Clipping:George Wright ranges into the outfield
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| Date | Saturday, December 20, 1879 |
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| Text | George Wright’s special point of play in going out to left field for short high balls outside of the infield was last season played by every first-class short-stop, and in good style, too. New York Clipper December 20, 1879 shortstop covering second base As regards the short-stop acting as temporary second-baseman, except when a ball is hit to right-short and a runner is on first and is forced, it depends upon the peculiar style of batting of the man at the bat as to whether short-stop plays as second-baseman or not. Ordinarily, with a right-hand batsman at the bat, the short-stop will play in his own position. But when he sees the batsman “facing” for a right-field hit, he should move down to cover second base, leaving the second-baseman to go to right-short. The same course should be pursued, too, when left-handed men come to the bat. Under the circumstances of the marked increase in right-field batting of late years, and of the introduction of batting quartets of left-handed hard hits–such as the Holyoke four–the necessity for the short-stop being able to be a good second-base player becomes very apparent. New York Clipper December 20, 1879 |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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