Clipping:A reverse ground rule for block balls; disagreement over the what the ground rules are
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| Date | Monday, April 21, 1890 |
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| Text | [St. Louis vs. Louisville 4/20/1890] The Louisville-St. Louis game ended in a row... An enthusiastic crowd of 10,000 filled all the seats and poured into the grounds, necessitating the making of ground rules. It was agreed that any hit should entitle the batter to all the bases he could make, except a hit along the foul line, which would go into foul ground. In the third inning Ryan took first on balls, and, Wolf hitting hard to left for two bases, Ryan scored. McCarthy objected to the run, claiming that Ryan should go back to third. A wrangle ensued, and Connell, after giving the customary time for the visitors to resume the game, and McCarthy still refusing, declared the game forfeited to the home nine by the score of 9 to 0. The crowd was hard to handle, threatening to pour into the field and do the players violence. To keep them quiet an exhibition game was arranged immediately afterward. The Philadelphia Time April 21, 1890 [St. Louis vs. Louisville 4/20/1890] Before the game was called Umpire Connell had Capts. Raymond and McCarthy agree upon ground rules, owing to the vast crowd. It was decided that any ball which hit fair and rolled in the crowd to the left of the foul line or was hit into the crowd in center field should entitle the batsman to only two bases. It was also agreed that any ball hitting the left field seats was fair and the batsman could have as many bases as it was possible for him to make. The ball that Wolf knocked struck the railing in front of the seats and bounded back. No one interfered with Gittinger in fielding it, but it was not returned to the diamond before Wolf was anchored safely on second. Louisville Courier-Journal April 21, 1890 [St. Louis vs. Louisville 4/20/1890] In the third inning a row occurred over the ground rules. It had been agreed that hits into the crowd should count for two bases only, but that a hit into the left field fence should count a home run. Wolff knocked a ball into the left field seats and McCarthy insisted that he should only be allowed two bases on it and that Ryan who had scored from the first should be sent back to that bag. Umpire Connell permitted the run to score, and gave McCarthy two minutes to play ball. The St. Louis captain refused to return with his men to the field and the game was forfeited to Louisville by a score of 9 to 0. At the end of the third inning the score stood 6 to 3 in favor of the Colonels. The crowd was angered over McCarthy's action, and he consented to play out the game as an exhibition contest. The final score was 13 to 13. St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 21, 1890 |
| Source | Philadelphia Time |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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