Clipping:Early homemade baseballs

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Date Monday, March 18, 1889
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[from a reminiscence of Charles S. Clampitt, formerly of the Olympics of Philadelphia] [speaking apparently of the early 1860s:] We played for honor, the only trophy being a ball. In our club we made our own balls. Every six months a committee was appointed for this purpose, and the balls were made of a piece of India rubber covered with twine, worsted and a calf skin.

Source Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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