Clipping:The old courtesies abandoned
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| Date | Friday, September 27, 1867 |
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| Text | [probably Athletics vs. Atlantics 9/16/1867] [the Athletics at their hotel in Brooklyn]Not knowing what disposition was to be made of the boys, a little delay occurred in waiting the arrival of a messenger or committee from the Atlantics.No messenger or committee made their appearance;so the boys dressed, and procured conveyances to the field.We are not fault-finding;and if it is the Atlantic's way of returning courtesies, we have not a word to say.But the treatment of the frields of the Athletics we docomplain of.At every game the Atlantics have played on the Athletic's grounds, the best seats have been invariably reserved for their friends, and our ire has been excited more than once in noticing that the friends of the Atlantics, on these occasion, composed the scum of our population.But the friends accompanying our boys were charged admission—which also we do not complain of.We are glad that the rule has been established, and we hope it will be rigidlyobserved in the future with this club playing on our grounds.Unidentified Philadelphia newspaper, 1867? Athletic scrapbook, Hall of Fame Complaint about the umpire not giving decisions until asked [Trimountain vs. Eagle {of Boston?} 9/26/1867][The Eagles refuse to continue the game with the same umpire:]This is the second time within a few weeks that a game has been thrown up by one side who were displeased with the umpire, and we think that in almost any case like this the players are in the wrong.In this case the umpire was impartial, but it was certainly disagreeable not to have decisions made until they are called for, and as at the time when they took offense a player reached the third base from the first before he heard plainly that a ball was declared foul. It is a failure of the umpire to carry out the rule which requires him to declare audibly and immediately without being calledupon all foul balls, and also to declare a man out without waiting for the decision to be called for.Boston Daily Advertiser September 27, 1867[Note:the rule requiring the umpire to declare all outs unasked was in force only in 1867.] |
| Source | Boston Daily Advertiser |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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