Clipping:Holding onto the runner; early use of 'sacrifice fly'

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Date	Saturday, August 7, 1880
Text	[Chicago vs. National 7/26/1880] The Nationals should have won in the tenth inning but for a seemingly deliberate bit of foul play on the part of one of the Chicagos, and the last man, by the way, whom one would suspect of such conduct. Baker had made his third safe hit, stole second, and in attempting to score on Lynch's sacrifice-fly was, it is alleged, purposely prevented from doing so by Williamson, who held him on third base, and this palpable obstruction of a base-runner was allowed to pass unnoticed by the umpire on the plea that he “didn't see it.” The only parallel case that we know of was in an Athletic-Boston game some seasons ago, when Anson prevented Barnes from making the winning run.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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