Clipping:How the Players League was organized
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| Date | Wednesday, November 6, 1889 |
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| Text | [an interview with Albert Johnson' “Last summer Ed Hanlon called on me and told how the League had broken faith with them so often, and said he, Ward, Pfeffer and Fogarty on their trip around the world had through of getting capital in each city to build the grounds for them, for which they would allow a fair percentage for their risk, the players to receive a portion of the profits of the thing that they themselves were the real cause of making, and to try, if such were possible, to liberate themselves from the tyrannical rule of the League. So I suggested that he introduce some of the Clevelands to me, for then I was only acquainted with the older members of the League. “The result was he brought Twitchell the next evening to see me, and after a long talk I agreed to lend all the assistance within my power to help them accomplish their aim. So, as each visiting club came, we held meeting after meeting until every League player had heard our views and had a chance to express himself and suggest whatever he thought would be for the best interests of such an organization. While at first sight one may be misled into thinking that co-operation is against good discipline, yet we think, our interests being identical, that with strict rules there is a sufficient guarantee we will increase the chances of better behavior on the part of the men, and as we intend that the first club shall receive $7000, the second $5000, the third $3000, the fourth $2000, the fifth $1500, the sixth $1000 and the seventh $500, offering no inducement to the last, there will be, even to the end of the season, something more than empty honor, as at present, to play for. “I know of but three League players to-day who have not pledged themselves to support this organization with every possible influence within their reach. They have all pledged themselves, and there yet remains only the question as to whether or not they will keep their word, for as certain as they do the capital awaits them in every city. |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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