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|Headline=Lively Ball Suspected in Mutual-Oluympic Game
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|Text=<p>"It was supposed that a lively ball was played with, on account of the heavy batting [Mutual had 31 hits and 29 runs].&nbsp; Both the Olympic games of yesterday and Monday were played with a ball that contained but half an ounce of rubber; the yarn and covering bringing it up to regulation weight."&nbsp;</p>
|Text=<p>"It was supposed that a lively ball was played with, on account of the heavy batting [Mutual had 31 hits and 29 runs].&nbsp; Both the Olympic games of yesterday and Monday were played with a ball that contained but half an ounce of rubber; the yarn and covering bringing it up to regulation weight."&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><em>New York Tribune</em>, September 14, 1870.</p>
|Sources=<p><em>New York Tribune</em>, September 14, 1870.</p>
<p>For a concise account of rules on baseballs, see Chapter 17 ("The Ball and Bat"), in Richard Hershberger,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball, (</span>Rowan and&nbsp; Littlefield, 2019, pp 121-126.</p>
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|Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger annotation, 9/14/2020: "Missing from [the formal rule on ball makeup] is any discussion of relative proportions of rubber and yarn.&nbsp; In other words, how much rubber?&nbsp; Rubber is denser than yarn, so the size and weight requirements imply a range of legal proportions between the two.&nbsp; Some clubs were rumored to get around this, having illegal balls made with extra rubber, balanced by cork. . . . There were learned discussions of the merits of lively and dead balls, and arguments before the game started over what ball to use.&nbsp; Also, the occasional surreptitious switch mid-game.&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>Richard Hershberger annotation, 9/14/2020: "Missing from [the formal rule on ball makeup] is any discussion of relative proportions of rubber and yarn.&nbsp; In other words, how much rubber?&nbsp; Rubber is denser than yarn, so the size and weight requirements imply a range of legal proportions between the two.&nbsp; Some clubs were rumored to get around this, having illegal balls made with extra rubber, balanced by cork. . . . There were learned discussions of the merits of lively and dead balls, and arguments before the game started over what ball to use.&nbsp; Also, the occasional surreptitious switch mid-game."</p>
|Query=<p>Were the weights and circumferences of balls subject to impartial tests at or before games?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ball Four</span> points out [pp 124-125) that a limit of one ounce of rubber was defined for a regulation ball in 1871. In 1876, the new National League addressed the issue by requiring clubs to use a standard Spalding ball in its games, thus lessening suspicion the club that provides a game ball thereby gains competitive advantage.&nbsp;</p>
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|Query=<p>Were the weights and/or circumferences of balls subject to impartial tests at or before games?</p>
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|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Submitted by=Richard Hershberger
|Submission Note=Facebook [posting, 9/14/2020.
|Submission Note=Facebook posting, 9/14/2020.
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Lively Ball Suspected in Mutual-Olympic Game

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City/State/Country: New York, NY, United States
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Text

"It was supposed that a lively ball was played with, on account of the heavy batting [Mutual had 31 hits and 29 runs].  Both the Olympic games of yesterday and Monday were played with a ball that contained but half an ounce of rubber; the yarn and covering bringing it up to regulation weight." 

Sources

New York Tribune, September 14, 1870.

For a concise account of rules on baseballs, see Chapter 17 ("The Ball and Bat"), in Richard Hershberger, Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball, (Rowan and  Littlefield, 2019, pp 121-126.

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Richard Hershberger annotation, 9/14/2020: "Missing from [the formal rule on ball makeup] is any discussion of relative proportions of rubber and yarn.  In other words, how much rubber?  Rubber is denser than yarn, so the size and weight requirements imply a range of legal proportions between the two.  Some clubs were rumored to get around this, having illegal balls made with extra rubber, balanced by cork. . . . There were learned discussions of the merits of lively and dead balls, and arguments before the game started over what ball to use.  Also, the occasional surreptitious switch mid-game."

Ball Four points out [pp 124-125) that a limit of one ounce of rubber was defined for a regulation ball in 1871. In 1876, the new National League addressed the issue by requiring clubs to use a standard Spalding ball in its games, thus lessening suspicion the club that provides a game ball thereby gains competitive advantage. 

 

 

 

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Were the weights and/or circumferences of balls subject to impartial tests at or before games?

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Submission Note Facebook posting, 9/14/2020.



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