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Date	Saturday, June 25, 1864
Location	Newark, NJ, United States
Modern Address	3966 Reservoir Blvd
Description	"(Burroughs)..."could easily have taken (the ball) on the fly...for strategical reasons...(he) missed the catch, thereby allowing the striker to make his base, by which the others were forced off theirs, and...both the players forced off their bases were put out."
Sources	New York Clipper, June 25, 1864. First reference to a stratagem probably long practiced.
Source Image	[[Image:|left|thumb]]
Has Source On Hand	No
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	4/6/2015

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