Clipping:Negotiating Mike Kelly's Boston contract
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| Date | Wednesday, February 23, 1887 |
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| Text | The contract, of course, was made out for $2,000, but Mike will get a few dollars more. He started in at $5,000 when Mr. Billings [Boston Club treasurer] asked him what he would play in Boston for. That was rather steeper than the Boston treasurer had expected, but he didn’t despair. He shoed Mike part of the letter from Spalding which convinced him that he could not sign with New York, or, in fact, any other club except the Bostons. ... The interview had been going on almost an hour and a half when the Boston treasurer brought matters to a head. He said he had come to Poughkeepsie to sign Kelly, and he did not want to go away without doing so, but he could not pay $5,000. Mike then dropped $500. Mr. Billings had not made any offer up to this time, but suddenly he named a figure which, he said, was his ultimatum. “Will you cut me down after the first year?” asked “Kel.” “You shall have the same salary next year as this,” was the answer. “I want a thousand dollars advance money.” “You can have it.” “Then I’ll sign at your ultimatum,” and he did so. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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