Clipping:Defining a stolen base
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| Date | Wednesday, July 4, 1888 |
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| Text | [from R. M. Larner's column] Recently several inquiries have been received at League headquarters, and in eery instance President Young has held that stolen bases should be credited every time a runner is advanced a base, when an effort is made to put him out and there is a possibility of doing so. The most exciting feature of the game is base-stealing, and those players who have the courage to indulge in the practice of working their own way around the bases should be applauded, and favorably mentioned in the official records. Bases may be stolen on the fielders as well as upon the pitcher and catcher. There are some scorers who take a different view of the subject, but if they will only consider the question intelligently they will probably agree with me. I do not contend that a runner should be credited with a stolen base when he progresses on a throw-0in from the outfield, unless there is a chance to throw him out and the bag is reached by a slide or an equally daring effort. In a game recently played here with Pittsburg Hoy was on first base. Wilmot, who is remarkably fast in running for first base, hit a slow grounder to second. Dunlap stopped the ball cleanly, but Hoy, who had his wits about him, refused to run into the fielder and allow him to make a double play; so he darted back towards first. In order to make sure of Wilmot Denny threw the latter out, but in the meantime Hoy made a dash for second and reached there safely by a long slide. Some persons refused to credit him with a stolen base in this instance. I contended, and Mr. Young sustained me, that it was a clear case of highway robbery, and the official record gives the mute credit accordingly. |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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