Clipping:A marble slab in front of the pitcher's box
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| Date | Wednesday, April 8, 1885 |
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| Text | [reporting on the AA umpires' meeting] A unanimous request was made by the umpires that all clubs put a marble or glass slab, a foot wide, on the front outer edge of the pitcher's box. They say that it is impossible to watch the pitcher's foot and at the same time judge properly the passage of the ball and position of the batsman. Representatives of five clubs who were present agreed to put down this slab, and it is probable that all will see the advisability of it, and will comply with the request. The Sporting Life April 8, 1885 [quoting Chadwick] The umpires have requested all American clubs to place a marble or glass slab, a foot wide, on the front outer edge of the pitcher’s box. This slab, they claim, will allow them to devote their attention particularly upon the high delivery of the ball. The president insisted upon a strict construction of the rule prohibiting the overthrow, and the umpires were notified that they must promptly inflict the penalty every time the hand holding the ball passes above the line of the shoulder when the arm is swung forward in delivering the ball... St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 11, 1885 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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