Clipping:Basemen adjusting where they play

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Date	Saturday, January 13, 1877
Text	Base-players are learning to use their judgment more than they used to do. Formerly they took up one regular position in the field, and waited for balls to come to them, seldom changing their place according to the different style of batting they were called upon to attend to. Now, however, they move about from place to place to suit the batting, the second-baseman frequently playing at “right-short,” while the third ofttimes gets down to the short-stop's position, and then again he will go over to the foul-ball lines. Under the new rule the first and third basemen will not be required to stand as near to the foul-ball lines as hitherto; for it will be difficult for a batsman to hit a ball on the line of the bases, so as to go in front of the base, either to the right or the left, and the infielders will be able to consolidate their forces so as to secure more ground-balls than they did before.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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