Clipping:Proposed collusion to keep salaries down
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| Date | Tuesday, March 22, 1881 |
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| Text | There are a few men among the league players who place the value of their services at an unreasonably high figure, and then, by shrewd management, succeed in obtaining an offer from some club at the price named or somewhere in that vicinity. This done, they make their boasts to the other players, and thus create a feeling of dissatisfaction with many, and do an incalculable amount of mischief and injury. The league is about to make open war on this class, and the preliminary steps were taken at the recent buffalo meeting. By next October it is probable that a list of players, of the character described, will be prepared, and an agreement signed by all the league clubs not to hire or even negotiate with them unless they descend from their unreasonable position. This is a step in the right direction. Players are not expected to engage themselves at a less than fair price, and, on the other hand, they should not compel clubs, in order to obtain their services, to pay an exorbitant price. Some equitable arrangement can be made, and should be made, before the season of 1882, that will be satisfactory all around. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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