Clipping:Base ball agencies; reporter for the Item
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| Date | Wednesday, February 13, 1884 |
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| Text | Mr. S. G. Morton, the efficient Secretary of the Northwestern League, has organized a base ball employment bureau. The idea is a good one and the wonder is that it has never been tried before. … The bureau will offer a reliable means of communication between club managers and base ball players, to effect negotiations between them and to assist young players in obtaining a start in the profession. Changes are constantly going on throughout the base ball season and much valuable time often lost because managers do no know at the moment where or to whom to apply. Players are also often at a loss where to make application for the position that would suit them best. Mr. S. G. Morton, through his position as secretary of the Northwestern League, and his long connection with Messrs. a. G. Spalding Y Bro.'s in their base ball department, has a very extensive acquaintance with players in all parts of the country, and will give his personal attention to the management of the business, which is sufficient guaranty that it will be promptly and equitably attended to. The terms, $10.00 to clubs and $5.00 to players, which amount must accompany applications in all cases, are reasonable and will be found in the majority of cases much less than the cost of personal negotiation between the parties themselves, as the ordinary means of communication are too slow for such emergencies as often arise and the business will have to be done largely by means of telegraph. Messrs. Morton & Co. solicity correspondence from both managers and players and offer the assurance to those who intrust their negotiations to them that they shall be attended to with promptness, and to the best of their ability. This enterprise deserves success and will no doubt attain it. The Sporting Life February 13, 1884 J. P. Campbell, Base Ball Editor of The Item, has opened a Base Ball Employment Agency, in which clubs will be put in communication with good players, and amateur players secured employment on professional teams. The great demand for players this season opens a field for such an enterprise that cannot fail in being a great convenience to clubs and players. The agency books are now open. Clubs will be charged $10 and players $5 for registering, the money to accompany every application. Players wishing to secure positions should send in their applications at once, as already a number of clubs have written for players. In their applications players should state age, weight, name of club connected with, positions in which they excel and salary wanted. The Philadelphia Sunday Item February 17, 1884 Mr. Mills, the lawyer-president of the National League, is making a kick against the base ball employment agency of Morton & Co. His main objection is that Mr. Morton may furnish the Union Association with a few players. This objection strikes us as trivial. The Sporting Life March 5, 1884 Secretary Morton, of the Northwestern League has been compelled to give up his base ball employment agency business, as it conflicted with his official duties and gave dissatisfaction. The Sporting Life March 12, 1884 In order to give all amateurs a chance to secure positions on professional clubs and to aid them in the profession, J. P. Campbell & Co., of the Base Ball Employment Agency, have decided to reduce the booking fee to one dollar, instead of five as at present. Applicants must invariably accompany their application with the fee. In making application the player should state the position in which he is most proficient. There are a number of applications for good players, especially pitchers and basemen, and those who are registered first will be the first looked after. Address all communications to J. P. Campbell & Co, 28 South Seventh street. The Philadelphia Sunday Item March 16, 1884 President Mills has succeeded in placing an estoppel upon Morton & Co.'s Employment Bureau on the ground that it might furnish players to the Union Association. Mr. Mills might, with equal justice, insist that Spalding or :Reach, who are members of the League, refuse to sell base ball goods to the Union Association. Consistency, thou art a jewel. The Sporting Life March 19, 1884 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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