Clipping:The umpire institutes a ground rule on balls in the crowd
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| Date | Sunday, August 28, 1864 |
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| Text | [Eckford vs. Mutual 8/22/1864] The arrangements for keeping the ground clear, though good, were not up to the mark of previous efforts of the kind by the Mutuals; and before the game was over, the necessity of keeping a clear field immediately back of the first and third bases was made clearly apparent the umpire very properly introducing the precedent of giving every player his next base in cases where he would be sure to make it from an overthrown ball, if there was a clear field behind these bases. New York Sunday Mercury August 28, 1864 a bunt by a muffin [Excelsior muffins vs. Enterprise muffins 9/15/1864] The feature of the play was the batting of Prof. Bassler of the Enterprise team...Being an original of the first water, he adopted an original theory in reference to batting, which we are obliged to confess is not of the most striking character. His idea is not a bad one though, it being to hit the ball slightly so as to have it drop near the home base, therefore necessitating the employment of considerable skill on the part of the pitcher to get at the ball, pick it up and throw it accurately to first base. Brooklyn Eagle September 16, 1864 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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