Clipping:Early use of 'crank' in a baseball context

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Date Sunday, May 20, 1883
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[a new AA umpire is appointed] Wm. McLean, of this city, was again slighted, but we suppose Mr. Williams was compelled to do this by his “boss” Mr. Caylor, of Cincinnati. Williams seems to become more subservient every day to the Cincinnati crank who now rules the entire Association.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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