Clipping:A capacity crowd

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Date Sunday, June 3, 1883
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[Cincinnati vs. Athletic 5/30/1883] From noon until nearly five the people poured in and when the time to play arrived at least 16,000 people were within the enclosure, one third of whom swarmed over the ground, as every available space was filled. It was with the utmost difficulty that sufficient room was made to play and then it was nearly five o'clock. The diamond was completely surrounded and this seriously interfered with the catchers, and, in fact, lost the Athletic the game, as in the fifth inning O'Brien had two chances to put out men on foul flies, but he couldn't get through the crowd in time and these batters afterwards made hits and two runs.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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