Clipping:Short stop should cover home

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Date Saturday, August 2, 1873
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[Baltimore vs. Atlantic 7/28/1873] ...on Pike’s high ball to Higham [right field], which was caught, McVey ran to third. After the catch the ball was thrown in high over Hatfield’s [third baseman] head, and, as both Matthews and Hicks [pitcher and catcher] ran behind Hatfield to back him up, the home-base was left vacant–Holdsworth [short stop] failing to play the point properly–seeing which McVey ran home and scored his run...

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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