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Lively Ball Suspected in Mutual-Oluympic Game

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	The BallThe Ball
Location
City/State/Country:	New York, NY, United States
Modern Address
Game	BaseballBaseball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	"It was supposed that a lively ball was played with, on account of the heavy batting [Mutual had 31 hits and 29 runs]. Both the Olympic games of yesterday and Monday were played with a ball that contained but half an ounce of rubber; the yarn and covering bringing it up to regulation weight."
Sources	New York Tribune, September 14, 1870.
Warning
Comment	Richard Hershberger annotation, 9/14/2020: "Missing from [the formal rule on ball makeup] is any discussion of relative proportions of rubber and yarn. In other words, how much rubber? Rubber is denser than yarn, so the size and weight requirements imply a range of legal proportions between the two. Some clubs were rumored to get around this, having illegal balls made with extra rubber, balanced by cork. . . . There were learned discussions of the merits of lively and dead balls, and arguments before the game started over what ball to use. Also, the occasional surreptitious switch mid-game. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Were the weights and circumferences of balls subject to impartial tests at or before games? Edit with form to add a query
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External Number
Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Submission Note	Facebook posting, 9/14/2020.
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