Clipping:Harry Wright advocates the square bat
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| Date | Sunday, March 2, 1879 |
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| Text | The above cut represents the square bat which was recently tried in New York City with so much success. It is scarce three months since this innovation was proposed through the columns of the Boston Herald. The first impression it made everywhere was that of derision. At the Cleveland Convention, however, Harry Wright confessed to the Enquirer reporter that the idea was his own, and explained why he believed the flat bat would become a necessity. Every body knows that Harry has made base-ball what it is in the United States. He has for twelve years been a living baseball Edison. He eats base-ball, and incorporates base-ball in his prayers. So whenever Harry Wright proposed something new in base-ball he has good reasons to back it up. Thus it was with the flat bat. His arguments on this score were published through the columns of the Enquirer other papers took up the theme, and the first words of ridicule were soon changed to sentiments of conviction and advocacy for the flat bat. It is hard to overthrow the outgrowth of the game, such as underhand throwing; with underhand throwing the ball must be less lively than in old-time days of straight-arm pitching, else the catcher's hands would have to be made of cast iron. So Harry Wright comes along with the flat bat. The best base-ball authority including Mr. Chadwick, of the Clipper, that that next year (1880) will see the new feature most certainly introduced, though it can not be brought into use this season. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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