The Giants file a $200,000 damage suit against Francis X. McQuade for seeking to “wreck and destroy” the club. The team’s long-time club treasurer countersues, and the NY Supreme Court will eventually rule that he is entitled to back pay, but not his job.

The Giants file a $200,000 damage suit against Francis X. McQuade for seeking to “wreck and destroy” the club. The team’s long-time club treasurer countersues, and the NY Supreme Court will eventually rule that he is entitled to back pay, but not his job.

1885 – The American Association champions St. Louis Browns agree to sell the reserve rights of infielder Sam Barkley to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for $1,000.

1885 – The American Association champions St. Louis Browns agree to sell the reserve rights of infielder Sam Barkley to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for $1,000.