Clipping:Swift versus slow pitching
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| Date | Wednesday, August 19, 1863 |
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| Text | [Empire vs. Star of Brooklyn 8/18/1863] This match afforded an tolerably fair test of the respective merits of the two styles of pitching, the one consisting of swift but inaccurately delivered balls, and the other slow ones, intended to give the fielders active exercise and full play for a development of their abilities. The former style of pitching is productive of numerous tips, foul balls and striking out, and also of passed balls, on which players run their bases and secure their runs.; the brunt of the work of this pitching, falling heavily on the pitcher and catcher; the result, generally speaking, being a long, tedious and uninteresting game. Whereas, the other style not only makes the game lively and interesting, but gives every man in the field a fair chance to distinguish himself. Between the two styles of pitching, we unhesitatingly give the preference to well pitched, slow, or medium-paced balls, as the best for giving life to the game, and also from its being calculated to advance its popularity. |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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