Clipping:George Wright introduced the rubber mouth guard

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Date Sunday, November 11, 1883
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Some years ago George Wright introduced in base-ball a rubber mouth-piece for the protection of the teeth of players behind the bat. The wire mask, which was introduced later on, rendered the use of the mouth-piece unnecessary, but now it promises to come into use again on the foot-ball field as a protection for “rushers” in the rough-and-tumble scrimmages of the game., quoting the Cleveland Herald

Source Cincinnati Enquirer
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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