Clipping:The umpire uses an umbrella

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Date Saturday, September 18, 1869
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[Mutual vs. Athletic 9/14/1869] The clouds had been gathering again for some time, and in the eighth inning, rain began falling again, and the umpire should have obeyed the rule provided expressly for such an emergency, and called the game. Mr. Weaver, however, standing under an umbrella, kept the men in the field, for half an hour longer, and the result was a complete drenching of all hands...

Source National Chronicle
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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