Clipping:The runner not out if the umpire doesn't see the play
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| Date | Saturday, September 8, 1860 |
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| Text | [Exercise vs. Atlantic of Jamaica 8/31/1860] P. O’Brien discharged the duties of umpire with his usual marked ability, and of course with satisfaction; the only decision that was at all questionable being one when Cole was put out at home base, Ashmead [the catcher] tumbling over him. Those who were on the left of the striker saw Cole touched, but those on the right did not, among them the Umpire, who declared it not out, and correctly, too, for were an umpire to change his decisions from the explanations of the players, there would be no end of trouble. He is placed there to decide on points that he alone can see, and if fails to see a player put out, he cannot decide him out properly. New York Clipper September 8, 1860 the power of the contestants to control the crowd; the power of the press; the Clipper did not have a reporter at the Atlantic-Excelsior match We were not present at the match ourselves, but judging from the unanimity of the press in their approval of the course of the Excelsiors, we think the Atlantics amenable to censure in not joining with the opponents in rebuking the disorderly action of the crowd. They are mistaken in supposing that it is not in the power of the contestants in a match like the one in question to repress such conduct as was there exhibited; for it is unquestionably in their power to do, for were it known that such actions on the part of spectators would at once put a stop to the match, we should see no more of it in future contests. The reference to the press is in bad taste; for it is to the press that they are mainly indebted for the present popularity of the game. Once let the press be silent on the subject, and base ball would soon be obsolete, except as a bay’s game at ball. New York Clipper September 8, 1860 [Eckford vs. Union of Elizabeth 9/10/1860] A feature of the match was the prompt manner in which the sneering remarks of some of the big boys in the crowd of spectators, on the play of the Unions, were suppressed by the Eckfords. Such action, taken so promptly, was very creditable to the club. New York Clipper September 22, 1860 |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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