Clipping:Proposed addition of the right short ten-men rule
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| Date | Sunday, May 20, 1866 |
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| Text | On Saturday next, the first of a series of prize-games will take place on the Capitoline Grounds, the object of which is to test by experiment the advantage of adding a “right short-stop” to the game. The batting in baseball is rapidly overcoming the pitching and fielding in the game, as the increased averages last season conclusively show; an average of three runs to a match being the best average in 1863, while last year an average of five was reached. New York Sunday Mercury May 20, 1866 A series of games will be commenced, on the Capitoline grounds, on Saturday next, for the purpose of testing the utility of putting a new man in the field as “right short-stop.” The batting is so evidently getting the better of the fielding, that many think an additional man needed in the position mentioned. Brooklyn Eagle May 21, 1866 One of the quickest and best-played games witnessed on the Capitoline grounds for a long time past, was that played yesterday on the Enterprise ground, on the occasion of the first of the series of prizes arranged to test the merits of a right short-fielder in the game. New York Sunday Mercury May 27, 1866 [Also in the same issue, a match between the Knickerbocker and Excelsior with ten on a side.] |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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