Clipping:Scoring on a revived foul ball
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| Date | Sunday, July 31, 1881 |
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| Text | [Cleveland vs. Chicago 7/30/1881] [Anson at third; Williamson at first; one out] Burns being at bat, Williamson then stole second, and as he ran Burns hit a dump foul close to the plate. Kennedy [catcher] passed the ball to McCormick [pitcher], and he to Phillips[first baseman], so that Williamson was easily put out before he could return to first base. Here came in a point in base-running which was new in Chicago certainly, and very likely was the first of the kind anywhere. As the umpire called foul on Burns' hit, Anson, who had taken the customary ground off third base, quickly returned to and touched the bag. Holding there until Kennedy had passed the ball to McCormick, Anson instantly started for the plate, shrewdly judging that McCormick's sole thought would be to send the ball to first to catch Williamson, who had run on the foul hit. This was precisely what McCormick did, and successfully so far as Williamson was concerned, but before Phillips could pass the ball to Kennedy, Anson had crossed the plate in safety with the run that won the game... |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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