Traps

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Awaiting Review
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.

Submitted by Bob Tholkes
Submission Note 4/6/2015



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