The New York Clipper reports that Paul Hines, a Providence Grays outfielder had been challenged to catch a ball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument

On January 10, 1885 — The New York Clipper reports that Paul Hines, a Providence Grays outfielder, and resident of Washington, DC, had been challenged to catch a ball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument, a distance of “over 535 feet from the ground.” The Clipper calculates the “natural philosophy” involved, and warns Hines of the danger he would confront in attempting such a foolish stunt.

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