Clipping:Protocol of asking for judgment
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| Date | Sunday, June 25, 1871 |
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| Text | Allison, of the Eckfords, hit a ball to the out field, made his first and tried to reach his second, when the ball was fielded into Leonard, who touched or tried to touch Allison, and then called to the umpire, “How is that?” Before Mr. Hatfield could give a decision, Allison very improperly called out, “No touch,” which he had no right to do, and which placed the umpire in a very awkward predicament, as if he decided not out, every one interested in the affair would have declared he had decided “on the evidence of a player,” which would have been in direct contravention of the rules. This trick of holding up the ball, as if the base runner had been touched, and asking for a decision when the field knows he has not touched the runner, is dishonest and [illegible]...asking the umpire for a decision is equivalent to informing him that he (the fielder) had touched the player. Master Nelson did the same thing in an earlier stage of the game, when he knew he was not within two feet of the man running the base. This is frequently done, and is considered “clever,” but is simply an attempt to cheat, for which any player ought to be expelled from a respectable club. |
| Source | New York Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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