Clipping:No force on a ball caught on the first bound

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Date Sunday, August 12, 1860
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[Excelsior vs. Atlantic 8/9/1860] [Pearce on first base, no other runners] ...he left at the instant Smith struck, and was running to the second base, when Holder [Excelsiors second baseman] caught the ball on the bound, and had a fine opportunity to put out Pierce, by touching him with the ball. Momentarily forgetting that the rules compelled him to touch the player, he simply covered the base himself, and passed the ball up to Pearsall at the first base. Dicky was thus saved an “out”...

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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