Clipping:Favoring runs scored over batting average

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Date Saturday, July 14, 1883
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The following letter will interest members of the Cincinnati team:

To the Base Ball Editor of the Commercial Gazette.

Being an admirer of base ball, and to further the interests of the National sport in our city, I propose to present to such member of the Cincinnati team having the best official batting average for the season of 1883 a handsome ebony bat, mounted with solid silver trimmings. The bat will be on exhibition at 80 West Fourth street for ten days. Hoping you will approve of my action, respectfully yours, S. Rosenberg.

{While we appreciate Mr. Rosenberg’s intentions, we do not approve of offering a prize for official batting averages, because it tends to induce a player to look more to his average than to his club’s interests. We respectfully suggest to Mr. R. that he make the prize a reward to the player who shall make the most runs in championship games.–Ed. Com. Gaz.}

Source Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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