Clipping:Talk of Detroit leaving the League if the guarantee plan is retained
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| Date | Wednesday, August 17, 1887 |
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| Text | [discussing the upcoming NL special meeting] A strong effort will be made to abolish the guarantee system now in force, and an equally determined effort will be put forth to maintain it, there is far more feeling on this question beneath the surface than the general public has any idea of. If the advocates of percentage gain the day, the League need give itself little or no concern as to its circuit for next year, as it can then retain all its present members. Should the guarantee people remain on top, or should no method be devised by which matters can be made more pleasant for Detroit, then a breach in the ranks may be looked for and the League will have to bestir itself to not only find another stop-gap between now and fall, but the League “lawyers” will have their hands full to devise ways and means of not only keeping all the cities, players, rights and privileges the League now has, but of helping itself to more at the probable expense of its rival, the Association. Whatever will be done at the meeting the public will be none the wiser for a time, at least, as secretiveness is eminently a League characteristic, and it will not show its hand immediately unless it suits its purpose so to do. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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