View source for Clipping:Catcher chewing tobacco to keep the gloves moist

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|Type of Date=Day
|Date=7/17/1888
|Title=catcher chewing tobacco to keep the gloves moist
|Text=<p>Lave Cross says: “The first thing I learned to do when I commenced to catch was to chew tobacco.  I don’t see how a man can catch a game without a chew of tobacco in his mouth.  The principal reason is that in order to hold a ball you have got to keep your gloves damp constantly.  If they are dry you couldn’t hold a twister and would have a half dozen passed balls in a game.  Of course there are exceptions to this rule, but the only three in the country I know of are Bushong of Brooklyn, Cook of Louisville and Daniels of Kansas City.  They use water to dampen their gloves, but it is not nearly as good as tobacco.</p>
|Source=Cleveland Plain Dealer
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Origin=Initial Hershberger Clippings
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