Clipping:The potato trick

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Date	Wednesday, December 5, 1888
Text	[from Questions Answered] There is a runner on first base and the pitcher is in his box. The latter throws a potato over the first baseman's head. The runner, thinking it was the ball, starts for second and is touched by the pitcher, who runs over to the line with the ball in his hand. Is the runner out? … Answer-- Yes, he is out. The base-runners must be on the alert for such tricks. This is on a par with that old chestnut of a baseman hiding the ball, the pitcher getting into position and the runner, thinking the man in the box has the ball, leaves his base and is touched out. In the absence of a rule prohibiting such trickery the umpire has no other alternative but to give the runner out as soon as he is touched with the ball when not on a base.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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