Clipping:Catchers using just one glove; Bushong's glove
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| Date | Sunday, September 16, 1888 |
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| Text | Bushong, as the balance of the great catchers, wears the heavy glove on the left hand and often wears nothing on the right. His left glove is a heavily-padded harness-leather-tipped affair, padded, with two layers of lamb’s wool. St. Louis Post-Dispatch September 16, 1888 Catcher A. J. Bushong of the Brooklyn club says: “I have learned that in receiving a righthanded pitcher I get all the balls on my left hand. With a lefthanded pitcher it is just the reverse, and I get all the balls on my right hand. As we catch more righthanded pitchers than lefthanders, our catchers’ left hands are generally pretty well battered out of shape. For throwing to bases a lefthanded pitcher is the best, and we are able to get the ball down to second much quicker than with a righthanded pitcher. When a runner is on first and about to start to steal second, the pitcher should send a straight, speedy ball over the plate, so that the catcher can get down ahead of the runner.” Cleveland Plain Dealer September 30, 1888 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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