Clipping:Disputed area of responsibility in the two umpire system

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Date	Wednesday, May 22, 1889
Text	To-day [5/21] a Washington crowd was permitted to see the double umpire act. Fessenden presided behind the bat and curry judged the base plays. Had the game been close the home club would have had cause to protest several of Fessenden's decisions, for he deliberately showed to the players and the spectators that he lacked confidence in his own judgment. On one occasion Hoy made a clean bunt and took first base by fast running. It suddenly occurred to Capt. Anson that the ball struck the batsman. He appealed to Fessenden, who decided the runner safe. Anson then appealed to Curry, who was standing over near first base, and the latter said he thought the ball had struck the batsman, whereupon, to the disgust of the spectators, including the President of the League, Mr. Young, Fessenden reversed his decision and called Hoy to bat again.
Source	New York Sun
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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