Clipping:An intentionally discolored ball

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Date	Saturday, September 13, 1890
Text	[Pittsburg vs. Brooklyn 9/2/1890] [from Chadwick's column] ...a new point, involving the violation of Sec. 2 of Rule 12, which reads: “At no time shall the ball be intentionally discolored by rubbing it with the sod or otherwise.” In the first part of the ninth inning a new ball was legally introduced, but it was hit foul and did not come into play again until the Brooklyns went to the bat in their ninth inning, and when the new ball was called for—Miller having it in his hands discoloring it—he declined to give it up until he had blackened it. The umpire then put in another new ball, as Miller had made the other unfit for the fair use the rule calls for. He thought he was playing a strong point, but he failed lamentably. A ball which has been discolored in violation of the rules is not legally fit for use. The umpire was quite correct in putting a new ball in play under the circumstances, so Miller over-reached himself in this instance.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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