Clipping:The organization and finances of the Troy Club; an early proposal to put clubs under the interdict
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| Date | Sunday, July 28, 1872 |
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| Text | This club [Troy BBC] was organized last Fall. It was a regularly incorporated society and issued its stock, which, we believe, was all taken up by wealthy and responsible citizens of Troy. The finest players in the country were engaged for this season and no expense was to be spared to put a first class nine in the field–a nine which would be as good as, if not superior to, any other team in the country. Contracts were signed with the various players and the sanctity of such a document was fully enlarged upon by the directors, and duly impressed upon the minds of the players. The latter have, with one exception, been true to their agreement, but, before half the season is over, the directors tell them they cannot pay them their wages, and feel surprised to find the mend object to go on playing on speculation. If the stock which was taken up had been fully paid up and exhausted, of course, no one could say a word against the management, and as none of the stockholders would be liable for more than the amount of stock he held, nothing could be said against them. We understand, however, that the stockholders have not paid up the full amount on the stock they hold, and they ought to be made to do so, if possible. Previous to their last visit to Boston, the players, when asking for their overdue salaries, were told the books of the club had not been posted up, but that they would be put in order while they were away, and they would get their money upon their return. Placing every reliance on the good faith of the stockholders, the men went away, defeated the Mansfield Club by a score of 7 to 0, and the renowned Boston Red Stockings, by a score of 17 to 10, but upon their return they were greeted with the intelligence that there was no money for them, and the men were then, of course, obliged to decline going on any further expeditions until their wages were paid up. Several of the players have not yet received their salaries for May, while some others, a little more fortunate, have only a month or six week’s salary due them. What penalty should be inflicted on a defaulting club like the Troy? Were they positively bankrupt–that is to say, their entire capital had been paid up and expended–they would have the sympathy of the public generally; but this not being the case, the National Convention should pass a resolution expelling them from the Association, and preventing any club, in which the defaulting members of the Troy Club had a pecuniary interest, from becoming a member of the Association, or being allowed to play with Association Clubs. A resolution should also be passed that all members of disbanded clubs, excepting such as had been expelled from such club, should be eligible to play at once with any other club who may require their services. |
| Source | New York Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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