Clipping:The League Alliance contract
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| Date | Sunday, January 21, 1877 |
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| Text | It is hereby agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 1. No club that is a party hereto shall employ or play in its nine any player to whose services any other club that is a party thereto may be entitled by contract. 2. Any player under contract with any club that is a party hereto who shall, without the written consent of such club, leave its service or fail to perform his contract, or who shall be proven guilty of disreputable conduct, shall be at once expelled by such club. 3. No club who is a party hereto shall play any game of ball with any base-ball club whatever that shall employ or present in its nine any player that shall have been expelled from any club that is a party hereto for breach of contract or disreputable conduct. 4. Each club that is a party hereto shall, upon making a contract with a player, immediately notify the Secretary of the National League of Professional Base-Ball Clubs, such notice to be in writing, signed by the contracting club and the player, and, in the absence of such notice to such officer, any player shall be deemed to be free from contract obligation. 5. Each club that is a party hereto shall, upon expelling a player from membership or releasing him from contract, notify the Secretary of the National League of Base-Ball Clubs, and, in the absence of such notice to such officer, such player shall be deemed to be a member in good standing of the club whose notice of contract with such player had previously been transmitted to such officer, until the expiration of the term of such contract. 6. The notices provided for in the two last preceding stipulations are required to be sent to the Secretary of the League upon the understanding that such officer will, immediately upon their receipt, communicate the same to all League clubs, as well as to all clubs that are parties to this agreement; and in the event of the failure or refusal of such officer to perform such service, or his discontinuance thereof, then the parties hereto shall devise other means for the performance of such service. 7. All games played by the clubs that are parties hereto shall be played in accordance with the playing rules of the National League. 8. All disputes that may arise between the clubs that are parties hereto shall be submitted to the Board of Directors of the National League for adjudication in the manner provided for by Sec. 2, Art. XII, of its constitution, and the finding of such tribunal shall be final and binding upon the clubs that are parties hereto. 9. This agreement shall go into effect on the first day of March, A.D. 1877. 10. Each club that is a party hereto shall retain a copy of the agreement, and the original shall be deposited with the Secretary of the National League. In witness whereof the club that are parties hereto have, by their duly authorized representatives, signed this agreement on or before the 15th day of February, A.D. 1877. Chicago Tribune January 21, 1877 [see also Chicago Tribune 1/28/77, 2/4/77 for a defense of the scheme.] one run an official game for gate receipt purposes [from the special League rules] ...each club...shall pay [the visitors] the sum of fifteen (15) cents for each and every person admitted to such grounds to witness such game, or any part thereof, or admitted to such grounds for any other purpose, prior to such game, and remaining after its commencement... We further agree that, for the purposes of this agreement, a “game” shall be that in which one full inning shall be played by the contesting clubs, in accordance with the playing rules of the League. [Thereby implying no rain checks.] New York Clipper January 27, 1877 |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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