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Oconnor V.American League Baseball

O'Connor v. St. Louis American League Baseball Co.
181 S.W. 1167 (Court, 1916)

Plaintiff … avers that on the ______ day of October, 1909, he and defendant entered into a contract wherein and whereby defendant agreed to employ plaintiff as manager of the St. Louis American League Baseball Club for a period of two years, namely, the years 1910 and 1911, at a salary of $5000 a year…. [D]efendant discharged plaintiff and refused to allow him to continue as manager of the Baseball Club. …[F]ailed and refused to allow plaintiff to continue as manager of the club and, although often requested, has failed and refused and neglected to pay plaintiff the balance of $5000 due him under the terms of the contract, plaintiff demands judgment for that amount, interest and costs.
…[T]hat in the season ending on or about October 15th, 1910, there was keen rivalry in the American League for highest honors in batting average between one Cobb, a player in the League, playing with the team representing the city of Detroit, and one Lajoie, playing with the team representing the city of Cleveland in the League; that the final series between the teams representing the city of Cleveland and defendant was played at Sportsman's Park in the city of St. Louis in October, 1910; that the last two games of the series were played on or about October 9th, 1910, and were played on the same afternoon; that during the playing of these two games and during the season beginning on or about April 15th, 1910, and ending on or about October 15th, 1910, plaintiff was acting as the manager of the players representing the defendant club (the Browns); that plaintiff was desirous of favoring Lajoie, who played the position of second baseman on the Cleveland team, in his contest for batting honors with Cobb of the Detroit team, and to the end that Lajoie might be successful in making the highest average for batting honors in the League and in making a higher percentage than Cobb, unmindful and in disregard...