Clipping:Deeking the runner on a trapped ball
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| Date | Wednesday, August 15, 1888 |
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| Text | [Thompson on third base, one out] Ganzel followed with a sharp drive over second base. It was too far out for Myers, so Hoy came up for it on a hard run. He just reached it as it struck the ground. He scooped it up with one hand so prettily that players as well as spectators were in doubt as to whether or not it was a clean catch or a pick-up. Thompson was uncertain about it, and so was Captain Hanlon, and the former was directed to make for home. But just here Hoys' cunningness was shown. As he grabbed the ball up he held it momentarily aloft to create the impression that he caught it cleanly, and to further justify that idea he lined the ball to third base instead of home plate. It was the latter part of the play that confused Captain Hanlon, and he ordered Thompson to return to third. The whole performance was over in an instant, and after the dust cleared away Umpire Powers, who had not had an opportunity to say a word on the subject, decided that the ball was not caught. Hoy knew it and so did those near him, but his quick-wittedness prevented a run that inning, as the next two strikers were retired. Captain Hanlon remarked afterward that the play was so slick that the umpire was just as apt to decide one way as the other and he took what he considered the safe side of the question. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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