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I had a mighty good opinion of my ability to hold my own In all contests that demanded strength and endurance, and it was a good thing that I sometimes ran up against a snag. One Instance In which my pride took a tremendous tumble was In 1872, the first year I played with the Athletios. It was a throwing match pulled off at the Union grounds In Brooklyn between members of the Mutuals, Bostons and Athletics for a purse of several hundred dollars. The entries were Hatfield and Boyd of the Mutuals, George Wright and Leonard of the Bostons, and Flslar and myself of the Athletics. Before the contest began I was so confident of my ability to break all previous records that I made no Mor»t of my expectation, but when I
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