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Date	Sunday, May 19, 1872
Text	The the Sporting Editor of the Sunday Dispatch:–Dear Sir–Will you please give me your ideas regarding Mr. Young’s decision in the recent game between the Athletics and Troys where Force dropped a ball and made a double play? Did he have a right to decide the man out on the fly? Yours, NON DESCRIPT We know of nothing in the rules which allows an umpire to decide a fly ball dropped as a fly ball caught. This dodge has been played year in and year out by Wright, Pearce, and other “heady” short stops who play points, and never have we seen the same disputed. Mr. Young’s position in this matter is, we think, decidedly misunderstood. So far as our “limited vision” (as Sam Weller has it) allowed us to see, Force, in his eagerness to detain the runners at their bases, actually held the ball for a moment–long enough, in some persons’ judgment, to constitute it a catch. This, we think, explains the matter.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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