Clipping:The upcoming professional meeting
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| Date | Sunday, March 5, 1871 |
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| Text | The [professional] meeting originated from a call of the Secretary of the Olympic Club, of Washington, who desired that the Secretaries of the principal professional clubs should meet in New York on [March 17], to arrange the date of their matches of the entire season. In accepting the proposition, it was suggested by the secretary of the Chicago Club that the meeting in question discuss other questions affecting the interests of the professional class, and this meeting with general favor, the third proposition was made, viz.: to form the meeting into a convention of the professional clubs, and this is likely to be the result of the gathering. At present there is no authorized code of rules governing championship contests, and a code is greatly needed. Moreover, it is desirable that some arrangement be made by which the disputes over the selection of umpires may be avoided. The discussions of these and other interesting questions will make the convention quite an important one. It is to be hoped that it will not culminate in such a face as the convention of November last. New York Sunday Mercury March 5, 1871 Following Mr. Young’s suggestion comes an excellent one from Mr. Thatcher, of the Chicago Club, and this is, to the effect, that the meeting of the secretaries shall be to all intents and purposes, regarded as a convention of professional club delegates, inasmuch as Mr. Thatcher desires that the meeting in question shall be authorized to settle questions other than the mere arranging of the dates of coming contests, the important–to the professional clubs–question of the championship, and also of selecting umpires being among those proposed to be settled by the meeting. Now, why not at once make this meeting a regular convention of professional clubs? Such a convention has long been needed. There are at present no rules governing championship matches, and in consequence, everything connected with the claim to the whip-pennant is in the most unsatisfactory position. Besides which the rules and regulations adopted by a convention of their own will receive more respect and obedience than any code emanating from the convention of November last, which satisfied neither class of the fraternity. Harry Wright, writing from Boston, says that if the meeting be made one as originally intended, then nothing beyond the fixing of dates for contests can be acted upon, as unless it were a regular meeting of appointed delegates to a convention, any rules they might decide upon would not be regarded as authoritative; but make it a convention, and then all the professionals would be bound by it. Harry is strongly in favor of a convention and a regular professional association. New York Sunday Mercury March 5, 1871 The meeting of delegates from the professional clubs of the country, to take action in reference to adopting a regular code of rules regarding the championship, to arrange an equitable rule for selecting umpires and for playing the games of the season, is to be held in this city on March 17th–St. Patrick’s day–at 849 Broadway, corner of Thirteenth street. The Secretary and Directors of the Mutual Club will be in attendance at the rooms on the afternoon of the 17th to receive the delegates, and the meeting will be called to order at 7 P.M. The best way for all the professional clubs to do would be to adopt Harry Wright’s suggestion, and to come prepared to organize a regular association of professional clubs. Their proceedings will then be apparently authoritative and binding, whereas a mere meeting of the secretaries nothing can be done of importance which would be regarded as law to the clubs, except to arrange the dates of their matches for the season. Let the professional clubs send their presidents as well as their secretaries, and let us have a regular professional convention which will adopt rules governing champion matches. New York Clipper March 11, 1871 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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