Clipping:Measuring the right field fence in the new Chicago grounds

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Date	Sunday, June 7, 1885
Text	[St. Louis vs. Chicago 6/6/1885] Burns then went to first on balls in the fourth, and he and Dalrymple were brought in by Gore's four-base hit over the right-field fence, amidst great applause. At this point Capt. Dunlap “kicked” against Gore's taking four bases on the hit, claiming that the right-field fence was not the regulation distance from the home plate. Notwithstanding President Spalding's assertion that the distance was 216 feet Dunlap insisted upon a measurement with Ferguson's yard tape measure before he would acknowledge himself in the wrong. The performance drew forth some very decided expressions of disapproval from the large audience.
Source	Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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