Clipping:Confusion between balls and wides

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Date	Saturday, December 5, 1874
Text	In regard to the rule which requires “balls” to be called, in addition to “wides,” in cases where the delivery is neither wide nor yet over the base, that rule has not seemed to work so satisfactorily, owing chiefly to the fact that it has a tendency to confuse the umpire in judging of “wides.” The latter class of balls can be readily distinguished, and there is no difficulty whatever in calling them. It is otherwise, however, in the case of calling balls; and it is questionable whether the punishment of an inaccurate delivery of the ball by the pitcher should not be limited to the calling of “wides,” especially as the season’s play has shown that this calling of “balls” rather cramps the pitcher’s movements for strategic play.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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