Clipping:Third baseman playing in foul ground to defend against a fair-foul
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| Date | Saturday, October 28, 1876 |
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| Text | [Hartford vs. Mutual 10/17/1876] One of the best plays of the match was that by Ferguson in the eighth inning, when Booth led off with a ball to Remsen, who failed to hold it. Then Mathews came to the bat, and prepared himself for a fair-foul hit. Seeing this, Ferguson [third baseman] took up a position on foul ground towards home-base, and on Mathews' hit made a pretty double-play. But for this “playing of points”--in other words, using one's judgment as to the play of the batsman—Mathews would have made a two-base fair-foul hit, and with one man on the base and none out, would no doubt have secured the first run. It is this style of thing which distinguishes a shrewd and skillful player from a mere field-machine, the latter always being found ready to catch or field a ball only where he happens to be placed, and seldom or over going out of his rut to field a ball or to judge the play of the batsman. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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