Clipping:The ideological argument for dead balls

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Date	Saturday, July 24, 1869
Text	Naturally, it would be supposed that, in either case, the over-elastic, or the hard, non-elastic ball, would be as fair for one side as the other; but it is not so. In the case of the elastic ball, the advantage lays with the party having the most muscular power in handling the bat, not with the most skillful batsmen; while in the hard, but non-elastic ball, the fielders are afforded a fair opporu8nity to offset the batting by fielding skill, which they are not in the other case. Now, a first-class match should be marked by a legitimate trial of skill in both departments of the game, and not a contest in which the mere possession of the most muscular power decides the victory.
Source	National Chronicle
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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