Clipping:Indoor baseball in Brooklyn 2
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| Date | Sunday, December 8, 1889 |
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| Text | [reporting plans of the Thirteenth Regiment] The rules of the American Association, modified to suit the confines of the armory, have been adopted. The playing floor occupies a space 198 feet long and 125 feet wide. Wire screens will be sued to protect the chandeliers and gun racks. Rubber mats will be placed in position to indicate the pitcher's plate and home base and the bases, instead of the regulation distance, 30 yards apart, will be confined to 24 yards. The playing ball will be made out of a lawn tennis ball, covered with yarn, and it will be of regulation size and appearance, but will weight one ounce less. According to the rules a ball striking the ceiling or any other portion of the building, which is caught by a fielder shall be declared a fair catch and the batsman is out. The umpire's decision is final and there cannot be any appeal. … The one obstacle to the success of the scheme seems to be in the fact that the games will be played by gaslight. Those directly interested, however, stated that a test game has already been played, and the only thing unfavorable discovered was the use of a regulation ball. New York Sun December 8, 1889 ...The players will wear canvas shoes with rubber soles,and no substitute player will be permitted to play in the place of another player without having the regulation shoes. … The ball to be sued is to be known as the “National Guard League Ball.” It will weight about two ounces less than the League or Association ball, and will be furnished by the Gymnasium Association. The last ball in play will become the property of the winning club. The bats will be regulation size, but will be made as light as possible. Championship games will consist of as many innings as can be played in one hour and thirty minutes. Whenever a fair ball is knocked into the left field gallery the player will be entitled to two bases. A ball batted into the gallery at the extreme end of the armory is to be credited as a home run. New York Sun December 15, 1889 |
| Source | New York Sun |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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