Clipping:Baseball vs cricket
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| Date | Saturday, April 28, 1860 |
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| Text | Every Base Ball player of any note among his confreres, is already fitted to the measure of an excellent cricketer as far as fielding goes, or would be so after a few weeks practice in the leading points of the game; but he is lacking in a practical knowledge of two essential elements of cricket, batting and bowling. Place him on an equal footing in these latter respects, and our word for it, he will not be found inferior to any cricketer in any other. The same cannot be said of a cricketer in reference to Base Ball, for the reason that there are certain qualifications required in one who would excel in Base Ball, that are not absolutely necessary, though of course desirable, in him who aims at excellence in cricket–one of these qualifications being the ability to throw a ball far and quickly, which every first-nine player of a Base Ball club should be able to do well. In cricket, a good thrower is only required in two or three positions out of the eleven on the field. Suffice it to say, however, that a Base Ball player who has never practiced cricket, is better fitted to take a position in an eleven at that game, than a cricketer, who has never practised base Ball, is suited to take the place of a player in the nine of a ball club. ... Many a person who is physically incapacitated to excel as a Base Ball player, will make a very creditable cricketer, and for the reason that he need but be proficient in one of the elements of cricket, viz.: batting, bowling, and fielding, to be a desirable member of an eleven; that is, provided he is not very deficient in his ability to field; whereas, in base ball, any marked inferiority in any one of the qualifications of a first-rate player, will lead to his exclusion from the best nine of a club. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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