Clipping:An attempted catch from the Washington Monument
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| Date | Saturday, April 19, 1890 |
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| Text | While the Boston League team was in Washington last week several of the players tried the experiment of catching a base ball tossed from the top of Washington Monument. Nichols, Donovan and Hodgman ascended to the top of the monument, carrying with them three balls. To get the direction of the wind a hat was first dropped, and was twenty seconds reaching the earth. Then came the first ball. It was just seven seconds before it struck terra firma, and out of the reach of any player. Although the ball could be distinctly seen during its entire flight, it was impossible to judge its course with any accuracy whatever. The second ball was just 6 ¼ seconds in reaching the ground, and gain no one was in reach of it. The third ball came down in the same time as the second one, and with the same result. Then Donovan shouted down for some one to throw the balls back, but Sullivan said he wasn't yet in trim for long-distance throwing, and Brodie feared it would lame his arm. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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