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Date	Wednesday, July 4, 1888
Text	[from R. M. Larner's column] There is another point with regard to making up the official records that has recently been raised, and this is as to when the game shall be declared ended after the winning run has been scored in the last half of the final inning. To illustrate the question, suppose the score is even on the last half of the ninth inning and Deasley is on third base. O'Day follows with a long hit over the centre field fence for a home run, or down to the club house for three bases. Of course, Deasley makes the winning run before O'Day reaches first base and the game is over. This is the usual practice in such cases, and in making up the individual records O'Day only gets a base hit, because he went no further after the game was decided. In the interest of helping individual records, Mr. Young has decided that a game shall not be terminated until the ball is again in play after the winning run is made. Under this ruling O'Day would receive credit for a total of four bases and a run or three bases, instead of a single hit. The Sporting Life July 4, 1888 [from a letter from Young] I notice our friend Larner entirely misunderstood me in one point contained in his last letter. … The point was raised by one of my numerous base ball correspondents last week, and I answered in accordance with the written law that the game terminates when the side last at bat scores the winning run in the ninth inning. In conversation with Mr. L. I expressed the opinion that an amendment should be made to the rule so that, in such case, a batter making a home run should receive full credit for the hit. The Sporting Life July 11, 1888
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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