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Date	Saturday, March 2, 1878
Text	[reporting on the IA convention] [the constitution discussed:] ...discussed the clause related to the employment of players who had been expelled by other associations. The subject was an interesting one, and the question was voted upon three different times before the Association decided that players expelled from any organization should not be employed by the clubs of this Association under a penalty of forfeiture of membership. New York Clipper March 2, 1878 This suicidal measure was fathered by the delegates from Auburn, Troy and Springfield, who through it sought to make effective their negotiations with Hall, Devlin and Craver, the black sheep of the Louisville flock. It gained an adoption, during the absence of numerous members, by a vote of 8 to 6. Later in the day some of the wiser delegates discovered the mistake and sought to rectify it. Mr. Townsend of Syracuse led the good fight, but failed in three votes to get the requisite two-thirds majority necessary to secure a reconsideration. The debate waxed warm, and a disruption of the convention was imminent. The Stars, Lowells, Buffalos, Rochester and Tecumsehs threatened to withdraw unless an amendment was passed restoring the reading of the old article prohibiting the employment of any crooked player. By sheer strategy such an amendment was adopted and the premium placed on dishonest play removed. New York Clipper March 9, 1878, quoting the Syracuse Courier. George Wright buys the patent for the catcher’s mask George Wright induced Wm. Thayer to patent his catcher’s mask, and then bought the exclusive right to make it. New York Clipper March 2, 1878
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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