Clipping:The shortstop playing deep

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Date 1867
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Young Devyr played part of the season of 1867-68 in the Mutual Club as short stop, but failed to meet expectations, the short stops began playing deep field about that time, and as he was a short thrower playing inside of the base lines, he failed to improve and passed out of existence. "History of Baseball 1867" scrapbook Hall of Fame, in the Phonney Martin collection. Internal evidence supports that this is Martin’s work, c.

Source History of Baseball
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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