Clipping:A balk delivery; a slow delivery favors base runners

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Date	Saturday, May 27, 1871
Text	[Yale vs. Mutual 5/20/1871] ...as the Yale pitcher commenced his delivery of the ball we noticed that he began his movements with his left foot touching the ground outside the lines of his position in order to admit of a long forward step inside the square. The umpire did not observe it, though the captain of the Mutual nine did, but he said nothing an it was allowed to pass. We may as well, however, inform Mr. Strong, that this action of his is illegal and every time he delivers a ball as he did in this match he commits a balk. His style of delivery, too, in other respects is faulty, inasmuch as the long backward and forward swing of the arm he makes in delivery is such as to admit of a sharp base runner stealing a base on every pitched ball.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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