Clipping:Positioning the outfielders

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Date	Sunday, July 24, 1870
Text	[Athlete of Brooklyn vs. Champion of Jersey City 7/21/1870] We noticed that the out-fielders stood out too far, considering that a dead ball was played with. The rule in out-fielding is not to have any regular positions in the out-field in a game, but to vary your standpoints according to the batsman who faces you and to the style of pitching in the game. With a dead ball the centre-field should cover second base, the left-fielder cover short-stop, and the right fielder act as if he were an outer right-short. If a ball or two goes over your heads, it is only an occasional occurrence, as the average of balls will fall short of the regular out-field positions, as they did in this game.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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