Clipping:Kansas City grounds

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Date Sunday, July 15, 1888
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Clubs visiting Kansas City are handicapped by the grounds on which they are expected to play. The diamond is laid out in a gulch between two hills, and the outfield is encircled by a drain ditch. Beyond are piles of rubbish and clusters of underbrush uncomfortably near to the outfielders’ positions. When the Clevelands were playing there recently a Kansas City player made a home run on a little hit, which on good grounds would not have been more than a two bagger. The ball fell in some underbrush back of center and Hotaling refused to go after it as he said he believed the place full of snakes. The umpire was forced to bring out another ball.

Source Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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