Clipping:Cincinnati Club expelled
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| Date | Thursday, October 7, 1880 |
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| Text | [reporting on the NL special meeting in Rochester] Mr. Hulbert asked Mr. Kennett what decision the Cincinnati Directors had come to, and the latter replied that he would not deviate from the stand he had taken when the Sunday and liquor agreement was first presented, he had been authorized to maintain his position, but was willing to listen to any amendment proposed as an addition to the Constitution. President Hulbert then said that the meeting could not go on with their further business until this matter was definitely settled. He wanted to know from Cincinnati whether they would vote yes or no to the agreement. If they held off any longer, the Club would forfeit its membership in the League. The subject under discussion was practically law now, as seven delegates had pledged themselves to support it at the annual meeting in December. … Mr. Kennett wanted to know what the great fret about passing this matter was. They could not pass any amendments to the Constitution at this meeting, and this was a matter to come up before the annual meeting. Mr. Hulbert said that this was not a legislative body, but merely a business arrangement. It was always customary to ascertain with certainty whether or not a Club was going to continue another year. Mr. Kennett said that he did not suppose the members of the Cincinnati Board of Directors, who were all prominent business men, would think of saying that they were going to have a nine if they did not mean it; they did not think that they would go to work and hire men, run themselves in debt, &c., if it was not their intention to play next year. He did not sign the agreement from principle, and thought he had a perfect right to retain such right. A resolution was then submitted to the effect that the Cincinnati Club vacated its membership in the League if its representative did not make a formal assent or negative to the agreement prohibiting Sunday games on League grounds and the sale of liquors. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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