Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1914 — How Indians played Ball. [ARTICLE]

How Indians played Ball.

Ellery B. Crane, librarian of the ’ Worcester (Mass.) Society of Antiquity, possesses a baseball which was used by the Indians. It is the size of a quarter ball, perfectly rounded. Their glove was usually made of cowhide and was shaped Just like a pocket. This pocket the fielder would attach to a forked stick in such a way that it would always remain open., Then when they wished to catch a| fine drive they just got in its way and| allowed their bag or glove to do thOj catching.