Clipping:Confusion over a supposed dropped third strike

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Date	Sunday, October 4, 1874
Text	[Mutual vs. Athletic 10/3/1874] [bases loaded: McGeary on third; Anson on second; McBride on first] Gedney struck out, but Higham [catcher] too the ball on the bound. Gedney, believing he had missed it, started for first, and this confused Higham, who touched the home plate just as the umpire declared Gedney out. Anson believing also that there was a force, started for third and there stood with McGeary; Higham ran to third, and as he approached the base McGeary left it and ran under his arm. Higham touched anson on the coat and demanded that he be declared out, while in the meantime McGeary came in. The umpire rightly declared Gedney the only one out, but the Mutual could not understand this, and it was only after much talking that the difficulty was unraveled. The pint laid in the fact that McGeary left third before Anson was touched, and the latter could not be out, as he then had undisputed possession of the base.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Republic
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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