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| Date | Sunday, September 2, 1877 |
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| Text | J. J. Burdock, second baseman of the Hartfords, has contracted to play with the Boston Club in ‘78, ‘79 and ‘80–the last two years conditionally. St. Louis Globe-Democrat September 2, 1877 Tommy Barlow’s morphine addiction Mr. Thomas Barlow of base ball notoriety living in New York, now a slave to the opium habit, tells a strange story of the manner in which he became addicted to the use of morphine. He says: "It was on the 10th of August, 1874, that there was a match game of base ball in Chicago between the White Stockings of that city and the Hartfords of Hartford, now of Brooklyn. I was catcher for the Hartfords, and Fisher was pitching: He is a lightning pitcher, and very few could catch for him. On that occasion he delivered as wicked a ball as ever left his hands, and it went through my grasp like an express train, striking me with full force in the side. I fell insensible to the ground, but was quickly picked up, placed in a carriage and driven to my hotel. The doctor who attended me gave a hypodermic injection of morphine, but I had rather died behind the bat then have had that first dose. My injury was only temporary, but from taking prescriptions of morphine during my illness the habit grew on me and I am now powerless in its grasp. My morphine pleasure has cost me eight dollars a day at least. I was once catcher for the Nationals, also for the Atlantics, but no one would think it to look at me now.” Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser September 7, 1877 Thomas Barlow, arrested for alleged petit larceny in New York last week, was former catcher for the Hartford Base-Ball Club. During a game with the White Stockings in Chicago, Barlow was struck in the side by the ball. The physicians administered morphine, and Barlow asserts that since then he has been a victim of a craving for morphine, and while under this influence is not a responsible moral agent. Chicago Tribune September 16, 1877 pitching around a batter [St. Louis vs. Boston September 7, 1877] O’Rourke was given a base on balls and stole second. Three balls also gave White a base, a species of compliment to the two Jims. Boston Herald September 7, 1877 |
| Source | St. Louis Globe-Democrat |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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