View source for Clipping:Comparative drainage at the Nationals and Olympics grounds

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|Type of Date=Day
|Date=6/4/1870
|Title=comparative drainage at the Nationals and Olympics grounds
|Text=<p>[Atlantic vs National of Washington 5/24/1870]  Rain fell very hard at 3:30 P.M., and when it was over, their grounds, which are low, were covered with water so as to preclude playing.  Hearing of this the Olympics courteously placed theirs at the disposal of the two nines, and the game adjourned across the street.  These grounds are higher and well drained;  a little sawdust fixed them all right and the game proceeded.  New York Clipper June 4, 1870</p>
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<p>Bob Ferguson threatens the wrong reporter</p>
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<p>[Mutual vs. Eckford 6/3/1870] An event occurred after this game was concluded, which is much to be regretted, as being inimical, in the greatest degree, to the interests of base ball players, by bringing the game into disrepute.  Mr. Ferguson, the catcher of the Atlantic Club, feeling annoyed at some comment upon him, which appeared in the Herald on Wednesday last, came up to Mr. Piccot, the representative of the Tribune, who was quietly walking out of the ground, demanding to know if he had written the said report, and threatening at the same time, if he had done so, to knock the teeth out of his head.  If base ball reporters are to be debarred from attending to report the games, in consequence of such threats, there will soon be an end of the game of base ball, altogether.  If Mr. Ferguson wishes to resent the comments passed upon him in the Herald, he had better tackle the representative of that paper, and not a man who is suffering from illness, and who is perfectly innocent of the matter.  New York Dispatch June 5, 1870 [Note: William Piccot died 7/17/1870: see NYSD 7/24/1870.]</p>
|Source=New York Clipper
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
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