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Show EXECUTE FIRST DOUBLE PLAY Mads In. Game Between Old Cincln-natl Cincln-natl Red Stockings and Attan-tics Attan-tics of Brooklyn. The first double play of which tfiere is any record was made In a game played between the old Cincinnati Bed Stockings and the Atlantics of Brooklyn. The game was played June 14, 1870. Here la how the play was accomplished: accom-plished: It wus in the tenth inuing and McDonald of the Atlnntlcs was on second. Pierce was on first, and no one was out. Smith hit a little pop fly to George Wright at short. lr.stead of catching the ball ns the base runner bud anticipated, he trapped the ball by scooping It up on the first bound, snd he threw It to Waterman, who was covering third br.se for Cincinnati. The latter passed It to Stvoasy at second and the two runners were retired. This was the gitme In which Cincinnati Cincin-nati met the first d -'eat in the two seasons that It had be.- playing. In the eleventh Inning Cincinnati scored two runs, but the Atlantics made three in their half which gave them the game. |
