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Hitting Creighton: Patience Pays
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Base Ball StratagemsBase Ball Stratagems |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, USA |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "The question will naturally be asked, how came the Unions to score so well against Creighton's pitching? and the reply is, that they waited until they got a ball to suit them, Creighton delivering, on an average, 20 or 30 balls to each striker in four of the six innings played." |
| Sources | New York Sunday Mercury, Aug. 2, 1862 |
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| Comment | The report goes on to disclose the secrets of Creighton's success as a pitcher. The Union of Morrisania club had defeated Creighton and the Excelsior of South Brooklyn, 12-4. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 3/11/2014 |
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1862.25 Hitting Creighton: Patience Pays"
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