Clipping:A ten-man fly game; home runs over the fence
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| Date | Wednesday, September 23, 1863 |
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| Text | [Knickerbocker vs. Excelsior 9/22/1863] ...the Knickerbockers, being minus the services of two of their players, were obliged to draw upon the courtesy of their opponents for substitutes, and it is needless to add that the draft was duly honored, two of their first nine players, Messrs. Russell and Whiting, proffering their aid to fill up the gap in the Knickerbocker nine, or rather ten, for that was the number that played on each side in the game. By way of experiment, we presume, the swift pitching style of play was repudiated on this occasion, and in its stead balls were pitched fairly for the striker, dependence being placed solely on the skill of the fielders to win the game. Bound catches also were ruled out, the game throughout being played “on the fly.” But for this fact it would have been a shorter match than it was, as from fifteen to twenty bound catches were made in the course of the game. The batting in this match was unquestionably astonishing, more long hits being made than we ever saw in a game on the same [Union] grounds, no less than eight runs being made from hits that sent he ball the other side of the fence. |
| Source | Brooklyn Eagle |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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