Clipping:Exonerating a pitcher from throwing the game because he would have done it better

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Date	Sunday, August 20, 1871
Text	[Haymakers vs. Eckford 8/17/1871] The Trojans would undoubtedly have won the game had it not been for their pitcher, McMullen, who, in the most extraordinary manner appeared to lose all control over the ball in the last inning after two of the Eckford men were out, and when it was Broadway to a banana that the Eckfords would not be able even to tie the game. Of course there were many persons kind enough to insinuate that he had thrown the game, but it seems utterly improbable that he should have been such a fool as to wait until the last inning before he commenced such a line of conduct, when he might so much more easily and certainly have obtained the object by doing a little wile pitching in the earlier part of the game.
Source	New York Dispatch
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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