Clipping:Moral courage needed to call balls

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Date Sunday, September 19, 1869
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[Mutuals vs. Athletics 9/15/1869] Mr. Nelson showed good judgment in his decisions, as a general thing, but he evidently lacked moral courage in calling balls; if not, he has certainly failed to read the rules correctly. For instance, when Wolters was at the bat in the fourth inning, two or three balls had been sent in out of the legitimate reach of the bat before a word was said, and then came a warning, “Look out for your next”. After this, three separate times were balled pitched which the rules positively oblige the umpire to call “balls”, and yet all the umpire did was to repeat the warning–four times in succession–“Look out for your next”.

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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