Clipping:Batters standing behind the plate; umpire calling balls

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Date Sunday, June 3, 1866
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[Harvard vs. Eureka of Newark 5/31/1866] A feature of the game was the excellent umpiring of Mr. Hayhurst. He was far in advance of his predecessor in regard to calling balls, and yet was lenient. We were glad to see him keep the strikers up to the rule. In one instance he learnt Callaway [of the Eureka] a lesson which he ought to profit by at once. Callaway, like many others—Crane, for instance—has a habit of standing about four feet back of the home-base when he strikes, thus giving him a better chance to judge the ball. He does not hit from where he stands, but jumps forward to meet the ball, thus obtaining an additional impetus in strike. It is a good point, but being an illegitimate one, he will have to drop it. The striker has no more right to stand off the line of his base when striking than the pitcher has to move his feet in pitching. It is about time this rule was properly observed.

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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