Dunlap's "Lower Body Injury"

Saturday, March 17, 2012

A letter from Boston says that Dunlap has hurt a leg, but will be all right again in a few days.

-St. Louis Globe-Democrat, July 16, 1884


So the initial report was that Dunlap was ill and the next day we hear that he had a leg injury.  It's good to know that deception, when it comes to reporting sports injuries, is not a new thing.