Clipping:Umpiring from behind the pitcher

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Date	Wednesday, August 22, 1888
Text	[from Chadwick's column][interviewing Fred Goldsmith, AA substitute umpire] Accustomed as he was to the occupancy of the pitcher's box and to seeing umpires do their work for years, he thought it would be a comparatively easy task to discharge the duties of the position, but his practical experience during the past month of service opened his eyes to some facts in umpiring of which he was not previously aware. I asked him about his experience in judging balls and strikes from the position behind the pitcher, and he said he could judge as to both more accurately than from behind the bat, owing to his pitching experience, but that he could not judge foul balls so well there as from behind the bat.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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