Clipping:The organization of the Players League
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| Date | Wednesday, November 6, 1889 |
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| Text | [from W. I Harris] The plan of the new league is only partly co-operative. The movement is really but little more than a change of employers with more privileges and liberties accorded to the players. … visiting clubs will be given 50 per cent. of both gate and grand stand receipts, and when the receipts exceed a certain figure they will be divided pro rata among player and stockholder. The governing board, called the central board of directors, will consist of the president and sixteen members—one player and one stockholder from each of the eight clubs. This board at the end of each season will make up the teams for the ensuing year. The aim will be to equalize the playing strength of the clubs as nearly as possible, and changes will be the rule rather than the exception. … … Every League player, except Decker, of the Philadelphia club, and Anson, Burns and Hutchinson, of the Chicagos, has signed a contract next for [sic] season. President Ward says that they will keep the contracts, too. “You won't find any scabs among the ball players,” was the confident remark of Mr. Ward last night. … … The one question to be settled now is the policy of the Brotherhood toward the American Association. The matter may not be decided until after it is known what action will be taken by the National League and Association on the subject of consolidation. If the two bodies amalgamate, the Brotherhood men believe the best men in the Association will quickly jump into their ranks. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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