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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1859
|Year Number=18
|Headline=<u>Harper&#39;s</u> Suggests Plugging Still Used in Base-ball
|Headline=<u>Harper&#39;s</u> Suggests Plugging Still Used in Base-ball
|Year=1859
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p>"Base-ball differs from cricket, especially, in there being no wickets. The bat is held high in the air. When the ball has been struck the 'outs' try to catch it, in which case the striker is 'out;' or, if they can not do this, to strike the striker with it when he is running, which likewise puts him out."</p>
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage,
<p><i>Harper's</i>, October 15, 1859, as quoted by Richard Hershberger, Monday June 13, 2005, on the SABR 19CBB listserve. [<b>Note:</b> procure this article; it is conceivable that <i>Harper's</i> intended to describe the <i>tagging</i> of runners.]</p>
|Country=US
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Text=<p>"Base-ball differs from cricket, especially, in there being no wickets. The bat is held high in the air. When the ball has been struck the 'outs' try to catch it, in which case the striker is 'out;' or, if they can not do this, to strike the striker with it when he is running, which likewise puts him out."</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><em>Harper's</em>, October 15, 1859, as quoted by Richard Hershberger, Monday June 13, 2005, on the SABR 19CBB listserve.&nbsp;</p>
|Warning=<p>Procure this article; it is conceivable that&nbsp;<em>Harper's</em>&nbsp;intended to describe the&nbsp;<em>tagging</em>&nbsp;of runners.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=18
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Harper's Suggests Plugging Still Used in Base-ball

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City/State/Country: US
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"Base-ball differs from cricket, especially, in there being no wickets. The bat is held high in the air. When the ball has been struck the 'outs' try to catch it, in which case the striker is 'out;' or, if they can not do this, to strike the striker with it when he is running, which likewise puts him out."

 

Sources

Harper's, October 15, 1859, as quoted by Richard Hershberger, Monday June 13, 2005, on the SABR 19CBB listserve. 

Warning

Procure this article; it is conceivable that Harper's intended to describe the tagging of runners.

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