Clipping:Intentionally taking a triple rather than a home run

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Date Saturday, October 6, 1888
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[Chicago vs. New York 10/5/1888] After two strikes had been called Tom [Burns[ hit a straight ball with all the strength he could command. It arose high in the air, sailed over the entire left field,a nd dropped on the other side of the rope fence. It was a great hit, and Tom could easily have made a home run out of it, but he preferred to stay on third base and keep Murphy under the bat.

Source Chicago Tribune
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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