Clipping:As darkness falls
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| Date | Sunday, October 25, 1863 |
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| Text | [mixed sides of New York and Hoboken clubs:] At the close of the fourth inning, the objectionable action of T. Dalton, of the Henry Eckford, had nearly been the cause of a disturbance. After hitting a ball to short field, he ran very slowly to first base in order to insure his being put out, as it was getting dark, and it was necessary to hurry matters up in order to close the fifth inning, otherwise the New Yorkers would not have won the game. The Hoboken party at one remonstrated against this course of conduct, unjustly including Dr. Bell in their censures; whereas Dalton was the only one to blame in the matter. The poor fielding of several of the Hoboken nine in the fourth inning led the New Yorkers to think that their opponents were “playing things on ‘em”, in order to delay the game; and we must confess their play had that appearance. Finally, however, the game was brought to a close; not, however, until another of the Henry Eckfords had followed a bad example by endeavoring to strike out in the fifth inning; something we never suspected a player of his standing in the community would have been tempted to be guilty of. His action, however, was nullified by that of the umpire, who very properly refused to call strikes, when he saw the styles of game the batsman was playing. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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