Clipping:A wildly implausible argument for the ten-men ten-inning rule
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| Date | Tuesday, June 29, 1875 |
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| Text | [a letter to the editor from “A Convert] I am a constant reader of the Item, and find that it is beyond doubt the very best base ball paper published. It is not my intention to write you to inform you or your readers of this fact, but to express my concurrence with your idea relative to the “ten-men and ten-inning game.” At first I set it down as a wild theory incapable of becoming a practical success, but your persistent manner, and the strong arguments you used in its defense, led me to pay particular attention to the principal games of the season, and especially to the batting of the clubs; this has proved to me beyond controversy, that in this part of the game some improvement is really needed, as the batting has become extremely weak, as the number of “Chicago” games this season is a proof. What, then, do we need? Why, scientific batting; its must certainly become a part of the game as well as scientific fielding, and, in my humble opinion, it can never become a science until the field is more fully covered with fielders. Therefore, ten men will be the means of securing it. The base-ball fraternity are awakening to it fast, and you will have their thanks for your earnest efforts in the direction of the ten-men and ten-inning game. |
| Source | Philadelphia All-Day City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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