Clipping:New York reserve club
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| Date | Saturday, April 2, 1887 |
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| Text | The New York club will try an experiment this season. This is a real departure for a club which has become notorious for its conservative shrinking from all innovations. What is more remarkable, the experiment is one of which has been tried by other League clubs and proved a signal failure. The experiment is the Reserve team which has been placed under the management of W. H. Becannon. Nine young players have signed League contracts and are accredited to the New York club, although the team is virtually a separate organization. The object of the reserve idea is to develop “young blood” for the regular New York team. The players are mostly local amateurs who have shown extraordinary proficiency and from their physical development and qualities as batters, fielders and base runners promise to develop into more than average ball players. The reserve team idea was tried out West several years ago and proved a failure. It promises to prove a winner in New York for the reason that patrons of the game are plenty there and the New York club supplied with the cash necessary to keep up such an organization. The Sporting News April 2, 1887 interpreting strikes on foul bunts [from Wikoff’s circular] If the batter, in attempting to “bunt” the ball or to make a sacrifice hit, makes a “foul,” the umpire must first call “foul ball” and then inflect the penalty by calling a strike on the batter, and no bases shall be run or runs scored on such foul ball. The Philadelphia Times April 3, 1887 |
| Source | Sporting News |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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