Clipping:Louisville for a single league
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| Date | Wednesday, June 29, 1887 |
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| Text | president Phelps, of Louisville, has put himself on record as favorable to the twelve club scheme. Mr. Phelps' plan according to the Commercial would be: “For the twelve leading base ball clubs now in the League and Association to unite into one association; then to appoint a committee of three or five, which shall select twelve of the best first basemen, twelve of the best second basemen, and so on, to be found, and also thirty-six of the best pitchers and thirty-six of the best catchers to be obtained, and to fix the salary of each player according to his position, so that each player shall receive the same salary as the other players in his position. “These players thus selected by this committee shall be assigned to the various clubs by lot or by some other fair means of distribution. Then, after the association and clubs are organized, the clubs shall pay into the hands of the secretary of the association their proportion of the expenses, and the secretary shall pay the salaries of the players as fixed by the committee, thus avoiding the possibility of one player in one club getting advantage of another player in the same position in another club by securing a larger salary than he, though doing no better work. “This plan, Mr. Phelps thinks, would equalize things, and one club would have no advantage whatever over another. All the clubs would be as evenly matched as possible, and the games would then be won and lost on their merits alone, the players having no advantage over each other in any way, and their only incentive for play good ball being their personal price and an honest desire to win.” The Sporting Life June 29, 1887 a question on the proto-infield fly rule An Old Question Again Answer--Detroit, June 22.--N. E. Young, President National League, Washington, D.C.:--Men on first and second; batter pops fly to third baseman, who muffs—not purposely. Double play made and allowed. Was it right? Answer fully. Free Press.” “Washington, D.C., June 23.--Detroit Free Press:--If the ball fairly struck the fielder's hands the batter should have been declared out and no double play allowed. In such case it is extremely difficult to judge whether the ball is purposely or accidentally muffed, and in all cases where the inducement is so great to muff the ball my instructions to umpires have always uniformly been, where the ball came in contact with the player's hands, to declare the batter out on the fly. N. E. Young, President.” The Sporting Life June 29, 1887 |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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