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|Text=<p> Henry Chadwick: | |Text=<p> Henry Chadwick: "[S]uspicion is raised whenever either glaring errors or one-sided scores mark the playing of the game."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>''Brooklyn Eagle'', December 20, 1872</p> | |Sources=<p>''Brooklyn Eagle'', December 20, 1872</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger, FB posting, 150 Years Ago in Base Ball, 12/20/2022 | |Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger, FB posting, <em>150 Years Ago Today in Base Ball</em>, 12/20/2022</p> | ||
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<p><span>"Chadwick denounces pool selling. This is a system, borrowed from horse racing, to centralize bets and stake-holding, making it harder for someone to forget he made that losing bet. It was introduced last season to the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. How is that going?</span><br /><br /><span>There is a lot of classic Chadwickiana here, ascribing all evils to whatever is on his mind at the moment. The premise is that with the betting centralized, there is more temptation to pay players to throw games. The logic is not entirely clear. Setting this up would be the actions of individual gamblers. Why would they care how much money other people had rising on the game? Especially since the arrangement would have to be made ahead of time, while the pools were still being sold.</span><br /><br /><span>Chad's best point is toward the bottom, that suspicion is raised "whenever either glaring errors or one-sided scores mark the playing of the game." Fair enough, though not actually new. Such suspicions are characteristic of the era. It is plausible that sanctioned betting pools exacerbated the problem. It is important, however, in understanding this era that the perception of game throwing is a different problem from actual game throwing. The first was widespread. The second is harder to say, but proven cases are notably rare. "</span></p> | <p><span>"Chadwick denounces pool selling. This is a system, borrowed from horse racing, to centralize bets and stake-holding, making it harder for someone to forget he made that losing bet. It was introduced last season to the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. How is that going?</span><br /><br /><span>There is a lot of classic Chadwickiana here, ascribing all evils to whatever is on his mind at the moment. The premise is that with the betting centralized, there is more temptation to pay players to throw games. The logic is not entirely clear. Setting this up would be the actions of individual gamblers. Why would they care how much money other people had rising on the game? Especially since the arrangement would have to be made ahead of time, while the pools were still being sold.</span><br /><br /><span>Chad's best point is toward the bottom, that suspicion is raised "whenever either glaring errors or one-sided scores mark the playing of the game." Fair enough, though not actually new. Such suspicions are characteristic of the era. It is plausible that sanctioned betting pools exacerbated the problem. It is important, however, in understanding this era that the perception of game throwing is a different problem from actual game throwing. The first was widespread. The second is harder to say, but proven cases are notably rare. "</span></p> |
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Text | Henry Chadwick: "[S]uspicion is raised whenever either glaring errors or one-sided scores mark the playing of the game." |
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Comment | Richard Hershberger, FB posting, 150 Years Ago Today in Base Ball, 12/20/2022
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