Tournament recalls how baseball was played in 1800s

(Baltimore Sun) Baseball has come a long way since 1864. In those days, there were no overhead pitches, bats were thicker and heavier, no one wore a glove, and uniforms were made of wool — no matter how hot the day was. The same ball got pounded through all nine innings, so the softer it got, the less it flew.
But when you play baseball by old-time rules, as a half-dozen teams did Sunday at a tournament in Harford County's Jerusalem Mill Village, your respect for history trumps everything else, including personal comfort and soaring, late-in-the-game fly balls. Continued