Clipping:Creighton's delivery

From Protoball
Jump to navigation Jump to search
19C Clippings
Scroll.png


Add a Clipping
Date Sunday, May 20, 1860
Text

The Excelsiors lost more hands by tips than their opponents, notwithstanding the swiftness of Creighton’s pitching, and the twist which he is known to [illegible] to the ball. The pitcher of the Charter Oak side [Shields] delivers the ball with his left hand, and also with great force and precision, though apparently requiring much greater exertion on his part than on the part of Creighton, whose easy action and motion was the subject of general remark.

Source New York Sunday Mercury
Comment Edit with form to add a comment
Query Edit with form to add a query
Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

Comments

<comments voting="Plus" />