Clipping:The umpire removes Hulbert from the field

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Date Saturday, July 19, 1879
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The best joke of the season is reported to have been perpetrated in Chicago on Juy 8. President Hulbert had settled himself in a comfortable chair inside the field, when the catcher of the Bostons observed him, and said to the umpire: “Make that man move.” McLean went and promptly bounced Hulbert, to the audibly expressed delight of Harry Wright, on his read seat.

Source New York Clipper
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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