Clipping:Softening a ball before the game
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Date | Wednesday, June 8, 1887 |
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Text | [Tim Murnan reminiscing in the Boston Referee about the Brown Stockings of 1875] The balls were not sealed up on those days. The home team had to present two balls, and the visitors could choose either one. All that was necessary was to have the proper maker's name on. In St. Louis the fast work of Bradley and Clapp required a soft ball, and it was generally made so before the game by applying a bat to them against a stone slab, taking care to cover them with a cloth to keep from staining them. |
Source | Sporting Life |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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