Clipping:A country catcher and the chest protector
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| Date | Saturday, August 23, 1884 |
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| Text | Oxley is about the newest man that ever played ball in New York city. He went in to catch just as he had arrived from the Green Mountains, and after catching an inning he saw the catcher of the other club strapping on a chest protector, so he asked him what he was doing that for. And the catcher replied: “To keep the ball from striking me in the chest; there is one on your own side; put it on the next time you go behind the bat.” Acting upon the advice, Oxley strapped on the protector and caught for two innings without a mask and the big rubber shield flapping like the wings of an eagle, and he probably would have finished the game in the same way if some fellow hadn't come along and said: “That thing won't do you any good unless you fill it full of wind.” Oxely took the tip, sneaked off to one side and blew it up, but he continued to catch without a mask until some other kind fellow came along and told him what a mask was used for, that they were not muzzles, but simply to keep a man from being struck in the face with a sharp foul tip. Once more he took a drop and has been catching with a mask ever since. St. |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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