Clipping:Confusion over a false 'foul' call

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Date	Sunday, October 17, 1869
Text	[Athletic vs. Atlantic 10/11/1869] [McMullin on second, Meyerle on first, no outs] Radcliff was next at the bat, and hit a grounder to third, which was handsomely stopped by Smith shilst off his base, and as some one called “foul,” Smith, without touching the third to head off McMullin, threw the ball to Zettlein [the pitcher], and Zettlein to Start, to put out Meyerle before he could return to first. The umpire [Wm. McMahon of the Mutual] now decided that the ball was fair, and the ball was quickly fielded by Start to Smith, who touched his third, and sending the ball to Pike at second, and amid great confusion, an appeal was made to the umpire and he decided that McMullin and Meyerle were out and Radcliff was entitled to his first-base. This was an erroneous decision, as Radcliff being clearly put out at first-base, the other two men were not forced off their bases, and consequently were not out.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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