Clipping:Membership in two clubs; revolvers
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| Date | Saturday, October 28, 1865 |
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| Text | [a letter to the editor signed “Fair Play”] Knowing full well the interest you take in Base Ball maters, and your thorough knowledge of the rules of the game, I solicit your interpretation of the rule adopted by the National Convention in regard to members of Clubs belonging to the Convention playing; and claiming membership in more than one Club. My reasons for asking you are obvious. Tuesday, Oct. 17, I had occasion to be in Bedford, I there saw two promiment players of the “Enterprise B.B.C.,” namely, George Cook and B. Edwards, and L. Pike and Kenny of the Atlantics playing in a match between the Active B.B.C. And the Peconic B.B.C., both junior clubs. They all claim to be members of the Active, and make no concealment of it; so far they have played in not only every game the Actives have played this year, but when other junior clubs were deficient in making up a nine, neither of them declined when asked to play them... Answer—The evil complained of has become too prevalent, and something should be done to put a stop to it. The Atlantic and Enterprise Clubs members are not the only men who do this, as it has become quite common. The “Unknown” Club of Harlem, play Pabor, Ketcham and Ten Eyck. The rule says: “No person shall participate in a match, unless he shall have been a member of that club, and of no other club, in or out of the convention for thirty days previous.” “Fair Play” has done a good thing in thus bringing this matter before the public, and these “revolvers,” should be made to adhere to either one club or the other. |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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