Clipping:An appeal to the umpire; confusion over a fair/foul call

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Date	Saturday, June 17, 1882
Text	[Athletic vs. Cincinnati 6/16/1882] [McPhee on third, McCormick at second] Then Sommer hit a grounder down the left foul line, away out to the foul flag. It passed near the third base, and Blakiston [third baseman] hallooed “How is that?” Crandall [umpire], instead of maintaining silence, cried “fair ball.” McPhee heard the cry without understanding it, but thought as it was given at all it was “foul ball.” He therefore ran back to third, and McCormick, who was crossing third homeward bound, also turned tail and skinned back to second. Sommer, who was cantering toward second, fellin with the panic and returned to first. Before the umpire could explain that he had called “fair ball,” the ball was fielded in and all three runners were on bases, whereas two should have been home and Sommer at second. This was discouraging.
Source	Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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