Clipping:Player eligibility for the World Series
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| Date | Saturday, October 23, 1886 |
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| Text | [Chicago vs. St. Louis 10/22/1886] The trouble originated before the game, when it was proposed by Anson to pitch Baldwin, the new man whom the Chicagos signed a few days ago. This was objected to by Mr. Von der Ahe on the ground that he had undertaken these games with the understanding that his club was playing the Chicago team which had won the championship from the League in 1886, and also with the understanding that no new man should be played with the Browns beyond those who had won the championship from the Association. A long dispute followed between the two presidents, and as they could come to no agreement they decided to refer to the matter to the Board of Umpires. Pearce was missing and could not be found, so Kelly, McQuade and Quest undertook to dispose of the matter by tossing a coin. Kelly withdrew and allowed McQuade and Quest to do the tossing. Had Quest won he would have decided to allow Baldwin to pitch, but as McQuade was the luckier of the two, he decided that Baldwin should not be allowed to take part in the game. That much being settled, the story of what followed–how the Chicagos were beaten at all points and most ingloriously whipped–is told in the description of the game. St. |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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