan, proposed a compromise which found ready acceptance, Von der Ahe becoming at once its advocate. Byrne's amendment to section 31 provides for a percentage of 30 per cent. of the gross receipts, coupled with a guarantee that said percentage must not fall below $130 per game. This rate will apply also to holidays where the rule had heretofore been equal division. This percentage was not exactly what Louisville, Cleveland and Metropolitan clubs had hoped for, but as Von der Ahe turned in for it, and the Athletic, Brooklyn, Baltimore and Cincinnati clubs supported it, it was the best that could be done and was adopted unanimously.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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