Clipping:A deliberately dropped third strike for a double play

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Date	Saturday, September 26, 1868
Text	[Mutual vs Union of Lansingburgh 9/17/1868] [McMahon on third, Dockney on second, Hunt on first] ..as Galvin went to the bat it looked as though the Mutuals were going to get a good send-off for the first innings; Galvin seemed bothered, however, by the novelty of facing the pitching of Bearman and struck twice ineffectually; as he struck at the ball for the third time and failed to hit it, Craver, who, as usual, was playing close behind the bat, dropped the ball and deliberately picking it up stepped on the home base and threw it to third; Abrams passed it to second, but not before Hunt, who ran from first, reached the base. This sharp feat of Craver’s was much applauded, and as the Mutuals came in from the field they seemed rather chop-fallen. The umpire, not having seen Craver touch the home plate, decided that Dockney and Hunt were the outs, when it should have been McMahon and Dockney.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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