Clipping:Flint's hand-care routine
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| Date | Monday, June 21, 1880 |
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| Text | Flint's immunity from sore hands is by no means attributable to luck alone; he is one of the most careful and pains-taking players in the business, and it is to his own good sense and good care of himself that his freedom from disability is chiefly due. His method is worth describing for the benefit of other ball-players. After every game Flint works hard and laboriously on his hands, sometimes rubbing them far into the night. To care for his hands has become a habit with him, so much so that he rubs and kneads the palms and joints more or less at all times. At the end of the game with the Cincinnatis, of which four and one-half innings were played in the rain, Flint worked on his hands until three o'clock the following morning. He got a bad stone-bruise from the wet and dirty ball which would have laid him off for a week had he neglected it, but he caught next day as though nothing had happened. He uses a preparation of alcohol, rock salt and lemon juice to keep the palms tough and prevent the skin from cracking; and for stone-bruises and other hurts he applies Pond's extract, and keeps at it until every particle of inflammation is allayed. Considering the amount and character of the work he has had to do this year behind the bat, Flint deserves to rank as the best catcher of this or any other year. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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