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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=Manufacturing of Base Balls Begins in NYC
|Year=1855
|Year=1855
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Number=24
|Headline=Manufacture of Base Balls Begins in NYC
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p>"Prior to the mass manufacturing of baseballs, each one was hand-made and consisted of strips of rubber twisted around a round shape (or, earlier, any solid substance, such as a rock or bullet), covered [wound?] with yarn and then with leather or cloth. Needless to say, the quality and consistency of the early balls varied considerable. In the mid-1850s, two men, Harvey Ross, as sail maker who was a member of the Atlantics, and John Van Horn, a shoemaker who was a member of the Union Club or Morrisania, began to manufacture baseballs on a regular basis. Van Horn took rubber strips from the old shoes in his shop and cut them up to provide the centers for his baseballs."</p>
|Tags=Equipment,
<p>William Ryczek, <u>Baseball's First Inning</u> (McFarland, 2009), page 35. For more details, Bill recommends Chapter 9 of Peter Morris' <u>A Game of Inches</u> (Ivan Dee, 2006).</p>
|Location=Greater New York City,
<p>Peter Morris notes that Henry Chadwick recalled that "even with only two ball makers, the demand [for balls] in the 1850s was so limited" that ballmaking remained a sidelight for both ballmakers.  <u>A Game of Inches</u>, page 397. He cites the March 13, 1909 <u>Sporting Life</u> and the 1890 <u>Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide</u> as sources.</p>
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball,
|Text=<p>[A] "Prior to the mass manufacturing of baseballs, each one was hand-made and consisted of strips of rubber twisted around a round shape (or, earlier, any solid substance, such as a rock or bullet), covered [wound?] with yarn and then with leather or cloth. Needless to say, the quality and consistency of the early balls varied considerable. In the mid-1850s, two men, Harvey Ross, a sail maker who was a member of the Atlantics, and John Van Horn, a shoemaker who was a member of the Union Club or Morrisania, began to manufacture baseballs on a regular basis. Van Horn took rubber strips from the old shoes in his shop and cut them up to provide the centers for his baseballs."</p>
<p>[B] Peter Morris notes that Henry Chadwick recalled that "even with only two ball makers, the demand [for balls] in the 1850s was so limited" that ballmaking remained a sidelight for both ballmakers.</p>
|Sources=<p>William Ryczek, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball's First Inning</span> (McFarland, 2009), page 35. For more details, Bill recommends Chapter 9 of Peter Morris' <span style="text-decoration: underline;">A Game of Inches</span> (Ivan Dee, 2006).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Peter Morris, A Game of Inches</span>, page 397. He cites the March 13, 1909 <em>Sporting Life </em>and the 1890 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide</span> as sources.</p>
|Submitted by=Bill Ryczek
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=24
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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[A] "Prior to the mass manufacturing of baseballs, each one was hand-made and consisted of strips of rubber twisted around a round shape (or, earlier, any solid substance, such as a rock or bullet), covered [wound?] with yarn and then with leather or cloth. Needless to say, the quality and consistency of the early balls varied considerable. In the mid-1850s, two men, Harvey Ross, a sail maker who was a member of the Atlantics, and John Van Horn, a shoemaker who was a member of the Union Club or Morrisania, began to manufacture baseballs on a regular basis. Van Horn took rubber strips from the old shoes in his shop and cut them up to provide the centers for his baseballs."

[B] Peter Morris notes that Henry Chadwick recalled that "even with only two ball makers, the demand [for balls] in the 1850s was so limited" that ballmaking remained a sidelight for both ballmakers.

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William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 35. For more details, Bill recommends Chapter 9 of Peter Morris' A Game of Inches (Ivan Dee, 2006).

Peter Morris, A Game of Inches, page 397. He cites the March 13, 1909 Sporting Life and the 1890 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide as sources.

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