Clipping:Calling for judgment on balls and strikes

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Date	Sunday, June 26, 1870
Text	[Athletics vs. Cincinnati 6/22/1870] Whatever disposition the umpire may have had to act impartially, he certainly had not strength of mind enough to carry out his intention, as whenever he was appealed to by Malone or McBride, and that was nearly at every ball, he called a “strike” upon the Cincinnati batsmen. This system of attempting to surprise, or bully an umpire into a decision, although frequently very successful, is directly contrary to the rules of the National Convention. He is the sole judge of fair or unfair balls, or whether a man has declined to strike at a fair ball, and if he does not voluntarily call either a “ball” or a “strike,” the presumption is he is satisfied as to the fairness of the play.
Source	New York Dispatch
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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