Clipping:Discipline; the NL's power to expel players; due process and standard of proof
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| Date | Sunday, February 27, 1876 |
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| Text | If a manager of any league club has any suspicion whatever against a man, either for gambling, drunkenness, low living, irregular hours, or slackness at work, he may dismiss him immediately by merely notifying the secretary of the league that such is the case. From this dismissal he has no appeal till the annual meeting in December, and till then he cannot be employed by any league club, nor does he receive any pay. He is virtually debarred for ever from the league clubs; for to rehabilitate himself he must incontestably prove that there were no grounds upon which to dismiss him. On this proof, and on this only, can he be employed by the league, and receive pay for his past work and enforced idleness. This is a mighty power. No player can risk his daily bread and his after life on the chance of a few extra dollars. The player has an equal power over a club, if the club goes back on this contracts with him, for, on proof, that club must forthwith quit the league. But this is not all. Each club in the league must thoroughly discipline its own players; failing this, it will, on proof that such is not done, be expelled from the league and its profits. If with these restrictions we do not see honest and good base ball played this season, the reform of the game is hopeless. |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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