Clipping:Runners must touch the bases 2
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| Date | Saturday, June 20, 1863 |
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| Text | [Gotham vs. Star 6/10/1863] This game was made a noteworthy contest, from the fact that during the match an important precedent was established, that we hope to see followed up on each occasion of a match; viz., that every player will have to touch every base in running round, in future, or he will be liable to be put out. If he fails to touch every base as he passes, he will be made to return to them. Smith, of the Stars, was put out in this way. He had made a hit which gave him his third base; but in running round, he failed to touch the first base. McGrath, who was attending to the first base for the Gothams, called for the ball, and holding it while on the base asked for judgment, and the umpire at once decided Smith out. New York Clipper June 20, 1863 [Athletic vs. Eckford 6/23/1863] William Culyer acted as umpire on the occasion, and by his decision in the case of Snyder, who failed to touch his base in going round, he established the rule in such cases that Grum had inaugurated the previous week in the Gotham and Star match. New York Clipper June 27, 1863 |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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