Clipping:Balls hit into the crowd; block ball; a ball over the crowd for a triple
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| Date | Thursday, July 5, 1888 |
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| Text | [Philadelphia vs. Chicago 7/4/1888] So great was the crowd at the afternoon game that it became necessary to make ground rules. On any fair hit into the crowd the runner was allowed as many bases as he could make another provision made was in case that a fly ball hit anyone sitting on the wall the runner was entitled to a home run. Both rules were decidedly advantageous to the visiting team, particularly in the afternoon, when a hit of the latter kind gave the Phillies the winning run. … … The next ball Ryan [of the Chicagos] hit. The sphere sailed away towards the east until it looked a mere speck. The great crowd stood up and yelled, while Andrews speeded away until he was in the centre of that portion of the crowd that was sitting near the bicycle track. Then he threw up both hands and vanished in the crowd while Ryan trotted around the bases. Andrews appeared an instant later with the ball, convinced the umpire that he had caught it, and Ryan walked off to the bend with a crestfallen look … ...One strike had been called when “he [Van Haltren] caught one of Casey's twisters on the end of his bat and started it off on a journey towards the old club house. Every one saw that it was a great hit and yelled in approval. Over the crowd the ball went and chasing it were Andrews and Fogarty. A quick return of the ball held Van at third... |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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