Clipping:Troy expelled by the Athletics; intercourse with the Mets cut off
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| Date | Friday, May 12, 1882 |
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| Text | The Board of Directors of the local club received official notification from Secretary Williams of the expulsion of John Troy by the Athletics. This settles the matter of the American and League teams playing with each other from this time out. The Cincinnati Club immediately telegraphed to O'Rourke, Manager of the Buffalos, that if they contested with the Detroits with Troy in their team, the game booked with the Bisons would be declared off. A the latter nine will be compelled to remain in Detroit until Monday, the contest is off any way. The Athletics did perfectly right in bouncing the little crooked player, and the only mistake they made was in putting it off so long. Cincinnati Enquirer May 12, 1882 [reporting on a Board meeting of the Cincinnati Club] It was concluded to write to Secretary Williams and advise him to correspond with the Metropolitans and Atlantics in regard to playing the Detroits. He was requested to explain to those Clubs that if they did contend with the Detroits, all of their American dates would be declared off. It does not seem possible that they will sacrifice upwards of twenty games for the purpose of playing two or three with Detroit. The two Clubs can play the other League Clubs, and still the American nines can meet them. Cincinnati Enquirer May 13, 1882 President McKnight has notified the St. Louis nine that they can not play the Metropolitans on Thursday if the latter kept their engagement with the Chicagos yesterday. He holds that as long as the last-named team has met the Detroits, who have an expelled player in their nine, that no American Association team can do battle with them. The Constitution of the Association covering such matters is as follows: “No game of ball shall be played between an Association Club and any other Club that has forfeited its membership in this Association. No game of ball shall be played between an Association Club and any other Club employing or presenting in its nine a player expelled, or under suspension, from the Association. Nor shall any Association Club play any Club that has, at any time during the same playing season, played a game of ball with any other club employing or presenting in its nine any player expelled or suspended from the Association; Provided, That in case the Club employing such expelled or suspended Association player shall discharge such player from its service, Association Clubs may thereafter play against such Club, and against other Clubs that may have played such Club while employing such player.” There seems to be a diversity of opinion as to the real meaning of the section. Some hold that it does not prevent the Cincinnatis from playing the Metropolitans if they have had games with the Chicagos, who have met the Detroits. The rule only works when the Detroits and Metropolitans have a contest, then the latter nine is barred from any games with the American nines. There is undoubtedly a chance for argument in the matter, but President McKnight appears to have announced his decision only after considerable investigation into the debated point. It might have been a little more judicious to allow the American nines to meet the Metropolitans until they ended the subject by entering into games with the Detroits. It certainly would have added to the treasury of all teams who might have dates with the New York club before the occurrence of that event. But as it would be a matter of but little time before the Detroits would go to New York, all discussion on the point should e done away with. The Metropolitans and the Philadelphias seem to prefer the League to the American Clubs, and they should not be interfered with. It is a long lane that has no turn in it. Cincinnati Enquirer May 30, 1882 |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
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