Clipping:An accidental revival from the old game

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Date	Saturday, August 8, 1874
Text	[from answers to correspondents] Eagle, Louisville.–“A ball was batted to the pitcher, who picked it up short, and met the runner halfway to the first base; but, instead of touching him, passed across the line between him and first, as he had been accustomed to do at college, and started to return to his position; the runner had also played at the same college, and, believing that he was out, walked off. The crowd shouted, and his captain ordered him to run on; but the ball got there before he. Was he put out by crossing the line in front of him in the first instance? Players running to first base must be touched by the fielder fielding the ball, if it is desired to put him out in the way you describe. The simple act of crossing the line in front of him is nothing; and there never has been a rule of the kind you mention in vogue.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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