Clipping:Scoring stolen bases 2

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Date Sunday, June 27, 1886
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The intent of the new column of bases stolen was undoubtedly to encourage base running and the practical interpretation was to give each base runner a base stolen for every time he made the start to steal a base irrespective of any battery error which might be made. This was one of the principal arguments used in favor of the rule. Yet Mr. Wikoff has instructed his official scorers not to credit a base runner with a stolen base when a wild pitch or a passed ball ensues, a consequence of his attempting to steal a base. In other words, a base runner must make a clear steal. He is given no credit for starting, and thereby drawing a wild throw, or by his daring causing a wild pitch or a passed ball.

Source Philadelphia Times
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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