Clipping:Consulting the rules
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| Date | Monday, August 4, 1879 |
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| Text | [Cleveland vs. Chicago 7/30/1879] [Anson] struck an easy bounder to Carey, who, though having plenty of time, threw wide about three feet, compelling Phillips to step off first base toward the runner to receive the ball. He got and held the ball and touched Anson just as the big Captain was within two feet of the bag, but unfortunately let the ball drop out of his hand directly ha head touched the runner. The Umpire decided Anson out, but the latter, sticking to his base and ordering Peters and Williamson to do the same on the play, called time, and at once put in a protest against the decision, on the ground that it was clearly a violation of the rule. Pratt, the Umpire refused to budge, and after a long controversy Anson sent Williamson down to the Club house for a copy of the rules, and when the book was brought he began searching for the particular rule in question. By this time fifteen minutes had elapsed, and the crowd demanded a resumption of play. The pressure grew so strong that President Hulbert left his seat in the Grand Stand, and, going into the field, gave Anson a peremptory order to give up the point and go on with the game. Anson, however, knew he was right, and he also knew that Mr. Hulbert was himself violating the rules and setting a bad example by coming on the ground at all. He flatly refused to obey the President's order, and went on with his search for the rule which prescribes that a player must hold the ball after touching out a runner. Finally he found it, and the Umpire as in duty bound reversed his decision to conform with the plain requirement of the rule. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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