Clipping:The official scorer in Detroit
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Date | Saturday, July 16, 1881 |
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Text | The “official” record of the Detroit Base Ball Club, to be published by the League Association, will be almost as reliable as the pictorial promises of a circus poster. A young man who possesses no qualification for the position other than parting his hair in the middle and his name on the left hand side, applied for the position of official scorer for the purpose of getting dead-head admission to the games, and obtained both. His “official” report of Saturday's game gives the Detroits three earned runs. No one else could find but one, and even that is rejected by the managers of both clubs. It is upon the “official” reports of this base ball ignoramus that the playing reputation of the Detroit nine is to hang. Poor boys! |
Source | Detroit Free Press |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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