Clipping:Mimic games telegraphed to an auditorium
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| Date | Wednesday, June 26, 1889 |
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| Text | An ingenious Bostonian is coining money by means of a device which he has duly copyrighted, whereby the ball cranks of the Hub can be given almost as good an exhibition of the games played by their club abroad as they could from their own grand-stand were the games played at home. He has rented Music Hall, and on a huge blackboard, covering a large portion of one end of the auditorium, the ball field is represented. The players are represented by pins placed in the positions the men occupy. An operator sits in the Indianapolis grand-stand, for instance, and as each man steps to the plate the result of his effort is promptly wired, and the pin so moved as to indicate exactly what has happened. Base hits, errors, runs, fly catches, assists—everything, in short, is exactly reproduced. Five thousand people in Boston witnessed the Boston-Indianapolis game by this means yesterday and day before at 10 cents a head. Indianapolis Journal June 26, 1889 The game of the Philadelphia and Indianapolis teams yesterday [played in Philadelphia] was shown on McDaniel's black-board at Tomlinson Hall to about 500 people. That of to-day will be presented with the little annoyances that attended the first presentation wholly overcome. Ladies are admitted free. Indianapolis Journal July 9, 1889 The Philadelphia-Indianapolis game at Tomlinson Hall, yesterday afternoon, was witnessed by a much larger crowd than the opening game, and the apparatus worked more perfectly, very few mistakes occurring. To-day's game will be called at 3 o'clock prompt, Indianapolis time. Beside the game played on the black-board, showing the plays as they occur, two large score-boards have been placed on the stage, to be sued in scoring all the games. Indianapolis Journal July 10, 1889 The base-ball games at Tomlinson Hall are attracting large crowds, and the thorough manner in which they are given makes them very interesting. Every detail of the contest is shown as it occurs, even down to the number of balls, strikes, fouls, and all other minor incidents of that character, as rapidly as they take place. Men are seen on the bases, and every movement is noted with accuracy. When a hit is made it is known to what part of the field the ball went, and how it was handled. A new feature has been added to the system in the way of two large score boards, one for the Hoosiers and the other for their opponents, on which a complete score of the game is kept, showing just how every play is made. In this way the contest can be followed from start to finish. When a brilliant play is made it is so announced, even to the extent of telling with what hand the fielder picked up the ball. In short, the game is as complete as one could wish. Indianapolis Journal July 12, 1889 |
| Source | Indianapolis Journal |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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