Clipping:Triumvirs sole owners of the Boston Club
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| Date | Tuesday, November 20, 1888 |
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| Text | Soden, Conant and Billings are now the sole owners of the Boston Base Ball Club, having secured possession of the only outstanding share of the stock. Chicago Inter Ocean November 20, 1888 a proposal to eliminate the foul fly out [editorial matter] ...the abolition of the foul put-out would... add to the batting very materially be decreasing the chances for outs, increasing the chances for hits, and, by removing the fear of foul tips and flies at critical periods, promote freer hitting. The foul put-out is an anomaly, and should be sent to keep the foul bound catch and other old-time absurdities company in limbo. It is altogether illogical and unsatisfactory, vexatious and unjust, to the batsman to permit a put-out on a batted ball on which neither a base can be gained, a base-runner advanced nor a run scored, everything going for nothing except the accidental tip or fly. The foul put-out simply punishes the batsman for attempting to hit the ball, adds to the fielder's already large proportion of chances, and incidentally increases the chances for errors without compensating chances for the batsman. The Sporting Life November 21, 1888 |
| Source | Chicago Inter Ocean |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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