Clipping:Electric scoreboard in Boston

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Date	Friday, May 25, 1888
Text	A new feature will be introduced on the Boston grounds this afternoon in the shape of a base ball register. It is the invention of the Parker brothers of Waltham. A board partition has been erected on the centre field fence, a little to one side of the flag pole. By means of electric wires which run from the board along the fence to a position in the pavilion, an operator sitting in the latter, by touching a knob, registers on the board the decision of the umpire as to balls and strikes, giving the number of each, and also whether a batter or runner is out, or when the ball hit is a foul. This will prove an advantage to those people who, in case of unusual noise, cannot hear the umpire's decision. It is expected that the invention will be perfected so that the name of the player at the bat will also be registered.
Source	Boston Herald
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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