Clipping:Confusion about a block ball

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Date	Monday, August 7, 1882
Text	[a letter from Indianapolis signed Ball Player] I would like to have your decision on the following matter: In a game of ball played here last week there was a kick. There were men on all the bases. The pitcher delivered the ball, which was muffed by the catcher, and passed him. I asked umpire and he called passed ball. I ran my man in. catcher did not touch him,, but made an overthrow to the pitcher standing at home. This let another man in, tieing the game. It was then learned that the ball had touched a bystander after passing the catcher. Umpire ruled one run out, after telling the scorer to put it down, and made the man take third base. Are we not entitled to both runs? You are. Then men were each entitled to a base even if the ball did touch a bystander, and the overthrow had nothing to do with it. The umpire was wrong.
Source	Cincinnati Enquirer
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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