Clipping:An infield fly play

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Date	Thursday, June 23, 1887
Text	[Washington vs. Detroit 6/22/1887] In the seventh inning an interesting point was raised. O’Brien and Whitney, the first men at bat, made successive singles and occupied second and first bases respectively. Shoch popped a fly over third base, which Shindle [second baseman] ran for and failed to catch, the ball striking the ends of his fingers. Shindle picked up the ball and threw to Rowe, who had covered third, and he in turn threw to Dunlap at second. Umpire Doeshcer declared both O’Brien and Whitney out on the ground that they were forced, Shindle not having ‘momentarily” held the ball as provided in section 2, rule 53, as follows... It was apparent to all that Shindle made a genuine effort to catch the ball. Dunlap called to him to drop it, meaning for him to let the ball strike the ground and then try for a dougle, which is entirely legitimate. But Shindle didn’t try to drop. He tried honestly to catch the ball and failed. There is no doubt on that point.
Source	Detroit Free Press
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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