Clipping:Calling for a balk

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Date	Sunday, August 14, 1859
Text	[Eckford vs. Gotham 8/12/1859] Mr. Pidgeon was very nervous about Tom Van Cott’s “peculiar” style of pitching, and frequently asked judgment on what he conceived to be baulks. In the fourth inning, he ran from the first to the second base under the impression that Van Cott had made a baulk, and was put out in consequence, the umpire deciding “no baulk.” Mr. Pidgeon surely knows that if a baulk had been made, there was no occasion for him to run to the second base–he would be entitled to it, under the Rules. This is the second time this season he has been put out in a similar manner, for a like cause–once in a match with the Atlantic Club. Running bases upon a supposed baulk is not only very hazardous, but unnecessary–better wait upon the decision of the umpire.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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