Clipping:The center fielder playing in close

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Date	Saturday, February 13, 1875
Text	The centre-fielder now–under the nine-men rule–is very frequently required to play a long second-base position. That is, when the second baseman is playing “right-short” and the “short-stop” is well up towards third, and the latter looking out for fair fouls on foul ground, the second base is necessarily left unguarded unless the centre-fielder plays well in towards the base, so as to partly cover it. This, of course, can only be done at the risk of a ball now and then over his head, but the cost of this is compensated for by the bases saved by thus guarding or backing up second base. It will be plainly seen by this that the centre-field position requires a man used to “headwork” play, and one who keenly watches the play at the bat and in the infield.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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