Clipping:The umpire uses an umbrella
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Date | Saturday, September 18, 1869 |
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Text | [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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