Clipping:Bushong's position catching
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| Date | Saturday, August 14, 1886 |
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| Text | Bushong’s method is such a remarkable one as to have become the talk of all who have observed him. He squats, as it were, on his “haunches,” bends his body down until it is almost parallel with the ground, places his hands about an inch from his kneecaps and thus leaves his elbows sticking out from the whole make-up in a ridiculous manner. The only thing to which he can be properly compared is the appearance of a huge frog sitting on the traditional log and making ready to spring into the depths of his favorite pond. In this ridiculous position “the Doctor” waits patiently until the ball is within reach when he makes a sudden snap at it. The occasions on which he lets it pass him are so few that they need scarcely be mentioned at all. The quartette of catchers mentioned above [O’Rourke, Baldwin, Bennet and Ewing] have evidently concluded that Bushong is wrong in his method of receiving low balls, i.e., with the hands in a position in which the fingers point downward and invariably use the opposite style, with the digits pointing upwards. Bushong probably understands from experience that the speed of the ball is much neutralized when caught in the manner indicated, that is, with a side and front resistance, dividing up the impulse in two directions. Why it is that Bushong escapes some terrible calamity while exposing himself every day is a mystery, but he goes ahead just as he has been doing for years, with never a scratch. St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 14, 1886 Dunlap sold to Detroit for $4,700; salary limit ignored For the past ten days negotiations have been pending between the management of the Detroit and St. Louis Club for the sale and transfer of Fred Dunlap, the brilliant second baseman of the Maroons, to the Detroits. This afternoon [8/6] Managers Schmelz and Watkins, Mr. J. B Maloney, one of the Directors of the Detroit Club, and Mr. Dunlap met at the Girard House, where the necessary documents were signed and sealed. The price paid for the release was $4,700, the highest figure ever paid for one player. Two contracts were executed, a private and the league contract. In the league contract the limit rule is not ignored, but the private contract informs Mr. Dunlap that he is to receive $4,500 a season for two seasons and an advance of $1,100 on the first day of November, 1886 and 1887 respectively. The Sporting News August 16, 1886 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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