Clipping:The League forced to reinstate blacklisted players
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| Date | Friday, December 8, 1882 |
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| Text | [reporting on the NL meeting] Ten players on the black list for common drunkenness and insubordination were reinstated, namely, S. P. Houck, Lipman Pike, L. P. Dickerson, M. J. Dorgan, James J. Fox, Edward Nolan, Wm. Crowley, E. M. Gross, L. J. Brown and E. J. Caskins. The disabilities of John E. Clapp were also removed. Cincinnati Commercial December 8, 1882 [reporting on the NL convention] The ten players blacklisted in September, 1881, for confirmed drunkenness and insubordination were reinstated, namely: S. P. Houck, Lipman Pike, L. P. Dickerson, M. J. Dorgan, James J. Fox, Edward Nolan, Wm. Crowley, Emil M. Gross, L. J. Braun and E. J. Caskins. The disabilities of John E. Clapp were removed. Cincinnati Enquirer December 8, 1882 the league...showed that its black list was a farce in that all on it were reinstated without a single exception. Verily, the American hath done much good so far. Cincinnati Enquirer December 10, 1882 [reporting on the NL meeting] The inroads made upon League players by the American clubs was recognized, and a wholesale reinstatement of black-listed players was made, in order that some of the League clubs might complete their teams. … The ten players whose names were on the black list—Houck, Pike, Dorgan, Nolan, Gross, Fox, Dickerson, Crowley, Brown and Caskins—were re-instated to full membership. The Philadelphia Item December 10, 1882 |
| Source | Cincinnati Commercial Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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