Clipping:Early uses of 'wild pitch'; distinguished from passed ball

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Date Sunday, July 12, 1868
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[Athletic vs. Central City of Syracuse 6/29/1868] Adams got his second on a muff of Fislers. ... A wild pitch immediately afterwards gave him his third... Telford, by a low one a little to the left of second, made his first; a passed ball gave him second, a wild pitch third, where he was left through Yale striking out... Philadelphia Sunday Mercury July 12, 1868

[Atlantic vs. Mutual 10/12/1868] Start sent a “daisy cutter” along by third; made first and gave Smith second. They each made an extra bag on a wild pitch... New York Clipper October 17, 1868

Source Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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