Clipping:Umpire now supposed to call all balls

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Date Saturday, May 1, 1869
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[Athletics vs. Princeton 4/24/1869] McBride worked heroically, but his pitching is not so strong as it used to be, and the batting has improved. If the Umpire had enforced the amended rule in respect to pitching, the Athletics would have been nowhere. This rule takes from the Umpire all discretionary power–now he must call all balls not pitched within the legitimate reach of the bat. Let Umpires take notice, and do their duty.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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