Clipping:Size and weight of baseballs

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Date Thursday, September 5, 1867
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Our attention has of late been called to the necessity of a change in the size and weight of the base ball, and the establishment of some stringent rule having the effect of preventing any manufacture of base ball, for club purposes, of a greater weight or size than that established by the National Association. We now scarcely receive the report of a ball match in which some severe injury has not been sustained, and that, too, mainly from the ball, the result, in nearly every instance, being traceable to the weight and size. Experiments were made by cricketers years ago, to ascertain the best size and weight of a ball for fielding purposes, and the result was the permanent establishment of 5 ½ ounces in weight and nine inches in circumference; and this weight and size, with a limit to 5 3/4 ounces in weight and 9 ½ inches in circumference, would be found to correct figures for the standard measurement of a base ball.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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