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I flow Base Balls are Made.I As tiie base ball receives no little attention from the hands o! Lawrer.ceburg b if.ters, pitchers ami catchers, we append a description of the’maimer in which thov are made. Few. if nuv, are famiiiark • ' m 7with the procca-:First there is a little hard rubber ball, and nrotmd that the weeper winds a ’ nujittf, hit;e, \ :iM:. W{,i o i I: i*readies a prescribed -iz-\ it is Jirmlv wrapped with white Venitian yarn. Thehalls are then pbt'vd in :m ovcit and • aae I nn'i! !};.* n: I-'we is * i\» our .•.lt; tin in and they are reduced in size. This makes them solid. After this they are coated with cement. This causes the halls to retain their shape, and they cannot be knocked cr»?kcd. Then rouses' sonic line bln;* yarn, and around I In: jwhole is placed line white grilling twine.The bails are weighed, for each must lie of certain weight, and arc now ready for covers. Those latter are made of the best qnalityof horse hide. The cover consists of two pieces, each cut in the shape of ti»e figure “S.” By bendingone section one way and the other In an opposite direction/a complete cover is obtained. For years balls were covered with four pieces of leather, and at one time two covers were placed upon a ball; that is, the ball was half made when it was covered, and then another ball constructed over it. But even that did not prevent it being knocked out ol shape. They cannot disturb the ball as now | ui tde, because the cement holds it.
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Lawrenceburgh Register
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 02, 1885
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