Clipping:Inconsistent scoring 2

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Date	Saturday, July 21, 1883
Text	In Wednesday’s game Traffley reached first base but once, and that was on a grounder to Latham, who threw Corkhill out at the home plate. The official score next day had a base hit credited to Traffley. Inquiry of the official scorer of the St. Louis club developed the fact that he is and has been giving a batter a base hit on any hit that another base runner, whether the batter reaches first base or not. This accounts for the undeserved standing of the St. Louis players in the official averages. It is clearly against all rules of scoring, and Secretary Williams should give it his immediate attention. There are several other official scorers who make equally as bad breaks. One gives a base hit and an error on the same play. Another does not give a muffed foul fly an error if the batter does not afterward reach first base. Such scoring is simply diaphanous, as Secretary Williams knows, and should be renovated by him.
Source	Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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