Clipping:A complaint about the Reach ball

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Date	Sunday, August 26, 1888
Text	For some weeks past there has been a general complaint among Association players in regard to the Reach ball. The opinion prevails that it is a very inferior article and to this, in a measure, is traceable the light batting among the Association players. All the balls that were intended for the Southern League were palmed off on the Association when that organization went under. Yesterday one of Reach’s balls was cut in two, and a careful examination was made of its composition. The small inside rubber ball was taken to a dealer in rubber goods, and it was pronounced by him to be of a very inferior quality. The woolen yarn pakcing is not what it is cracked up to be, and the plastic composition which forms an inside covering is as thin as tissue paper. The packing was not firm, as an indentation could be made by a slight pressure of the finger. The ball that was examined, a cut of which appears above, was used in the Shamrock game at Dayton last Sunday. The Cincinnati, Athletic, Brooklyn and Baltimore players have made complaints to the respective heads of their clubs in regard to the ball. John Reilly asserts that the Reach ball is nothing but a bundle of old woolen yarn. If Reach can not furnish a good articles it is about time the Association was looking elsewhere for a suitable ball. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette August 26, 1888 Al Reach sent on a lot of new balls yesterday. They are packed with a better article of yarn and there is a larger quantity of rubber in them. John Reilly is amazingly pleased with the new alls and hopes to raise his batting average from now on. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette September 12, 1888
Source	Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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