Clipping:Interpreting overrunning first base; the rule proposed by George Wright

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Date	Saturday, May 20, 1871
Text	[Athletic vs. Eckford 5/9/1871 In one instance, Cuthbert forgot that in running over first base he had to return and touch the base before he could run to second. It would never do to allow a base runner such a privilege, and then to add to it that of going to second, after over-running the first. New York Clipper May 20, 1871 Ferguson, in umpiring the Excelsior and Amity match on Friday, committed an important error when he decided that a player overrunning first base can run to second without touching first base. The amended rule was introduced by George Wright, and at the November convention the Secretary was expressly requested to word the rule so that it should be imperative that the player should return and touch the base. That is the law, beyond a doubt. New York Sunday Mercury May 21, 1871
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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