Clipping:A proposal for square bats; the ten men game
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| Date | Saturday, February 8, 1879 |
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| Text | A number of experienced baseballists are in favor of the radical change of a four-sided bat in the place of the round one which has been in use since the game originated. There is also an opposition to this change, and, singularly enough, it comes chiefly from the quarter from which calls for “livelier balls and more batting” have been heard for two or three seasons past. There is one thing in regard to this proposed change which is worthy of consideration, and that is that the batsman with the four-sided bat will be able to do with comparative ease what he can only accomplish with difficulty with the round bat, and that is to place the ball. ... ... There is one thing the four-sided bats will introduce, and that is a right-short fielder; in other words, the ten-men-and-ten-innings game, and that, too, with a dead ball. When the batsman gets hold of a bat which will enable him to place a ball, there is going to be lively work in the infield to prevent him making a base-hit, and the three basemen and two short-fielders will be found none too many to get in the way of a well-placed ball. ... Experiments will be tried with the new bat by Brooklyn professionals at Prospect Park before they leave for their respective clubs. Of course the round bat will be in use this season, but it is probable that the season of 1880 will see the four-sided bat introduced. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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