Clipping:The home run record
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| Date | Saturday, March 29, 1884 |
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| Text | An Item reporter met Harry Stovey, the captain of the Athletic club, and the player who last season beat all records by making fifteen home runs in championship games... The Philadelphia Evening Item March 29, 1884 hit by pitch rule [from an interview of Harry Stovey] “What about the changes to the playing rules?” “There are several of them that are excellent. The one giving the batter his base when hit by the pitcher is a good one I suppose I suffered more in this respect that any other player in the profession last season, and several times I was quite badly hurt. A great number of pitchers, you know, have an idea that if they can intimidate a batsman by hitting him they have scored a big point. If is player gets a reputation for being a hard hitter the pitchers are liable to make him a victim. The Philadelphia Evening Item March 29, 1884 chest protector The latest invention for the protection of catchers is a flat rubber case, which, when expanded with air, is worn over the chest and abdomen. It is an absolute safeguard from injury, so far as test made recently by O'Rourke and Jim White, of the Buffalo club, indicate. It was, while worn by O'Rourke, pounded with fists and clubs, jumped on, and finally O'Rourke allowed White to stand ten feet away and fire a base ball at him as swiftly as he could throw. O'Rourke says the felt not the slightest inconvenience. The Philadelphia Evening Item March 29, 1884 |
| Source | Philadelphia Evening Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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