Clipping:A broken bat single
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| Date | Wednesday, September 12, 1866 |
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| Text | [Enterprise vs. Eckford 9/10/1866] Brown sent a low ball to left field, making two bases. Southworth followed with a hot one, which broke his bat, but secured him his base and sent Brown home. Brooklyn Eagle September 12, 1866 A description of poor pitching; the pitcher's run-up in the old days; no balls called on wild pitching [Eckford vs. Enterprise 9/10/1866] When it is asserted that the game was well played, it must be understood as applying only to the fielding, as the batting was not at all what it might be, while the pitching was as wild almost as when the pitcher was allowed to run in half a dozen yards before he delivered the ball. But the Umpire did not mind it, and the pitchers were allowed to worry the batsmen to their hearts' content. As an instance, in one innings Hall, of the Enterprise, was at the bat and Southworth pitching. The ball was pitched seven times without reaching the home base once except after a bound or two; then a ball was pitched about eight feet up in the air; then one for which the catcher had to run at least five yards to the left of his position in order to stop. At the tenth ball the batsman struck, but the ball was not at all within reach; then four more bounders and the fifteenth ball was hit. During all this time no “ball” was called. New York Herald September 12, 1866 [Enterprise v. Eckford 9/10/1866] A feature of this game was the wild pitching, the umpire [Eli Holmes of the Oriental BBC] ignoring the Sixth Rule altogether. As an instance, in one inning Hall, of the Enterprise, was at the bat and Southworth pitching. The ball was pitched seven times without reaching the home-base once, except after a bound or two; then a ball was pitched about eight feet up in the air; then one for which the catcher had to run at least five yards to the left of his position in order to stop. At the tenth ball the batsman struck, but the ball was not at all within reach; then four more bounders, and the fifteenth ball was hit. During all this time no “ball” was called. New York Sunday Mercury September 16, 1866 |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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