Clipping:A policeman assigned to the reporters' table, and his dereliction of duty

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Date Sunday, October 15, 1871
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[Boston vs. Eckford 10/10/1871]On this occasion a policeman named Bell was assigned the duty of keeping the reporters from being annoyed by intruders, but instead he showed himself to be a bitter partisan of the Eckfords, and expressed himself as very anxious to see Mills [the umpire] well thrashed. In fact he went about among the players during the time the dispute occurred at the close of the ninth inning commenting on the umpire’s decisions. Captain Waglom will oblige by substituting some one in his place on future occasions, as this man is unfitted for the duty assigned him.

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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