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JANUARY
1890
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn is selected by the AA as a new franchise. Syracuse, Rochester, and Toledo were selected earlier. However, the Brooklyn team will be transferred to Baltimore before the end of the season.
IN THE NEWS: Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and three other labor leaders pledge support for the PL at a league meeting in Philadelphia.
IN THE NEWS: M.P. Betts, secretary of the National League of Great Britain, asks for the addresses of American players living in Great Britain who might be interested in playing in the new league. Few respond.
IN THE NEWS: In the first of many lawsuits filed against PL players by their former teams, the judge refuses to grant an injunction against John Ward, president of the Brotherhood. His decision, echoed frequently by other judges, states that the "want of fairness and mutuality" in the standard National League contract, specifically the clauses relating to the reserve rule, "[is] apparent."
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