Clipping:Brotherhood grievances 2
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| Date | Wednesday, January 22, 1890 |
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| Text | [from an interview of Ward] There were a number of rules under which the players suffered severely. Three were particularly offensived. The first was the rule which deni9ed the player the right to be heard in his own defense as soon after his suspension as possible. Under the operations of this rule, when a player was suspended his case did not come up before the Board of Arbitration until the following winter. Even where the Board revoked his suspension he was unable to obtain redress for the time he had been idle. No allowance for salary during the time he was unjustly suspended and compelled to be idle was made, and in the case of hasty and arbitrary action on the part of the club manager this rule operated most harshly. The second rule provided that when a club went out of existence by disbandment, loss of membership or otherwise the players left in the organization were peddled out by the League magnates and the purchase money went to swell their treasury. The third, and probably the most unjust of the rules, provided for a minimum salary of $1000. Under this rule any club could secure the services of a player as against itself, and upon his refusal to be transferred to some other club place him on the reserve list at a minimum salary of $1000. In the case of Buffinton, who was receiving a salary of $2500 a year, the injustice of this rule was made conspicuous. Buffinton was sold to Philadelphia. As his home was in Boston he refused to go, and he was immediately placed on the reserve list at a salary of $1000. The players made a protest against these rules and succeeded in having the first rescinded. The repeal of the other two was not conceded. These are only a few of the grievances the players have suffered from. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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