Clipping:An idea for a ball catching device for the catcher

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Date	Wednesday, October 6, 1886
Text	A patent for a contrivance to prevent injury to the hands of catchers who play the National game will be introduced to the ball-playing public next season, says a New York exchange. It is described as made of steel and India rubber, in the form of the letter V, and is held on one hand, leaving the other free for throwing. No glove is needed on either hand when using the device, and with it a boy can catch the swiftest ball a pitcher can send in. it can be dropped instantly when there is a prospect that the catcher will have to touch a man trying to run home. Experienced ball players who have tried the deice like it so well that they say it must come into general, use, even if the the present rules of the game have to be amended to permit of its employment.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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