Clipping:Chadwick's recommendations for the pitching rules; move the pitcher back
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| Date | Wednesday, November 11, 1885 |
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| Text | … The new rule which prevailed in the League during May and June, by which the forward step in delivery was prohibited, was not fairly tried. The mistake made by the majority of the pitchers in regard to the correct interpretation of the rule prejudiced several of them against it, and that was that the rule required the pitcher to keep his backward foot on the ground in delivery, when the fact was that it did nothing of the kind. The effect of the rule was to reduce the speed of the delivery without in any way preventing or impeding a thorough command of the ball. It is plainly evident that if the wear and tear of catchers is to be stopped or lessened, and the tedious method of the 'pitchers' games removed, something must be done to reduce the speed of the pitching. The prohibition of the forward step in delivery is one method, and we think it is the best; but the putting the pitcher back five feet further might obviate the difficulty., quoting Chadwick |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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