Clipping:A mute umpire; hand signals

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Date Wednesday, October 27, 1886
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It seems impossible that a mute should be able to umpire, but Ed Dundon, the well-known mute pitcher, did so satisfactorily in a game at Mobile, Ala., last week. He used the fingers of the right hand to indicate strikes, the fingers of the left to call balls, a shake of the head decided a man “not out,” and a wave of the hand meant “out.” There was not kicking to speak of in the game.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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