Clipping:Fine batting
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| Date | Sunday, June 17, 1860 |
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| Text | [Putnams vs. Eckfords, 6/13/60] Those who may glance at the score, without any knowledge of the facts in the case, and see that thirty-six runs were made on one side, and twenty-nine on the other, might suppose this large score indicative of what is called a very “soft match” for two such clubs as those which were engaged. When we state, however, that during the game, as many as twenty-two balls were struck (twelve on the Eckford side and ten on the Putnam) on which the strikers made the second base, and seven balls (four on the Eckford and three on the Putnam) which carried the strikers to the third base, and the reader will readily divine the mystery of the matter. The style of batting was also very fine. Most of the balls which were raised were very long-winded ones, while the great majority were very swift line-balls or grounders, calculated to a nicety to avoid the positions of the fielders. We have seen as good batting, in spots; but we never saw so much of it in one match. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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