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Date	Sunday, September 1, 1889
Text	[Chicago vs. Pittsburgh 8/31/1889] Duffy gave the crowd an exhibition of baserunning and sliding in the third. He was on first when Anson hit a hard one to center. Hanlon got it and threw to Kuehne to stop Duffy at second, but to the surprise of the Pittsburgh fielders Duffy did not stop there. He kept right on running, and when he got within ten feet of the bag launched himself into the air, throwing out his right hand as he did so, and using it as a means to check his head and body, while the impetus of his dive carried his legs and hips ahead, and the result was that he made a complete circle around the legs of the “good deacon,” who, although he received the ball from Kuehne in ample time, was too bewildered by Duffy's gymnastic effort to put the ball on him. Lovers of the game at home have seen him so the same thing upon the Chicago grounds.
Source	Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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