Clipping:In praise of high scores and a lively ball

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Date Friday, July 21, 1882
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It used to be one of the charms of the game when the ball was poked all over the field and the bases were kept full of runners, and when a “whitewash” for nine innings was almost unknown and almost impossible among first-class clubs. Now it is a daily occurrence. It would add fresh interest to the sport if the gentlemen who now frame its rules were to place more rubber in the ball and make it “lively., quoting the Philadelphia Chronicle

Source Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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