Clipping:A ball lodged in a carriage spring
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| Date | Sunday, December 8, 1878 |
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| Text | The loss of the last Utica-Buffalo game was attributed to a curious incident. Two of the Buffalos were out, and the game stood a tie at two each when Galvin went to the bat, and the chances were about one in a thousand that he would make a home run. Galvin hit to Smith at third base, who made a fine stop, but a wild throw. The ball continued on its mad career until it lodged where no ball ever lodged before—in a carriage spring. The accident was peculiarly unfortunate. The Uticas scanned each blade of grass for the missing ball, while Galvin was getting his work in between the bases for a home run. The Uticas looked everywhere but the carriage-spring. A man who occupied an adjoining carriage was regarded as a lunatic because he kept shouting “In the spring! In the spring!” They knew there was no spring there, and asking the lunatic if he did not mean the river, Alcott suggested that they would probably find the ball “In the spring” if they had good luck. By this time Galvin had caromed on third base, and was getting to the home plate with the celerity of motion that characterizes a man who knows he is making the winning run. Meantime the lunatic was yelling “In the spring! In the spring!” Purcell, exasperated beyond measure, was about to fall upon the man and throttle him when somebody else shouted: “In the carriage spring!” and sure enough, there the ball was, neatly wedged in the carriage spring. Thus the game was lost. Smith could not throw a ball into a carriage spring again if he should try for ten years. It is useless to philosophize on the subject, however, for Smith won't try. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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