Clipping:The importance of fielders backing each other up

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Date	Sunday, January 10, 1869
Text	Every base player should be active in “backing up” in the in-field. The life of fielding is in the support afforded each other by the fielders who are located near together, but especially is this requisite in the in-field. A good fielder or baseplayer never stands still; he is always on the move, ready for a spring to reach the ball, a stop to pick it up, or a prompt movement to stop it, and he always has his eye upon the ball, especially when it is flying about inside the base-lines, or base to base. Poor base players seldom put themselves out of the way to field a ball unless it comes within their special district; but a good base-player is always on the alert to play at a moment’s notice on any base from which the player has gone after the ball.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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