Clipping:Soden changes his mind on the expelled players
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| Date | Sunday, April 19, 1885 |
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| Text | [reporting the NL special meeting of 4/18/1885] The all absorbing subject of dealing with the blacklisted reserve rule jumpers and contract breakers was then brought to the attention of the meeting by President Soden of the Boston club. In doing so he gave a clear and concise statement of the causes which brought about the present condition of affairs in the league. He reviewed the cases of the players and said that while at first he was strongly opposed to the reinstatement of any of the players, subsequent events had led him to change his mind. He then strongly and emphatically advocated the reinstatement of the reserve jumpers and contract breakers as a matter of business policy, and because the vital interests of the league demanded that such a step should be taken. The result of the games between the St. Louis League Club and the St. Louis American team had developed the fact that the former was utterly incapable of playing a creditable game with such teams as it would have to meet in the league; that the St. Louis team, as at present constituted, was simply a target of ridicule, and that the league itself would be weakened and made a laughing stock. In justice to Mr. Lucas, and in justice to the league, the St. Louis Club should be given the men it asks for. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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