Clipping:Arguing over the ball to use
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Date | Sunday, June 27, 1869 |
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Text | [Cincinnati vs. Athletic 6/21/1869] Over a quarter of an hour’s time was wasted in a dispute as to what ball should be played with, the Athletics insisting that a lively elastic Ross ball should be used, whilst the Cincinnatis claimed that as they were the challenging party, they had the right o furnish the ball, and therefore proposed to use a ball made expressly for them, of a non-elastic nature, by which they hoped to equalize any advantage that the Athletics might possess over them in batting. The dispute was finally decided by the Cincinnatis agreeing to play with the ball furnished by the Athletics, as it always has been the custom for the club on whose ground a match is played to furnish the ball. |
Source | Philadelphia Sunday Mercury |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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