Clipping:A revolver from the NA to the NL
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| Date | Monday, June 23, 1879 |
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| Text | A week ago the Brown Stocking Base-ball Club were admitted to the National Association, and among the players who signed contracts to play throughout the season was Frank Decker, who has officiated in the catcher's position for the Browns. Saturday night Decker received an offer from the Stars, of Syracuse, and without notifying the Brown Stocking management left the city for the purpose of accepting the offer. Manager Solan, learning of Decker's sudden move, telegraphed Secretary Williams, of the National Association, to the effect that Decker had inexcusably and willfully violated his contract, and asking Williams to notify the Star management that the Browns would contest Decker's right to play under the circumstances. Cincinnati Enquirer June 23, 1879 All the fuss made by the Nationals about Decker, recently of the St. Louis Browns, now of the Syracuse Stars, is bosh. He never signed a contract with the Browns while they were members of the National Association. Prior to July 14th, and while he was in St. Louis, the Browns were working on the co-operative plan. Cincinnati Enquirer June 29, 1879 In regard to the engagement of Syracuse Decker, the St. Louis player, by the Stars, Mr. Robert Townsend, Secretary of the Stars, writes to this paper, as follows: “On the recommendation of Peters and Flint of the Chicagos, and on their assurance that the St. Louis Club was an independent, co-operative Club, I telegraphed Decker, offering him a position in the Star nine. He accepted by wire before it was known in St. Louis that the Browns had been admitted to the National Association. From the above statement of facts it will be patent that our record is as clean as it always has been in the past.” We are glad to publish this statement, and it only remains for the Star management, if they are satisfied that Decker was under contract with the St. Louis Browns, and that the latter were members of the National Association to immediately present him with a return ticket to St. Louis. Cincinnati Enquirer July 2, 1879, quoting the Boston Herald |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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