Clipping:The effects of elastic balls
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| Date | Sunday, July 25, 1869 |
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| Text | When the baseball was reduced in size and weight at the convention of 1867, it was supposed that there would be fewer accidents from lamed hands and broken fingers; but of late, ballmakers have had such a demand for lively balls, that the ball has now become as dangerous from its elasticity as it was before from its overweight and size. The fact is, we have yet to see a perfect ball in use in our national game, and at the next Convention the rule governing the ball will have to be so amended as to require this ball to be made of materials of a certain relative weight; and it is questionable whether cork should not become a component part of the ball in place of rubber. At present, ball-manufacturers are at liberty to make their balls just to suit the demands of different clubs, and hence two or three kinds are made, from the hard dead balls available only for first-class fielding nines, to the hard and over-elastic balls which are in such demand by heavy-hitting nines and muffin players, who depend entirely upon batting for success. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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