Clipping:Poor umpiring not calling balls

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Date	Sunday, July 18, 1869
Text	[Olympic of Washington vs. Athletic 7/17/1869] There was another feature of this game that deserves to be strongly condemned. That is the umpiring. It is the custom when a good player from another city is on the ground to compliment him by making him umpire, and yesterday Mr. D. Allison, of the Cincinnati Club, occupied that important position. Mr. Allsion made one of the worst umpires of the season. He called about one ball in ten, while the rules require that every ball improperly pitched shall be called. The result was that this game lasted four hours and twenty minutes! Surely this is wrong. The spectators get tired out and the players become exhausted. No occasional brilliant play will redeem the tedium of a game which drags along by the refusal of the umpire to strictly enforce the laws.
Source	Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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