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|Name=Empire Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 30 June 1857 |Game Official=Referee, W. Gelston (Eagle); Umpire Empire, None; Umpire Eckford, W.H. Haight (E. Miklich)

|Title=the umpire calling strikes ...He should have called out the strikes and foul balls in a loud voice. An umpire should always give his decisions promptly, and call foul balls and strikes

|Title=the umpire calling how many outs ...ted on the bound–the fly being missed–and “Two out,” was the call from the umpire.</p>

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 30 August 1864 1 |Game Official=Umpire - P. O'Brien, Atlantic Club; Scorers - Watson (Eckford), Hassey (Eagle)

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 23 July 1861 |Game Official=Umpire, Wm. Coyler (Empire); Scorer Eckford Edward Orr; Scorer Eagle, W.J. Pease

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Empire Club of New York on 9 October 1857 |Game Official=Referee, Foster (Baltic); Umpire Eckford, Caulkins; Umpire Empire, Cameron (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Mutual Club of New York on 10 October 1864 1 |Game Official=Umpire - Mr. Kelly, Star Club; Scorers - Watson (Eckford), McConnell ( Mutual)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 30 July 1863 |Game Official=Umpire, Judge Van Cott (Gotham); Scorer Eckford, Brown; Scorer Union, Henry (E.Miklch)

|Name=Athletic Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 23 June 1868 |Game Official=Umpire - Not Listed; Scorers - Watson (Eckford) & Jones (Athletic)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Exercise Club of Brooklyn on 1 October 1861 |Game Official=Umpire Pete O'Brien (Atlantic); Scorer Eckford, McAuslan; Scorer Excercise, W.H. Noe

|Name=Atlantic Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 8 September 1863 |Game Official=Umpire, James Forsyth (Gotham); Scorer Eckford, W.A. Brown; Scorer Atlantic, G.W. Moore

|Title=umpire reluctant to enforce balls and strikes |Text=<p>[Keystone vs. Eckford 8/21/1868] Mr. Smith, as umpire, was as impartial in his judgments as a man could be, but he seemed top hav

|Title=a jibe at the umpire ...ing the figure over to the Union grounds to act as umpire in the Haymakers-Eckford game yesterday, but a young man named Monell was found who answered nearly

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 28 May 1861 |Game Official=Umpire, H. Chadwick (Atlantic)

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 22 September 1857 |Game Official=Referee, T.G Van Cott (Gotham); Umpire Eagle, Mott; Umpire Eckford, Webster (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Mutual Club of New York on 24 September 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - Mr. Culyer, Empire Club; Scorers - Grum (Eckford), Green (Mutual) - (E. Miklich)

|Name=Atlantic Club of Brooklyn v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 15 September 1857 ...=Referee, Benjamin Foster (Baltic); Umpire Atlantic, Caleb Sniffen; Umpire Eckford, Harvey Caulkins (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Eagle Base Ball Club of New York on 29 July 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - C. Smith, Atlantic Club; Scorers - Smith (Eckford), Powers (Eagle) - (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 15 October 1856 ...Official=Referee, T.G. Van Cott (Gotham); Umpire Union, J.A. Henry; Umpire Eckford, H. Haight (E. Miklich)

|Title=an umpire refusing to serve due to kicking ...rkably free from growling, Martin monopolizing that peculiar department of Eckford Club proceedings.</p>

...he did. New York Sunday Mercury May 21, 1871 [See the same issue for the Eckford justification. Note also references therein to the Atlantics having disban

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Mutual Club of New York on 4 August 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - P. O'Brien, Atlantic Club; Scorers - Smith (Eckford), Foos (Mutual) - (E. Miklich)

|Name=Gotham Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 13 August 1858 |Game Official=Umpire, Foster (Baltic) (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Athletic Club of Brooklyn on 5 June 1868 |Game Official=Umpire - Mr. Mills, Atlantic of Brooklyn; Scorers - Brown & Monk

|Name=Eureka Club of Newark v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 13 September 1861 |Game Official=Umpire, Pete O'Brein (Atlantic); Scorer Eckford, D. J. McAuslan; Scorer Newark, Dawson

|Title=negotiating the umpire ...s engagements would not allow him to leave New York, Mr. John Grum, of the Eckford Club, one of the best umpires that could have been selected, consented to g

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 17 September 1856 |Game Official=Referee, R. G. Cornell; Umpire Eckford, T.G. Van Cott; Umpire Union, T.E. Sutton (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Empire Club of New York on 26 August 1859 |Game Official=Umpire, Clark (St. Nicholas); Scorer, Eckford, Wm. Colyer; Scorer Empire, Wm. A. Brown

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Mutual Club of New York on 22 July 1863 |Game Official=Umpire, Bixby (Eagle); Scorer Mutual, McConnell; Scorer Eckford, Brown. (E.Miklich)

|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 16 June 1857 |Game Official=Referee, T. Leary (Empire); Umpire Eagle, J.W. Mott; Umpire Eckford, W.H. Haight (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Harlem Club of New York on 20 August 1859 ...Official=Umpire, G. Van Cott (Gotham); Scorer Harlem, Van Voorhies; Scorer Eckford, E.B. Coombs. (E. Miklich)

|Title=criticizing the umpire ought not be permitted ...sionally made by a few blackguards, who, betting upon the game, insult the umpire by impugning his decisions when they are adverse to their interests. This

|Name=Newark Club v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 21 July 1864 1 ...icial=Umpire - Col. Fitzgerald, Athletic of Philadelphia; Scorers - Brown (Eckford), Higgins (Newark)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Newark Club on 19 August 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - E. Brown, Mutual Club; Scorers - McAuslan (Eckford), Gore (Newark) - (E. Miklich)

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Gothams Club of New York on 31 August 1858 |Field=Eckford grounds

|Name=Harlem Club of New York v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 15 August 1861 |Game Official=Umpire, Wm. McMahon (Mutual); Scorer Eckford, J.A. McAuslan; Scorer Harlem, Judge Van Voorhies

...3rd base... and Reach batting a foul ground, and Manolt, not hearing the Umpire's decision, but the ball being procured, was fielded to Smith [i.e. by O'Br

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 29 August 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - Mr. Culyer, Empire Club; No Scorers - (E. Miklich)

|Text=<p>[Atlantic vs. Eckford 8/24/1867] [The umpire ruled] a ball hit by the strikers when making a step forward as a foul ball ...rule 21 has no worded penalty attached to it, it neither follows that the umpire can amend the rule by introducing one or that he has the right to ignore th

...<p>[Eckford vs. Mutual 7/3/1869] After considerable delay in selecting an Umpire, Mr. John Grum of the Eckfords was finally persuaded to accept the thankles

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 7 October 1862 |Game Official=Umpire - A. Ticknor, Atlantic Club; Scorers - Grum (Eckford), Henry (Union) - (E. Miklich)

|Title=murmuring about the umpire ...8/26/1859] There was considerable murmuring in the “crowd” at one of [the umpire’s] decisions, but Mr. Miller [of the Empires] very properly put an end to

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Putnam Club of Brooklyn on 1 July 1859 1 |Game Official=Umpire, P. O'Brein (Atlantic); Scorer Eckford, W.A Brown; Scorer Putnam, Anderier. (E. Miklich)

...ld, however, learn to keep his forward foot firmly on the ground. Had the Umpire watched closely, he would have been baulked quite often.</p>

...table part, in this respect, when he last played on the same ground in the Eckford match.</p>

|Title=crowd control, and umpire calling time |Text=<p>[a letter from James P. Butler of the Eckford BBC, who umpired a junior match] In the ninth inning, the crowd got so near

...inkham made the only run, and that should not have been allowed him by the Umpire, as the ball was batted over the fence, a standing rule on the grounds allo

...only very hazardous, but unnecessary–better wait upon the decision of the umpire.</p>

...de, 6/7/1864] The Eckfords first went to the bat, and by a mistake of the umpire, who called balls on the pitcher when he should simply have called baulks,

|Text=<p>[Mutual vs. Eckford 6/12/1867] Another error [by the umpire] was the deciding a player out at second, who was running his base when thr

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Union Club of Morrisania on 23 May 1860 |Game Official=Umpire, T. Dankin (Putnam); Scorer Eckford, W.A. Brown; Scorer Union, John A. Henry (E. Miklich)

...topped by an outsider, it ought certainly to go the pitcher first, and the Umpire is the sole judge of the case, and should decide accordingly, as we think h

|Name=Newark Club v Eckford Club of Brooklyn on 28 August 1861 |Game Official=Umpire, E. Brown (Mutual); Scorer Eckford, D.J. McAuslan; Scorer Newark, G.W. Gore

...<p>[Cincinnati vs. Eckford 6/17/1869] Mr. McMahon of the Mutuals acted as umpire. It may be well to state here that, as there were no points raised, his du

|Text=<p>[Enterprise vs. Eckford 9/10/1866] Brown sent a low ball to left field, making two bases. Southwo ...llowed to run in half a dozen yards before he delivered the ball. But the Umpire did not mind it, and the pitchers were allowed to worry the batsmen to thei

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 18 September 1862 |Game Official=Umpire-E Brown, NY Mutuals; Scorers-Grum (Eckford), Moore (Atlantic) - (E Miklich)

...C of New York City; pitcher- Albert Martin of the Eckford BBC of Brooklyn; umpire- Frank Norton of the National BBC of Washington, D.C. Bearman took strikes ...July 4th, 1868, and the NY Clipper, July 11, 1868, the latter calling the umpire "very strict and impartial," his decisions giving "general satisfaction." [

...Custom interprets the rule as it was illustrated, last Wednesday, when the umpire [A. J. Bixby of the Eagle Club] made no objection to Gillespie’s run.</p>

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Putnam Club of Brooklyn on 22 June 1858 |Game Official=Umpire, Caleb Sniffen (Atlantic) (E. Miklich)

...p>[Mutual vs. Eckford 8/22/1864] A noteworthy feature of the ruling of the Umpire in this match was his decided to give the player running his bases, a base,

|Game Official=Umpire - Mr. Smith, Eckford of Brooklyn Club. Scorers - Mr. Benson and Mr. Garwood, no club affiliatio ...for the Athletic Club of Philadelphia.&nbsp; He was still a member of the Eckford of Brooklyn Club and played in all four of their 1864 matches.</p>

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Exercise Club of Brooklyn on 5 September 1861 |Game Official=Umpire: R. Pierce

...und and threw the ball to the second base man, and demanded judgment. The umpire decided that no one was out: the striker was not out, because the ball bein

...for the ball, and holding it while on the base asked for judgment, and the umpire at once decided Smith out. New York Clipper June 20, 1863</p> <p>[Athletic vs. Eckford 6/23/1863] William Culyer acted as umpire on the occasion, and by his decision in the case of Snyder, who failed to t

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Atlantic Club of Brooklyn on 21 July 1862 |Game Official=Umpire, A.T. Pearsall (Excelsior); Scorer Eckford, D.J. McAslan; Scorer Atlantic, Boughton.

|Title=the runner not out if the umpire doesn't see the play ...them the Umpire, who declared it not out, and correctly, too, for were an umpire to change his decisions from the explanations of the players, there would b

...me the dispute occurred at the close of the ninth inning commenting on the umpire’s decisions. Captain Waglom will oblige by substituting some one in his

<p>[Active vs. Empire 7/13/1864] The excellent ruling of the umpire was a noticeable feature of the match. P. O’Brien, of the Atlantics, had ...glad to see this indorsement, as it will lessen the discretionary power of umpire, and thereby remove much of their responsibility; and we hope to see the ex

...e bat, but struck the ball just outside the foul-ball line; and though the umpire called foul, and loudly, too, the moment the ball was struck, the voice of

|Title=the umpire institutes a ground rule on balls in the crowd ...mmediately back of the first and third bases was made clearly apparent the umpire very properly introducing the precedent of giving every player his next bas

|Name=Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Hudson River Club of Newburgh on 4 November 1861 |Game Official=Scorers: Campbell and McCutcheon; Umpire: Wooley of the Nousuch Club

...ew it to Allison [first baseman], succeeded in “heading off” two men. The umpire decided both men out. This, of course, is in compliance with the law, but

...ike character, until a similar scene had occurred to that which marked the Eckford and Putnam match. But as the most friendly feelings prevail between the Pu

...t, and that he was shamming. In the eighth he turned his attention to the umpire, Mort. Rogers, because that gentleman had rightfully declared Nelson out at

...who, of course, immediately touched him, and demanded judgment, which the umpire promptly pronounced in favor of the ball, and the second hand (Northup) was

...livered to him, and who seemed determined to tire the pitcher or worry the umpire, stood coolly at the bat. Martin, remembering perhaps that the next strike

...ry of the Eckford pitcher soon became costly, and yet, strange to say, the Eckford Captain retained him in his position, instead of at once putting in a more ...er thus disgraced it, it will soon be difficult to get any man to serve as umpire in a match in which the Eckfords play. New York Sunday Mercury August 26,

...of the fourth inning, the objectionable action of T. Dalton, of the Henry Eckford, had nearly been the cause of a disturbance. After hitting a ball to short ...empted to be guilty of. His action, however, was nullified by that of the umpire, who very properly refused to call strikes, when he saw the styles of game

|Text=<p>[Mutual vs. Eckford 8/14/1868] The return-match...attracted a very numerous but anything but re ...r souls, went with the victory, was too palpable not to be mentioned. The Umpire, Mr. Mills, was the choice of both clubs, his decisions in contests this ye

|Description=In 1862, a baseball rules dispute played out between an umpire and a Brooklyn newspaper. ...will examine one of the earliest recorded ruling controversies, between an umpire and a Brooklyn newspaper, from 1862.

...in the lines of his position.” This rule and the precedent adopted by the umpire in this game should be remembered. We noticed that Mr. Hayhurst alone of t

...for the apparent purpose of delaying the game, or for any other cause, the umpire, after warning him, shall call one ball, and if the pitcher persists in suc ...refrained from calling strikes...there being no rule hitherto whereby the umpire could inflict a penalty on the pitcher as well as the batsman for his unfai

...her in the nine was permitted, except on account of illness or injury. The umpire was obliged also to keep a record of the game in a book. The striker was su ...Enterprise, Resolute, and Star, of Brooklyn; Knickerbocker, National, and Eckford, of Albany; Hudson River, of Newbergh; Monitor, of Goshen; Mountain, of Alt

<p>...(in) the 5^th inning...one of the decisions of the Umpire...gave rise to such loudly expressed terms of dissent from the friends of t ...game should be a &lsquo;draw&rsquo;, and that all bets should stand off. ..none perhaps felt more chagrined than the members of the Atlantic Club themselve

| <p>Liebenrood’s side 23</p> <p>Brown’s side 15</p> <p>(Eckford Base Ball Club intra-club game)</p> | <p>(1) “Eckford Base Ball Club,” <i>Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times,</i> vol.  4, no. 13 

...Mr. Thomas S. Dakin of the Putnam Base Ball Club of Brooklyn officiated as umpire. ….”)</p> | <p>Eckford (Brooklyn) 39</p> <p>Amalgamated Nine (Philadelphia) 8</p> <p>(<i>New York

| <p>Eckford ground in the Eastern District of Brooklyn</p> | <p>Eckford (NY) intraclub game with score of 21-11</p> <p>(4 innings)</p>