1860.75

Chichester Redesigns the Base

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	EquipmentEquipment
Location	Greater New York CityGreater New York City
City/State/Country:	NYC, NY, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	[A] "BALL PLAY. KNICKERBOCKER CLUB.-- ...The Knickerbockers, we noticed, introduced on their grounds the new bases...An iron circle is fastened to one side of the base, and a screw with a nut head is inserted in the base-post, and the base is placed on it, and the head of the screw enters the iron circle on the base, similarly to a key into a lock. The base revolves on this centre, but never moves away from it, and is easily taken up at the close of the game by turning it round once...They are to be had at Mr. Chic[h]ester's, we believe, in Wall street." [B] A second article adds that the Putnam and Eagle clubs were using the base, too, and that Chichester was a member of Brooklyn's Putnam Club.
Sources	[A] New York Clipper, April 21, 1860 [B] Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 30, 1860
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes, Brian McKenna
Submission Note	3/19/2014 (BT); email of 11/7/2014 (BMc)
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