Clipping:An English description of pick-off moves

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Date Saturday, September 12, 1874
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Another remarkable feature of the game is the process which takes the place of stumping out by the wicket-keeper at cricket. If a runner unwarily advances too far from his base in order to gain beforehand some of the distance which he hopes to run, it seems competent for the bowler to put him out by throwing the ball into the base before he can return to it. This gives rise to the employment of the same kind of histrionic feints and ruses which make a distinguishing feature of American card-games. A bowler will watch his opportunity two or three times, and apparently abandon the idea of outwitting the runner. Then, as he seems about to deliver the ball, with a marvelously rapid change of action he will do his best to throw the runner out. This, amongst other things, lends a variety to the game, and helps to keep the spectator amused., quoting The London Saturday Review

Source New York Clipper
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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