Clipping:Baseball manufacture 3

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Date 1886
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[fromaninterviewofReachabout]Bothmen,womenandchildrenareemployedinmakingbaseballs.Thecheaperonesaremadebyapress,withleathershavingsontheinside.Thebodyiswrappedwithcottonandcoveredwithleather.Thecoveringisdonebyhand.Thebestballs–theonesinusebytheAmericanBaseBallAssociation–areasolidpieceofPararubberontheinside,coveredwithworstedyardandthenwithanoutsidecoveringofhorse-hide.Mendothiscovering.Theyaremostlyharness-makers,yettheyhavetobebrokenintothework,forevenagoodharness-makermaybeapoorhandatcoveringandsewingaballproperly.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Origin Initial Hershberger Clippings

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