You can make a pair of baseball gloves out of a stout pair of
buckskins. The fingers and thumbs should be cut off at the first joint
for the baseman, and if any extra padding is needed, pieces of felt
can be sewn on. The catcher's gloves can be made in a similar way,
except that the left-hand glove is kept whole and the ends of the
fingers reinforced by heavy leather tips. A shoemaker can put on these
tips which should be about an inch and a half long. Both gloves should
have padding in the palm and over the ball of the thumb. This padding
can be made of as many layers of felt as are desired, sewn in when the
glove is turned wrong side out. The pads should be so cut that they
run up into the finger a little way, and thus form a protection for
the base of the fingers. Every man who catches should wear a mask. A
body protector will also save many a bruise.

Individual uniforms should be considered where clubs are formed, and
let me say it is better to start with a club. Uniforms for boys need
not be expensive; shirts of one color will do with the addition of a
home cap. Pads on the knees and along the thighs, as well as rough
mitts are of use in sliding.

Any number of players may belong to a club, but only nine can play on
a side. Each side must have a captain, who must be a good leader as
well as a good player.

The umpire is chosen by both sides to decide questions in dispute.
There is no appeal from his decision, even where both sides think him
in error.

It would take a whole book properly to go into the details of