Clipping:Umpire behind the catcher; difficulty calling a fair-foul

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Date	Sunday, August 20, 1876
Text	A letter from Cincinnati gives an account of a rather ludicrous scene between Ross Barnes and an umpire. The latter insisted on standing about twenty feet back of the catcher when Ross was trying for a fair foul, and, after he had made about half a dozen beautiful ones and had them all called foul, became slightly exasperated, and, calling the umpire up, asked him to stand near the plate. After he had complied, Ross hit the first ball down two feet inside the line, and then, pointing to the mark in the mud, explained to the umpire that he wanted to show him a new trick in the game. After he had concluded his little address, he ran away to first and reached it safely while the third baseman was hunting up the ball.
Source	Philadelphia Item
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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