Clipping:The umpire didn't call balls and strikes

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Date Sunday, August 1, 1869
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[Maryland vs. Atlantics 7/30/1869] Mr. Bass [of the Powhattan Club], the umpire in this match, is a good ball-layer, but his forte is not umpiring. He does not lack impartiality, but he is not posted in the rules, and his judgment is questionable. He did not call a ball in the game, and but one “called” strike. [The full nine innings took 2:25.]

Source New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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