Clipping:Catcher's shin guards?

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Date Saturday, July 23, 1887
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The armor of the habitual or professional baseball catcher is inadequate for safety. A wire mask over the face, a mattress chest protector, and greaves on the shin-bones are very useful in their places, but they present interstices which the ball, with deadly intelligence, aims for in its terrific flight.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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