Clipping:The Haymakers suspected of switching balls during the game
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| Date | Sunday, July 9, 1871 |
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| Text | It is said that the Haymaker nine, on their ground this season, have been in the habit of, when they left the field in each inning, substituting a lively ball, thus allowing themselves to mount high scores while their opponents were batting against a dead ball. It is said that in the Athletic Haymaker match suspicions were aroused that this thing was going on, and so closely did McBride watch the thing, that after the fourth inning the lively ball was the only one played with. The rumor is undoubtedly worthy of investigation, as the substitution business is practicable, and Troy is the only place where the remarkable scores have been made this season. In the Mutual-Haymaker game, the former made an appeal to the umpire, that the ball played with was a lively one, but on cutting it open it was found to contain just the amount of rubber required by the rules. Is it possible for any two clubs to make such scores as have been secured, ad that, with first-class fielding, in the recent games at Troy? |
| Source | Philadelphia Sunday Republic |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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