Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player (no. 14) (1875)
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ie 1875. ee oo) ; en eae has Vii mile e BASE BALL PLAYER. BY HENRY CHADWICK, BEATTY AND 4P4WC OR WITTTAM ST. NEW VORK. | , PECK & SNYDER, 126 Nassau 8t., N. Y
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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EDITION. fb Creh/ LY ae “THE DIME BASE BALL PLAYER, FOR 1875. CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF BASE BALL—INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCOR ING THE GAMBE— TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN BASE BALL—INSTRUOTIONS FOR MANAGING A CLUB— RULES FOR MAKING OUT AVERAGES—THE PROFESSIONAL CLUB RECORDS FOR i874— ALSO, THE BASE BALL TOUR TO ENGLAND— TOGETHER WITH BATTING, AVERAGES FOR 1874, , AND THE NEW CODE OF PLAYING RULES FOR 1875, EDITED BY HENRY CHADWICK. NEW YORK: BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS, 98 WILLIAM STREET.
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oN z 24 / Catch: rs F. nce. / ee eee 23 / wo IF ad os Cat cher. Umpire. = & Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 18%5, by BEADLE AND-ADAMS, In the office of the Librar an of Congress, at Washington.
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THE DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. INTRODUCTION, Tuer National Game of Base-Ball is now undoubtedly the most popular summer pastime in America’ In every way is it suited to the American character. It is full of excitement, quickly played, and it no. only requires vigor of constitution, manly courage, and pluck, but also considerable power of judg- ment to excel in it. Moreover, Base-Ball, when played in its integrity, is entirely free from the objectionakie featr zes which too frequently characterize ¢‘her promirent sports of the country. What Cricket is to an Englishman, Base-Ball has become to an American, In England, Cricket has more deyoted admirers and more ardent followers than any recreation known to the English people. On the Cricket-field—and there only—the Peer and the Peasant meet on equal terms; the possession of courage, nerve, judgment, skill, endurance and activity alone giving the palm of superiority. In fact, a more democratic in- stitution does not exist in Europe than this self same Cricket ; and as regards its popuiarity, the records of the thousands of games played each year, which include the namesof Lords and moners, Divines and Lawyers, Legislators and Artisans, and Literateurs as well as Mechanics and Laborers, show how great a hold it has on the people. If this is the characteristic of Cricket in aristocratic and monarchical England, how much more will the same characteristics mark Base-Ball in democrat- ic and republican America. Those who remember the leading Base-Ball contests of 1857, at Hoboken, tHen the head-quarters of the fraternity, and the scene of the principal matches, can not but be impressed with the contrast between the style of play then in vogue, and that which prevails now. The chauge for the better is nearly on a par with the vast increase in popularity Base-Ball has attained within the past ten years; and ere a few more seasons have tome and vanished, we trust to see the game so improved as to ender further changes in its rules unnecessary.
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10 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The improvements which have been introduced year afi.a year, have been the result of each season's practical experience, and not of any special theory in connection withthe game. Jn 1857 the boyish rule of the bound catch was in vogue, and at that time the National Association included about twenty cinbs, Jocated within a radius of less than twenty miles of New York. At this period, too, it was little more than a game calculated for exercise during the leisure hours of a summer afternoon, possessing comparauvely few attractions asaffording means for an exciting contest for the palm of superiority in athletic skill. Men of forty years of age and upwards could cxcel in it, and but a few weeks’ practice at the game was necessary to enable a man to take a creditable position as a player, How different is its position now! What a change has taken place in ten short years! Now Base-Ball is the equal of Cricket as a sci- entific game-—that is, as a game requiring the mental powers of judgment, calculation and quick perception to excel] in it— while in its demands upon the vigor, endurance and courage of manhood, its requirements excel those requisite to become equally expert as a cricketer. In regard to its growth in popu- larity, the ocean boundaries of the United States are not suffi- cient to limit its extent; for, like Cricket emong Englishmen, Base-Ball has been played by Americans in distant parts of the world, while at home it bas been permanently established as the National pastime of the American people. As each season’s experience in the game develops some new phases, or points out the errors of previous amendments of the rules, of course each year will create new work for the Committee of Rules; and, of necessity, it will be some years hence before alterations in the rules, to a more or less extent, will have become needless and disadvantayeous, As it has been, for a century past, in Cricket, so will it bein Base-Ball for years to come, and in Cricket we have seen the batting conquer the bowling, and anon. the bowling gain su- premacy over the batting, and as the balance of power weighed down on the one side or the other, just in proportion were the rules adjusted so as again to equalize things. Justsopis it in Buse-Ball, In 1861,’2 and’8, the pitching had a decided ad- vantage over the batting, and hence the necessity of rules limiting the powers of the pitcher. Since then the batting has gradually but surely gained on the pitching, and it therefore becomes necessary either to restrict the powers of the baisman, or to give more latitude to the pitcher; andin making a choice of rules for either object, the only question to be decided is, which will most subserve the interests and attractiveness of the game. We present this view of the question of changes in the rules, to the attention of those who hastily and with- 7 Dal aaeaeat blindly oppose all amendments to the
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; . DIME BASE-BALL-PLAYER, 11 The Game of Base Ball Base-Batu is played by nine players on aside ~ one side tak ing the bat, and the other the field. The latter occupy the fo) lowing positions in the field: Catcher, Pitcher, First, Second and Tuird Basemen, Short Stop, and Right, Left and Center Fieldsmen. The side that wins the toss, have the choice of taking the bat or the field attheir option. The batsman stanc¢s at the home base, on a liné drawn through its center—parallel to one extending from first to third base—and extending three feet on each side of it. When he hits the ball, he starts tor the first base, and is succeeded by player after player until three are put out, at which time the side occupying the field take their places at the bat, and, in like manner, play their innings. When the batsman succeeds in reaching the home base, un- touched by the ball in the hands of an adversary, and after euc- cessively touching the first, second and third bases, he is en- titled to score onetun; and when he hitsthe ball far enough to admit of his making the four bases before it is returned, be mukes what is termed a home run. Nine innings are played on each side, and the purty making the greatest number of runs wins the match. In case of a tie, at the close of the ninth in- nings, the game must be continued, innings afier innings, until one or other of the contesting sides obtains the most runs@ And if any thing occur to interrupt or put a stop to the game before five innings on each side have been played, the game must be drawn. The rules and regulations of the game define all further particulars in reference to 1. First Rules of Base Ball. Section 1. The bases shall be from “ home” to second base 42 paces ; from first to third base 42 paces equidistant, Secrion 2. The game to consist of 21 counts or aces, but at the conclusion an equal number of hands must be played, FE sae gic 3. The ball must be pitched and not thrown for the t, er Section 4. A ball knocked outside the range of the first o1 third base is foul. Section 5. Three balls being struck at and missed, and tlu last one caught, is a hand out; if not caught, is consideret fair, and the striker bound to run. Secrion 6. A ball being struck or tipped, and caught either fiying or on the first bound, is a hand out. Section 7. A player, running the bases, shall be out, if the all isin the hands of an adversary on the base, as the runner is touched by it before he makes his base—it being under- men oeprer, that te no instance is a ball to be wn at Section & A player running, who shall prevent an adver
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12 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. sary from catchmg or getting the ball before making his base, is a hand out. SEcTION 9, If two lands are already out, a player running home at the time a ball is struck, can not make an ace if the striker is caught out. Srcrron 10. Three hands out, all out. Section 11. Players must take their strike in regular turn. Section 12. No ace or base can be made on a foul strike, Section 13. A runner can not be put out in making one base, wnen a balk is made by the pitcher. Section 14. But one base allowed when the ball bounds out of the field when struck. It will be at once perceptible to all who will contrast the above rules with those at present in force, that the game of Base-Ball, at that period, was not to be compared to the sys- tematic and, to a certain extent, scientific game that is now such an attractive feature of our American sports and pas- times. The simple rules in question were those adopted by the old Knickerbocker Club in 1845, and they were in vogue up to the period of the first Base Ball Convention in 1857. Since then the rules have been amended and improved, season atter season, by Conventions representing the most influential clubs in the country.. There is now but one playing code governimj the entirecountry. In 1845 there were the “New York rules, the New-England rules, and the Philadelphia—town ball—rules. Measuring the Ground. THERE are several methods by which the ground may be cor- rectly measured ; the following is as simple as any: Having determined on the point of the home base, measure f om that pont, down the ficld, one hundred and twenty-seren feet four inches, and the end will indicate the position of the second base ; then take a cord one hundred and eighty feet long, fasten one en at the home base, and the other at the second, and then grasp it in the center and extend it first to the right side, which will 4 the point of the first base, and then to the left, which will dicate the position of the third ; this will glve the exact meas- urement, as the string will thus form the sides of a square whose side is ninety feet. na line from the home to the secon base, and distant from the former furty five feet, is the pitcher's first int, the second poitit being six feet turther, on the same line. ‘he foul-bal] posts are placed on a Jine with the home #nd first base, and home and third, and should be at least one hundred feet from the bases. As these points are intended wae 10 as- sist the umpire in his decisions in reference to foul balls, they should be high enough from the ground, and painted, so as to be distinctly seen from the umpire’s position. Flags are the best for the p irpcse. :
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 18 PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS IN 1871. As matter for reference we give below a list of the most pro- minent professionals of 1871, together with their ages, hight, weight, birthplace, and clubs they belonged to. Arthur Allison, center field, age 24, hight 5:8, weight 150, born in Pennsylvania, Forest City of Cleveland. Andrew K. Allison, first base, age 23, hight 5:10, weight 150, born in New York, Eckiord of oplgee Douglas Allison, catcher, age 25, hight 5:10, weight 160 born in Pennsylvania, Olympic of Washington. Robert Addy, second base, age 32, hight 5:8, weight 160, born in Rockford, Rockford. A. C. Anson, third base, age 19, weight 185, hight 6:1, born in Iiionis, Rockford. E. P. Atwater, pitcher (sub..) age 26, hight 5:7, weight 185, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. George Bird, center field, age 21, hight 5:9, weight 150, born in Illinois, Rockford. R. ©. Barnes, second base, age 21, hight 5:84, weight 145, born in New York, Boston of Boston. J. E. Bass, short sto 21, hight 5:6, weight 150, born in New York, Forest City of Cleveland. E. P. Beavins, second buse, age 28, hight 5:8, weight 138, born in New York, Union of Troy. Geo. Bechtel, left field (sub.,) age 22, hight 5:11, weight 165, born in Pennsylvania, Athletic of Philadelphia. Stephen Bellan, third base, age 21, hight 5:6, weight 154, born in Cuba, Union of aay Thos. H. Berry, right field, age 26, hight 5:6, weight 140, born in Pennsylvania, Neptune of Easton, N. W. Berthrong, center field, ae 27, hight 5:6%4, weight 140, born in New York, Olympic of Washington. D_ 8. Birdsall, catcher, age 32, hight 5:9, weight 126, born in New York, Boston of Boston. Asa Brainard, pitcher, nee 29, hight 5:8?4, weight 150, born in New York, Olympic of Wasbington. _Jas. Curlton, first base, age 22, hight 5:8, weight 155, born in New York, Forest City of Cleyeland. Jno. C. Chapman, left field, 28, hight 5:11, weight 170, born in New York, Auantic of Brooklyn. _J. F. Cone, left field, age 28, hight 5:04, weight 171, born in lilinois, Boston of Boston. t 3
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14 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Edward Connor, left field (sub.,) age 21, hight 5:9, weight 156, born in New York, Union of Troy. W. H Craver, short stop, age 27, hight 5:9, weight 160, born in New York, Uniou of Troy. Edgar E..Cuthbert, left field, age 23, hight 5:6, weight 140, born in Pennsyivania, Athletic of Philadelphia. E. C. Duffy, short stop, age 27, hight 5:74, weight 152, born in Ireland, Chicago of Chicago. Robert Ferguson, third base, age 26, hight 5:9%, weight 149, born in New York, Mutual of New York City. W. D. Fisler, first base, age 27, hight 5:6, weight 137, born in Yew Jersey, Athletic of Philadelphia. - William Flynn, right field, age 21, hight 5:7, weight 140, born ii. New York, Union of Troy. T. J. Foley; third base (sub.,) age 26, hight 5:9’, weight 157, Horn in Mlinois, Chicago of Chicago. James H. Foran, right field, age 23, hight 5:6%, weight 159, born in New York, ekionga of Fort Wayne. D..W. Force, short stop, age 24, hight 5:4, weight 130, born in New York, Olympic of Washington. Charles Fulmer, short stop, age 20, hight 6, weight 158, born in Pennsylvania, Neptune of Easton. Ww. Fisher, pitcher, age 27, hight 5:9, weight 164, born in Pennsylvania, Rockford. Scott Hastings, catcher, age 26, hight 5:8, weight 161, born in vata | ae a asin 4 fis Ralph A. Ham, left field, age 21, hight 5:8, weight 158, born in Troy, N. Y., Rockford. Ds y igh , i Alfred Gedney, left field, age 20, hight 5:9, weight 140, born in New York, Eckford of Brooklyn. John Glenn, right field, age 22, hight 5:84, weight 169, born in New York, Olympic of Washington. Charles H, Gould, first base, age 23, hight 6, weight 172, bern in Ohio, Boston of Boston. George Hall, lefi field, age 22, hight 5:10, weight 140, born in New York, Eckford of Brooklyn. George A. Heubel, right field, age 21, bight 5:11%, weight 178, born in New Jersey, Athletic of Philadelphia, * Nathan Hicks, catcher, age 22, bight 5:10%, weight 136, born in New Jersey, Eckford of Brooklyn. Charles Hodes, catcher, age 23, hight 5:11/4, weight 175, born in New York, Chicago of Cuicago. (Dead) : Richard M. Hunt, right field, age 24, hight 5:9, weight 145, born in New York, Eckford of Brooklyn. Samuel Jackson, right field (sub.,) age 22, hight 5:54, weight 160, born in England, Boston of Boston. Kimball, second base, age 20, hight 5:10, weight 160, born in New York, Forest City of Cleveland.
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DIME BASE-BALI PLAYER. 15 Mart King, center field, age 22, bight 5:974, weight 176, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. Srephen King, lett field, age 26, hight 5:9, weight 185, born in New York, Buten of Troy. A, G. Leonard, left field, age 25, hight 5:7, weight 155, born in Ireland, Olympic of Washington. F. G. Malone, catcher, uge 27, hight 5:8, weight 156, born in Pennsylvania, Athletic cf Philadelphia. A. C. Martin, pitcher, age 26, hight 5:6, weight 148, born in New York, Eckford of Brooklyn. . M. McAtee, first base, age 25, hight 5:9, weight 160, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. D. J. Mack, first base, age 21, hight 5:7, weight 164, born in Pennsylvania, Rockford. J. D. McBride, piteber, age 25, hight 5:9, weight 150, born in Pennsylvania, Athletic of Philadelphia. D. McDonald, right field, age 24, hight 5:11, weight 154, born in New York, Atlantic of Brooklyn. M. McGeary, catcher, age 20, Light 5:7, weight 138, born in Pennsylvania, Union ot Troy. John F. MeMullin, pitcher, age 22, hight 5:9, weight 160, born in Pennsylvania, Union of Troy. Calvin A. McVey, catcher, age 22, hight 5:9, weight 170, bi rn in lowa, Boston of Boston. Levi S. Meyerle, third base, age 22, Bight 6:1, weight 177, born in Pennsylvania, Athletic of Philadelphia. E. Mills, first base, age 26, hight 5:10%, weight 174, born in New Jersey, Olympic of Washington. John W. Neison, second base, age 21, hight 5:6, weight 145, born in New York, Ecktord of Srckiye. Chas. Pabor, right field, age 26, hight 5:8, weight 155, born in New York, Forest City of Cleveland. * R. J. Pearce, short-stop, age 36, hight 5:3’, weight 161, born in New York, Mutual of New York City. Lipman Pike, Jeft field, age 24, hight 5:8, weight 158, born in New York, Union of Troy. F Ed. Pinkham, third base, age 22, hight 5:7, weight 142, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago, , A. G. Pratt, pitcher, age 21, hight 5:7, weight 140, born in Pennsylvania, Forest City of Cleveland. . Thom. J. Pratt, pitcher, age 28, hight 5:74, weight 150, born in Pennsylvania. Jno. Radclitfe, short-stop, age 25, hight 5:6, weight 140, born in New Jersey, Athletic of Philadelphia. _ A.J. Reach, second base, axe 30, hight 5:6, weight 155, born in New York, Athletic of Philadelphia. i Jno. P. J. Sensenderter, center field, age 28, hight 5:9, weight i70, born in Pennsylvania, Atlletic of Philadelphia. pe
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16 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. _ H.C. Schafer, third base, age 24, hight 5:94, weight 148, born in Pennsylvania, Boston of Boston. Joseph Simmons, right field, age 24, hight 5:974, weight 166, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. Chas. J. Smith, third base, age 80, hight 5:10%, weight 150, born in New York, Mutual of New York. _ James Snyder, short-stop, age 20, hight 5:7, weight 130, born in New York, Eckford of Brooklyn. A. G. Spaulding, pitcher, age 20, hight 6:1, weight 170, born in Illinois, Boston of Boston. _Joseph Start, first base, age 28, hight 5:9, weight 165, born in New York, Mutual of New York. : E. Sutton, third base, age 20, hight 5:8!4, weight 153, born in New York, Forest Ciry of Cleveland. Martin Swandell, second base, age 26, hight 5:10%, weight 146, born in New York, Eckford of Brook'yn. C. J. Sweasy, second base, age 23, hight 5:9, weight 172, born in New Jersey, Olympic of Washington. Fred Treacy, left field, age 24, hight 5:94, weight 145, born iu New York, Chicago of Chicago. F. A. Waterman, third base, age 25, hight 5:7%, weight 148, born in New York, Olympic of Washington. James White, catcher, age 25, hight 5:11, weight 175, born in New York, Forest City of Cleveland. * James Wood, second bise, age 27, hight 5:84, weight 150, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. (Disabled.) George Wright, short stop, age 24, hight 5:91, weight 162, born in New York, Boston of Boston. Harry Wright, center field, age 36, hight 5:9%, weight 157, born in England, Boston of Boston. Thomas York, center field, age 22, hight 5:9, weight 165, born in New York, Union of Troy. George Zettlein, pitcher, age 26, hight 5:9, weight 162, born in New York, Chicago of Chicago. If the professional players connected with clubs in the field in 1875 will send us their names, ages, hight, weight, birth- as and club they Jast played with we will publish a new ist in our next annual issue, as we desire to keep a full record of professionals. The names of all, in tact, not included above are desiréd. Address H. Chadwick, care of Messrs. Beadle and Adams, 98 William street, New York. Of the list above given but forty-tive are now in the field. Hodés and C. Mills are dead, and Wood is disabled for life.
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 1? ON SCORING IN BASE-BALL. The system of scoring now in vogue throughout the country was first introduced by the author of this book in 1867, and since then it has been very generally adopted. The scorer of a base-ball match has either to perform a very simple task, or he has a duty to attend to which requires his close attention to every moyement of the players in the field. * To record the simple outs and runs of a match requires only the use of the figures 1, 2, and 3 for the purpose of recording the outs made by each player; and only a dot (.) foreach run scored; these are added up at the close of the match, and the total of each placed opposite the name of the bateman making them, the score of the runs made each innings being placed ' nt the foot of the column of each inning. This record only tives the simple scores of outs and runs in the game. To score a game, however, in such a manner as to provide correct and reliable data for a true estimate of the skil! of each (laye: at the bat and in the field in a game, involves cousicer- nble more work. We shall now proceed to describe in fuil our latest and improved system of scoring in base-ball matches, by means of which a full and correct analysis of each player's skill can be readily arrived at, at the close of each season. The only true estimate of a batsman’s skill, is that based on the number of times he makes his bases. on hits, not by errors of the fielders, but by what is known as “clean” hitting. For instance, if a batsman hits a ball to the short stop, which the latter stops easily but throws wildly to the first base, the bats- man may thereby get home on the error and score his run, while he would not be really entitled to his first base by his hit. On the other hand he may, by a sharply-hit ground-ball, be enabled to reach his first base in safety by means of his good batting, and yet, by the inferior batting of his successor, ke may be easily put out at second hase from being forced off. fi will be seen therefore that while in the one case he scores a run on a poor hit, in the other he is charged with an out on a good one, This shows how unreliable the score of outs and rms is as a criterion of good batting.
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18 DIME BASE-BALL-PLAYER Before proceeding further, we give below a copy of a score, suc as is ordinarily prepared for the press, in which the runs and first base hits show the batting record ; and the total num- ber of players each fielder put out, and the number of times he assisted others in putting out players, together with errors committed, shows his fielding record. The score given is that of the exhibition game played at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 29, 1874, hetween the Boston and Athletic clubs, in which Miller and Bradley, of the Easton, Pa., semi-professional nine, as- sisted the Athletics as catcher and pitcher, and Manning, of the Bualtimores, played in the Boston nine. It required ten in- nings’ play to decide the contest, the ninth inning closing with the score of 2 to 2 only, the Bostons finally winning by the totals of 3 to 2 only. Boston. R. 1B. Po. A. EB. ATHLETIC. R. 1p. PO. a. E. Wright,s.s.....0. 0 1 5 1|McMullen,c.f...1 1 1 1.0 Barnes, #d.b....1 8 4 3 1/McGeary,s.s...1 2 3 0.0 Spalding, p....- 0 0 2 0 OjAnson, fr, f..... 0200 0 White, @. 025.245.0238: 1. O/Bradley, pe. vse. 010-23 McVey, c.f.....1 2.2 0. 0|Sutton, 8d.b...:0 .b 258 4 Leonard, 1. f...<.0. 0 2 0 O|Miller,c........ 0..0 8,1. 4 O'Rourke, istb.0 010 1 Oj|Ba'tin,24b.....0 1 0 6 0 Schafer, 8d b....1° 1 4,3 OjGedney, 1. f..... hs aie ie | Manning, r. f....0. 1 2 L 0|Murnan, lstb...0 018 0 0 Totals. ....... 3° 9.80 14 2) . Totals... .2,... 2 83018 9 Boston seer. es £°o0-0.6.0—0 6-1-3 AUMAE i. Bae BE. SSS Cs OS EEG “A eo 1 2 Runs earned—Boston, 1; Athletic, 2. Total bases—Boston, 10; Athletic, 10, Wild pitches—Bradley, 3. Passed ballse— Rey ne 8. Umpire, George Hall of the Bostons. Time, 1h. m As we before remarked, the most reliable data on which to base an estimate of a batsman’s skill, is that of the record of the number of times he secures his first base by ‘‘ clean hits,” that is, not by errors on the part of the fielder, such as wild throws, dropped fly-balls or palpable muffs, but by skillful bat- ting only. ino addision, there is, of course, the data of the toral _ bumber of bases so made; but inasmuch as scdrers are apt to be mistaken in their estimate of the total bascs scored on hits, this record ix not-as relinble as that of the number of times the first base is so made, for there is but a slight chance of mis- : ey being made in a record of how a batsman makes his first ase, A clvan hit, giving the firet base, isreeorded by a mark as fol- lows, +. A similar hit, giving the seco: d base, by a mark thus, t; and one giving the third base by a mark thus =, the letters h. r. marking a clean home run, viz., a run scored from a ball hit to the cutcr field, out of the reach of the fid¢ers. Jn 1e-
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DIME BASE-BALL I LAYER. 18 cording bases scored by errors in fielding, we use the fullowing aigns: For a wild throw we make this mark, Fora dropped fly-ball a round mark, thus o, and for a muffed ball a mark (.). Now by the above figures a full record can be made of bases made by clean hits and also by errors, We now come to the instructions in regard to what consti- tutes bases on “‘clean hits.” A base is made on & clean, hit when the ball is sent from the bat out of reach of a fielder, and in such a manner as to admit of the batsman’s making his first, second or third base before the ball’can be fielded to either base as the case may be. For instance, the batsman makes his first base by a clean hit when the ball is sent sharply along the round out of reach of either of the in-fielders, or if he sends it “ safely” over their heads, and yet not far enough to the out- field to enable them to catch him out. He alsois entitled to hia base on his hit if he sends a hot ball to the short step or third baseman, and the ball be partially stopped but not in time to throw it to the base; and, of course, he is entitled to a base on his bit if the ball be sent either over the heads of the out-fie) ders or along the ground out of their reach. In fact, any “hot” ball whieh goes by the in-fielders to the out-fielders, from being out of reach, gives the batsman his buse on a clean hit. The cases when batsmen are not entitled to bases on hits are as follows: Ist, when a ball from the bat is dropped by the Gelder; 2d, when, if well stopped, it be wildly thrown to the base; 83d, if it be muffed by the fielder; 4th, if it be muffed by the baseman when thrown jn to him; and 5:h, when the player on any of the bases is put out by heing forced to vacate his base, for in this latter case any ball hit to a fielder so as to «nable him to put out a base-runner who is forced to vacate his ‘vase, would have put out the striker if it had been thrown to the first base instead of to the second or third. It will be found * an easy matter to record how the first base is made, as it is not difficult to estimate errors in the in-field, but when we record the total number of bases made by clean hits, far more care ani judgment is requisite. For instance, if the baisman offers the out-ficlders a good cMance for a fiy-catch, and from lack of skill in jadging the ball they either fail to catch it, Jet it go by them, or if stopped fail to throw it in to the right base, no base should ‘e given on the hit in the first case, and no extra bases from the failure to stop the ball or to throw it in properly. Itisonly by sharp, boundivg balls to the out-fielder that the second base can be made on a clean hit, and the third base can only be made 01 & clean hit when the ball is sent cither bounding or on the fly out of the reach of the out-fielders, Hence it will be seen that chances for making more than the first base on clean hits de crease in proportion to the number of bases the batsman tries to run, the>first- bmse-being~ made three: times te the secend’s ouce, 2nd six times as often as the third is
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 21 Tne ages Lae presents a copy of the regular score- sheet now used by all clubs in recording first-class matches. It is from Mr. Chadwick’s Association Score Book, a copyright work, sold by all dealers in Base-Ball goods. In the score sheet, of which this is a copy, the full headings of each column appear; but in this we give only the initinis of the words. Thus, to the left, the initials represent the words, Runs, Outs, First-base, Total Bases, Muffs, Called Balls, Left and Home-runs. On the right, the initials represent the words, Bases, Fly, L for foul fly-catehes, D for foul bound-catches, k for struck out, R for runs out, T for Totals, and A for times assisted. In recording a game on this form of score-sheet we proceed as follows: Under the head of “ Batsmen” we place the name of the batting nine, and opposite, under the head of “ Fielders,” we tlace the name of the opposing nine. These names we re- write on the other page of the book, reversing their order by placing the names which have been recorded as the batting nine on one page, as the fielding nine on the other, and the fielding nine as the batsmen—the names of the two contesting nines thus appearing on the book twice, once as batsmen, and once as fielders. Over the heading “ Batsmen” we record the time of commencing the game, and this is done only on the page on which the names of the nine who first go to the bat are recorded, the figures of the hourof the closing the game being placed over the heading “ Fielders” on the other page. Over the figures of the innings we record where and when the game was played. : Each fielder is numbered from 1 to 9, andin recording, in the square of each innings, by whom players are put out, these figures are used to indicate the names of the fielders who put. him out. The following abbreviations of words used to record the movements of eacl player during a game are now used by all scorers throughout the country, the system having been in- dorsed by the Nativnal Association in 1864. A—put out on first base. IL F—put out by foul fly-eatches B “ © geeond base. LD = “ pound catches, Cc « © third base. RO m between the bases. H « « home base. HR_ home runs. F “ by fly-catches. K put out by three strikes. The above, at first sight, would appear to be a complicated alpliabet to remember, but when the key is applied it will be at once seen that a boy could easily impress it on his memory in a few minutes. The explanation is simply this—we use the first three letters of the alphabet to indicate the three bases ; the first letter of the words “Home” and “Fly,” and the last letter of the words “ Bound,” “ Foul” and “Struck.”
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23 DIME BASE-BALL, PLAYER. The following is the score-sheet of the Atlantic batting and Mutual fielding of the match of Oct. 12, 1868. —e cae aa | > a 3 ei a ee , 4 3 = a |g 4 | 2 = i Ke) 3 | S b e S = > & Po I =) 2 = ie FlAaAla ja A|lns | & os +i 6 1.65 é eo) —) | a a +{a * * ~2 * & te re INNINGS, 1 ’ e a r= OE pe ae fle | 4 pledaebatels ae le ie)s)ela}el3}4 oion $3 1-4 | (Bo) eck Se $s 4 gS Ala ia loajo};}o|] a |] wk] N dee aiaetls lw iso lt sotirtlwdiles The above score not only gives the outs and runs made by each batsman in the game, but it also shows how he was put out and by whom, e will explain the first three innings by way of illustrating the system. Pearce was the first striker, and he was fielded out by Flanly, who passed the ball to Mills in time to put him ont at first ase. This is described as fullows: The figure 1 on the lower line shows Pearce to be the first mun out, and the figures above them stand in place of the names of the
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DIME BASE-BALI PLAYER. pis | fielders putting him out, viz. 9 for Flanly—he being the nin'h Man on the lis:—and 6 for Mills, the letrer A being in place of the words “ first base.” Smith was the second man out, as indicated by the figure 2; and he was put out at first bose by the fielding of Devyr and Mills, the figure 2 being in place of Devyr’s nume—he being second on the list of fielders—and the 6 for Miils’ name. The third striker was Start, and he made a run, indicated by the dot (.).in the lower corner. Chapman was the fourth striker, and he struck out, the figure 3 showing him to be third hand out, and the letter K standing for “struck out.” The total score of the inning is recorded at the foot of the column. In the second innings Mills put.out Crane at first base ; Mills was fielded out by Flanly to Mills at first base ; Ferguson'scored & run, and Zetilein was third out on a foul bound a Dockney, the 7 being in place of Dockney’s name and the letters L standing in place of the words “ foul bound,” The total score of the inuing is recorded as before, and below is the grand to- tal of the game as far as played. In the third inning McDonald led off by striking out, after which Pearce, Smith and Start scored runs. “Then Chapman Was put out at second base—shown by the letter B—by Flanly fielding the ball to Devyr at secoid base. Crane was left on the second base—shown by the figure and letter thus (2d) in the corner—and Mills was third hand ow by the fielding of Swandell to Mills at first base. The total score of the innings was 3, and the grand total of the Atlantic at the close of the in- ning was 5, shown by the figures at the fuot of the column ol the inning. Now all this figuring and abbreviating can be recorded with ease as fast as the movements of the players are made, but though the record shows not only how and by whom each bats- Man was put out, and also his outs and runs, it does not sh »w how he made his bases, whether by good hits or poor fielding, and as it is very important to get atsuch data in order to-arrive at a correct estimate of a batsman’s skill in the game, we Use our system of recording bases on hits, a system, by the Way, we have usedein our reporting for ten years past, but it was only in 1867 that we first gave it publivity to any extent Technical Terms in Base-RBall. Our national game now has its regular technical phraseology, and below we give a dictionary of the terms used in the game, especially compiled by the editor. We first give the technical terms used in reference to the pitching department, then those the batting, next the fielding, and lastly the general terms u Use,
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g4 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, Terms Used in Pitching. A Batat.—A balk is made when the pitcher either steps out side the lines of his position when making any of the preli- minary movements in delivering the ball to the bat, or fails to deliver it after making one or other of such movements. _ A Four Baix.—Phis balk is made whenever the player de- -ivering the ball tothe bat throws itby an overhand or round- arm throw ; should the player delivering such halls to the bat per- sist in his action, the umpire, after warning him of the penalty, is obliged to declare the game forfeited by a score of 9 to 0. A Bow ep Bauu.-—lf a ball be bowled along the ground to the bat, the umpire is required to call a balk. _CaLLEep Bauis.—A called ball is the penalty inflicted on the pitcher for sending a ball to the bat out of the striker’s legiti- mute reach, . Cuances.—A “chance” in base-ball means an opportunity afforded off the pitching for the fielders to puta player out, A pitcher is never “ punisued” so long as his pitching affords chances for outs, no ma:ter how many runs the opposing side may score in the game, ROPPING THE Pace.—This term is applied when the pitcher lessens the speed of his delivery, and substitutes a medium- paced ball for a swift one. It is very effective in some cases. Heapwork.—This term is applied to a pitcher who uses his judgment in his work, and brings mental power into play to aid physical skill. OvER-PitcH.—This term is applied to a ball which is pitched Over the catcher'’s head out of his reach, or so wide of his po sition, on one wide or the other, us to be just as much ont of reach as in the first instance. na Prrcner’s Pornts.—These are the two iron quoits laid down On the center of the front and back line of the pitcher’s posi- tion. i PounrsHine THE Prrcner,—The pitcher is “ punished ” when the ball he pitches to the bat are easily hit to the field in such a manner as to prevent them from being ficlded to put the batsman or base-runner out. No pitcher is “ punished” timply because runs are easily scored by his opponents, but only When bases are earned by clean hits off-his pitching. Pace.—This is the technical term applied to the degree of speed with which the ball is pitched to the bat. There are three degrees of pace, viz. : swift, medium, and slow. Creigh- ton was the swift pitcher, or underhand thrower, par excel- lence, and Murtin is the representative medium-puced pitcher. The best slow pitcher is the man who can toss in a bull to the bat which is most likely to deceive the eye of the batsman by the peculiar curve of the line of its delivery Lows.— Slows are balls simply tossed to the bat with a line
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’ DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 2 ef ael yery so curved as to make them almost drop on the home-base. When tossed in by a pitcher who has command of the ball, and who kaows the weak points of his batting op- ponents, this style of delivery can be made very effective, but olwerwise slow pitching is easy to punish. UnpeRHAMD THROWING.—This is the style cf delivery adopted by all very swift pitchers—so called. It is done hy a quick, whip-like movement of the wrist or elbow. Terms Used in Batting. Bases on Hirs.—A base is fairly earned by the batsman when he hits the ball in such a mauner that it can neither be Caught on the fly nor fielded to any base in time to put any player out, It does not follow that because the strikei reaches the first base himselt in time—and that, too, not by an error of fielding—that thereby he makes his base on a hit, as the ball may be used to better advantage in putting out the player “forced off.’ It must be earned by a clean hit, or he is not to be credited with a base earned. i Bases on Errors.—A_ base is secured by errors when the striker gets safely to first base either through the ball being “ muffed”’ by the fielder, or thrown wildly to the base player, or not held by him when accurately thrown. A base, too, is secured by an error when an easy chance for a ca'ch is lost, either by the poor juigment or lack of activity of the fielder, or when two fielders both hesitate to take the chance offered. BarsMan.—The striker at the bat is culled the batsman or “striker” until be has bit a fair ball. BounpEerR.—A “bounder” is a ball from the bat which bounds out of the reach—not over the heads—of the in- seat It is a ball which first strikes the ground in the in- Cuz in Home Ruys.—This is the term applied to a run ob- taiued by a long hit to the out-field by which the ball is sent Out of the reach of the out-fielders so as to admit of a base- runner running round and touching all four bases before he is put oat. If he stops onwany base, thinking he can not get home in time, he is tc be credited only with the number of bases he made before stopping. Ordinary home runs are fre- queatly made from overthrows, or dropped or muifed balls at the outer-tield. These are not now counted as home runs, as they are the result of errcrs in the ficld and not of heavy bat. ting. Home rans, at best, are no criterion of skillful batting, and they are only useful in bringing men home when the basea are all occupied. Daisy Currers—aA “ daisy cutter” is a ball hit sharply and elose along the ground from a ball pitched low to the bat, gag sent in the right direction they are telling and pretty
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26 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, ' Farr Bautis.—A fair ball is one sent from the bat so as 0 strike the ground anywhere in ‘front of or on the lines of tat in-field from home base to third base and home base to first ase, Fout BAuis.—These are balls sent fiom the bat which strike the ground back of the foul-ball lines. Factne For A Hrr.--The batsman is said to ‘‘face for a hit” when he st.nds in such position as nearly to face the part of the field he desires to send the ball. : : Funco.—This is a style of batting, useful only in affording out-fielders a chance for practice in taking long, high balls on the fly. It, however, gets the batsman out of good batting form, for he has to hit the ball as it falls perpendicularly, and not as it comes to him in pitching, nearly horizontally. — GRouNDER.—A ground hit is a very safe style of hitting if the ball is sent in the right direction. Sharply hic grounders sent tu any position, except first base, will generally insure a base, us the fielder, even if he stops it, generally fails to field it in time to the base. 3 z Hien Batis.—A “ high ball” és one hit high in the air, an1 iavorably tor a fielder to catch. Long, high balls are much ad- mired by spectators, but with intelligent and experienced field- ers and a good, sharp captain, every such ball hit ought to lead to the striker being put out. B Ling Batu.—A “line ball,” or “ liner,” is a ball sent swiftly from Lie bat to the field almost on a horizontal line. A catch from such a ball Jooks handsome; but itis nut so difficult a ball to bold asa high foul ball, as the latter has great bias given to it by the bat. : Lone Barts.— Long balls” are balls sent either flying or hounding along the ground to the out-fielders. If the former, pee ought to be caught; if the latter, they surely give a ase. : Low Bauu.—This is a ball sent low to the bat. The legiti- Mite rewch of the batsman does not extend lower than a toot jrom the ground, One, Two, TuREE.—This term i applied to the order of re- tirement when three batsmen are put out in succession. Prayers Ronnine Bases —The strike? ceases to be cons*d- ere(i us such the moment he strikes a fair bail, or when he is obliged to run to first base from fuiling to hit to the ball afler striking at it three times. Porrixe One Up.—This term is applied to a ball hit up high, which readily falls into the hands of an in-fielder. It is the poorest hit made. Rons.—A player scores a run the moment he fairly to :ches the home base. STRIKER.—Tie batsman is the striker unti] le rvas fer the Gest base after ‘tilting a ball fairly.
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 7 Sare Hrr.—This term is applied to high balls sent from the bat with just force enough to carry them over the heads of ‘he in fielders, but not far enough out for the out-fielders to 2atch. Srrixine Ovr.—When the batsman hits at a fair ball tires limes, and fails to hit it, and the ball be caught, or it be sent -» first base in time to put the player out, he “strikes” out. _ SaovnpeR Batt.—This isa ball sent to the bat on a ling with the batsman’s shoulder. Some batsmen hit these } alls well. Trotne A Batu—This is done when you so time the swing of your bat to meet the ball as to hit it at a right angle to the line of your bat, and so as to hit the ball in the center. Terms Used In Fielding. Asststixe.—A fielder assists when he throws 9 ball to the baseman on which the base runner is put out, or in any other way assists a fielder to put a player out. Basemen.—These are the players who occupy the positions of first, second, and third basemen. Cauent Napprnc.—A bise runner is said to be “caught napping” whena bise player ora fielder happens to touch him with the bali while s'anding off his ba e; or when caught be- tween two bases in trying to reach another base. DovsLe Pray.—A double play is made when the fielders pe out two men with the ball after it has been hit, and be- vre it is pi:ched to the bat again, or if two players be put out between the time the ball is pitched to the bat, and before it is again delivered. - Droprep Batis. —Any fly ball batted or thrown to a fielder, Which is dropped by him before it is settled in his hands, is a “dropped ” ball. and should be charged as an error. : Puy Tre.—This is a foul ball held be the catcher, sharp from lie Dat. % Foun Fry.—Any high foul ball held on the fly is called a “th fly. They are the most difficult fly balls to hold sent from 1e bat. *txy Carcres.—All balls held by fielders from the bat l efcre tie ball touches the ground, no matter how, or in what manner they ure held, or whether held from the hands of another ficld- er, are fly catches. Hor Batrs—A “hot” ball is one which is either thrown or hit to a fielder with great speed. In-Fretpers—The in-fielders of the party of nine in a mitch consist of the catcher, pitcher, short stop, and three men. Murrep Barts.—A ball is “ muffed” when the fielder fails to.stop it as it comes within his reach, or to pick it up and hold
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r..| DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. it so as to throw it in promptly, or to hold it when it is thrown to him accurately. : Morrins—This is a term applied to the poorest class of fielders. A player may be able to hit long balls, and to make home rans, and yet for all that bea veritable muffin, from the simple fact that he can not. field, catch, or throw a ball de- cently. Muffins are the lowest in the class of club nines. Next te them comes the “amateurs,” shen “secoud nirss,” and then first nines. Ovr-Freipers.—The three out-fielders in a nine are the -eft center and right fielders, all of whom ought to be able to throw aball a hundred yards or more. . Over Tarows.—Any fielder throwing a ball out of thereach of the player he is throwing to, is to be charged with an “ over throw.’ Passep Barus.—Whenever the catcher allows a ball to pass him on which a base is run, or should he muff a ball, and a base is run in consequence, he is to be charged with a passed ball. No ball ean be passed that is not in reach, Rigut Snorr.—This is the name of the position in the fiei7 ‘occupied by the tenth man in a game, who stands in a similar position between first and second bases, to that occupied by the short stop between secondand third. It is the second base- ro position when fielding for batsmen who hit to right eld. Rox Ovur.—The fielders run an opponent out when they touch him while he is half way, or nearly so, between the bases. The fielder who touches him is credited with putting him out and the one who passed the ball to such fielder is credited with “ assisting.” . Runnina Carcu.—These catches are among the prettiest a fielder can make. They are made when the ball is held on the fly while the fielder is on the run. TrreLe Puay.—Whenever three players are put out by the fielders after a ball has been pitched to the hat, and before itia again sent to the bar, a triple play is said to be made. Witp Torows.—A wild throw is made when.a ball ‘s thrown by one fielder to another out of the legitimate reach of the fielder the ball is thrown to. “9 General Technical Perms. AMATEURS.—There are two meanings applicable to this term, as used in Base-Ball. For instance, amateur players are ‘that class of the fraternity who play ball for exercise and amuse- Ment only, the term being in contradistinction to that of pro- fessional players, who are those who play Base-Ball for “money, place, or emolument.” Again, there is another clase of “ auiateurs,” namely, those who, though not expert plsy
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 29 era, still play the game well enough not to be enrolled as “ muf- fins.” Aw Antist.—This term is applicable only to a player who is nt only experienced and skillful in his useof excellent phy- sical qualifications, but who also uses his mental powers in the game to aid him to excel. - 3 Base Luyes.—The base lines are the lines running from base to base. Base Ronner.—A player rvnning the bases after having struck a fiir ball. ‘ Bases on Errors.—Any ball hit by the batsman which ad- mits of his taking a base through the failure of the fielder to hold it on the fly, to stop it and field it to the basemen in time, or to throw it to him accurately, gives the batsman his base on an error. Branx.—A blank is scored when the party at the bat retire Without scoring a run in an inning. Buryv.—This is a provincial term for a blank score. Deap Barys.—A ball is considered dead when the rules state that it is “notin play,” and also when the ball strikes the um- pire, in which latter case no player can be put out, or base be tun. Drawn Games.—When any number of even innings exceed- ing five in a game have been played, and the score be equal, and the umpire Gecides the game as drawn, it can be so record ed. Or when in such case no fair chance is afforded to play the game out, a drawn game is the result. ; Earnep Runs—A run is earned when it is scored before three chances haye been offered the field side to put their oppo- nents out. For instance, A leads off with a base, but B fol- lows with an out on the fly; C hits for two bases, and sends A to third, and D hits for one base, and sends Ahome. One run isearned. Should E give a chance for an out and a donble Ply, no more runs Can be earned even if base hits are made. vex Ixntnes. —When each nine in a game haye played -n equal number of innings, the game is said to stand “even noings.” Wot Orr.—aA player is “ forced off” a base when he is obliged to leave the base he occupies, owing to the striker’s be- ing obliged to run to the first base. No base runner can force another runner to vacate a base under any other circun- stances, Hanp Lost.—This is the old term applicable to the “ outs” ina game. For instance, the moment a player is put out, the batting side “ lose a hand.” Iyntn@s.—Wnhen three men on one side have been put out, the whole side is out, end the inning of that party terminates, Lerr on Bases.—Piayers are frequently left on bases at the clese of un inning after earaing their first base by a good clea
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3 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. hit; and in all such cases they should be credited with tie fact on the score-book. Generally their being left is the result of the poor batting of those following them, though sometimes poor base running is the cause. When left, afier getting bases by errors, no credit should be given. Lryes or Posrrron.—The lines of position on a ball-field are the line of the home base, three feet on each side of the base; and the lines of the pitcher’s position inclosing a space of ground six feet square. Lone Banis.—Ali balls sent to the outer field are known as “long balls.” When sent to the field bounding, they are good for buses; but when sent high, they ought to be caught. Low BaLis.—The pitcher is not required to deliver a ball lower than a foot from the ground, as he can not pitch such balls without risk of sending in “bowled” balls. OrveER or Posrrion.—The regular order in which a nine are called, is as follows: Catcher, pitcher, first, second, and third baseman, short stop, and left, center, and right fielder. Ours.—The score of outs recorded on the score book refers to the number of times each batsman is put oul. Puayers Ronnine Bases.—The striker becomes a player, running the bases tue moment he strikes a fair ball, or the mo- ment he strikes the third time at a ball without hitting it. Prroger’s Pornrs.—The four iron quoits used to mark the lines of the pitcher's positions are termed the “ pitcher's points.” They must be laid within the lines of his position. Proressionas.— Any ball-player is 4 professional player, who receives compensation for his services as a player, either by money, place or emolument. WHITEWASHED.—A nine are said to be whitewashed when they retire from an inning’s play without scoring a single run. Playing Base-Ball on the Ice During the winter months of January and February, 1872, several Base-Ball matches were played on the ice by skaters, and below we give the rules fur playing such games, and the scores of the principal games which took place. Rules for Games on the Ice, Playing Base-Ball on the ice differs from the licld-game in regurd to the form of the bases and the method of runniag them. The ordinary rules governing the batsmen, and pitcher, too, are not so strictly observed as in the field-game, the im- possibility of obtaining a good footing making the operation of pitching and batting rather difficult. “In runuing tue bases in & game on the ice on skates, all that is necessary fur the base-rapner tu do is to cross the line of the position, after which he can not be put out until he has returned to the base and again leaves it. In order, too, to make the succeeding bage, he east Cross the line in starting fiom the base he leaves as well
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. $i 2s the line of the base he runs for. The lines of the baces are marked or the ice in the form of triangles intersecting each other, the lines being three feet in length, and they must in- close a space of three feet square, each line being marked at Tight angles with the base-lines from base to base, and three feet each side thereof. This space forms the base, and within this sp.ce the base-player must have some part of his person When he holds the ball, in order to put a player out. The Sas2-ranner makes his base if he crosses the line on the base Jefure being touched, or before the ball is held on the base. Af er hitting a ball on which the batsman can only make one base, he should start from the home buse so as to turn to the Tight in crossing the lines of the base; but in cases where his hit entitles him to two or more bases, then he should start so as to turn t: the left. Until he has returned and occupied a after crossing the line in making it, he can not be put out. Were the regular bases used in games on the ice and the rules of the field game observed, the effort of players to stop sud- denly would lead to severe fulls, and, therefore, the extendéd lines for bases are used, and the rules changed to conform to the new arrangement. The essentials for a successful game of dall on the ice includes a large space of good clear ice; a non- €lastic and soft ball; a fair cay, not. windy or too cool; a field cleared of spectators, and two parties of good, plucky skaters. Under these favorable circumstances a really exciting display woul! be the result. The ball requires to be non-elastic and Soft, because a light blow will send it a good distance, and a hard ball sent swiftly to the hands on a cold day is excessively Painful, and likely to result in severe injuries. The pitchin also should never be swift in a game on ice. The ball shoul simply be tossed in to the bat; by this means more frequent chances are given to the field for outs, and the game is made active and lively instead of tedious, as it would otherwise be. One of the best games played on the ice by skaters, was that which took place on the Hoboken Stating Park, January 27th, 1871, between nines captained by players of the Gotham and Hoboken clubs, the score of which we append. Gornam. RB. 1B. P.0. A| HoroKken. R. 1B. P.O. A Shreve, c........ 1 1 5 O}Bearman,2db...1 1 1. 3 Nelson, 1stb.....1 1 8 0)}Lewis,ss....... BY doeeeB Hankins, 2db....3 8 4 0} Bogert.istb....2 2 1 0 Offernan, 3d b...1 2° 0 2|Chanfrau,1f..... 00 0 0 Tadley, 1 f....... 1° 1 O 1/Chalmers,cf....0 0 9 0 Me fo. oe ke Le DT) Reyate; Oc. vopeid 208 yd Standish, ss..... O°'1 ..1. -0}Havens, p........ eee a Pollock, rf......0. 1. 0 8|McGucken,8db..1 1 0 2 Holstein, p.......0 1 O 1) Weisenheim,rf..0 2 1 0 Totals......8 13 15 13 Totals......7 9 15 10
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$3 DIME BASE-BASE PLAYER. Inmincs.. Runs scored. 1st 2d 8d 4th 5th Gotham.... ie asic ge Be) 1-8 RA sia a 9it-~ tle Ph ene ces 9c 1 0 2 2 27 Umpire—Mr. Chadwick, Time of game—One hour and ten minutes, The second noteworthy game of the season took place at Prospect Park, February 17th, between the Frospect Park and y *pitoline tens, the scure of which was as follows: Prospect. R. 1B. r.0, A) CaPITOLINE. RB 1B. P.O. & Vanderveer,c...0 2 1 0)Pearce,p.......- ter eS Gillam, 38d b....5 0 0O 8 0) Wood, 3db...... ie TR RS Dupignac,ss....0 0 0 O/Gronevelt,rf....8 3 0 0 Titterton, Ist b...0 1 8 0}Williamson,rs..6 3 0 0 SRR OK 0. 0 .1 . 0)Decker, 1.f....... Te Pe ee Delano,cf......0 1 6 0) Brown,c........ iy a a | Date} 'r £04 53.0000 0}. Ball, sa:,-.2..5..4 1.1 Oxley, rs.......0 0 1 0)Burdock,2db....4 2 0 0 Datin}' Gr ..8. sites 0 0 6 O|G.Hall,istb....4 3 5 0 Bergen, 2db..... 0 © O|McDonald,cf...8 2 0 0 Fotaley.0020 0 416 0 Totals......37 27.15 5 INNINGS. ist 2d 3d 4th 5th Prospect Park 0 0 0 O90 Capitotne sth, 000.2 8 8 9—37 0 2 Fly catches—Wood, 2; Decker, 1; J. Hall, 1; Brown, 1; Gillam, 2; Dunn, 1; Titterton, 1. | First base by errors—Pros- ect Park, 1; Capitoline, 12. Runs earned—Prospect Park, 0; Japitoline, 9. Umpire—Mr. Chadwick. Time of game—One hour and thirty minutes, The Prospect Park ten included several fine s! and one veteran ball-tosser, viz.: Andrew Dupignac, of the old Gotham nine of 1856. But opposed to them were the invincible Capi- toline ten, with such fice players, as well as skaters, as Pearce, the brothers Hall, and others. As the pitcher of the “ Caps,” Ferguson did not come in time, Pearce took his place, and it was really a treat to see how cleverly Dick played his points on the village batsmen. In the whole fiveianings but four first- base hiis were made, and but three of the ten made their first base by their batting. He was finely supported in nearly every position, especially by Brown, Wood, the two Halls and Deck- er. On the other side, Vanderveer pitched — well, but was 80 badly supported, especially at second base, that thongh but nine runs were earned, the “ Caps” scored no less than 37. In batting, Pearce led on one side, and Vanderveer on the other. On Captaining a Nine. The success of a nine—especially a professional team—de- pends largely upon the ability of the player who has been Placed in command of the nine for the season. The Captaim
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 3 of a nine must not depend entirely upon his playing skill or his ability as a tactician for his success in ruling his men, the one great essential being to command the respect and obedience of his nine. If he does not possess these essentials, he is not fit to occupy the position. The ability to command this respect necessitates the possession of integrity of character, urhanity of temper, and a proper consideration for the feelings of the play- ers under his control; with these qualities a moderate de- of the other essentials will suffice to make a man a good aptain. Without them, the most expert player in the coun- try would fail. ever take into your nine a member expelled from another club, unless his expulsion can be shown to have been a merely revengeful act, and an unjust punishment. Make it a regular rule for the nine to practice iu their posi- tions at least twice a week, in match or practice-games. In practicing a nine, let every man retain his regular position, and do not let out-fie'ders play on the bases, or the basemen in the out field. In order to excite emulation in the nine, have special re- wards or prizes for the best score of times the first base is made by clean hits. No prizes should be given for runs made, as, in the effort to excel in this respect, players will frequently run each other out. Neither should prizes be given for home runs, for the reason that the class of batsmen who strive to excel in scoring home runs generally have the poorest average of bases On hits, they scoring about one home run to six or seven outs. Ia your treatment of professionals, let them be made to feel that they are members of the club, and not, merely hired men. Some Captains are in the habit of speaking to their profession- als as if they were so many slaves, This is poor policy in every respect, and the imperious way in which some men use their brief authority, shows their own smallness of mind and low character more than any thing else. A really manly Cap- tain never abuses his authority in this way. In training up a new nine, never judge of a man’s skill by his playing one or two games only, lt takes a series of con- tests either to show a pluyer’s ability, or to develop his weak points. Ic is merely folly to estimate a player's skill by either his fine play in one game, or his poor display in another. Then, again, due allowance should be made for lack of practice. Re- ember, too, that your steady, earnest workers, who play wilh & wili in every game, are worth two of your dashy, brilliant players, who shine one day, and play listiessly the next, Above all, avoid quick-tempered men, as they lose more games than they help to win. | Flow to Manage a Field. One of the old customs in the management of a nine—one now properly obsolete—was that of changing the positions of
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a4 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. the players in the field in nearly every inning. Asa general thing, this is the merest child’s play. In the early part of the season, when engaged in an unimportant match with a weaker nine, a change or two may be allowable, by way of ex- periment; but under no circumstances, except those of illness or injury, should a position in the nine—except that of pitcher —be changed during the playing of a match, or, in fact, dn- ring the entire season, unless you can substitute a palpably superior player; or in case experience proves the inability 0! any one man to properly play his position in a-nine. The folly of taking a base player off his base because he fails to hold a ball or two, badly thrown or swifily batted to him; or of putting a base player in the field because the fielder hap- pens to drop a difficult ball to hold or even to miss an easy cutch, is so apparent to any ordinary observer, that we ure sur- ay to see it adopted by any but captains of weak judgment. Vat reason have you to suppose that the player committing an error in one position, and that, too, in one he is familiar with, is going to do better in one he is not at home in, and if he does not, whence the advantage of the change? for, as the game is now played, every position in the field requires to he equally well played to insure successin a match. There is one change, however, that is legitimate and frequently advyan- tageous, namely: A Change of Pitchers. In the management of your nine, nothing snows your pos- session of good judgment more than your tacties in regard to the pitching department, In the first place, a first-class team always has two pitchers in it, and also two catchers, each fa- miliar with one man’s pitching, and it is in your management of these batteries that much of your success will lie. Put your swift pitcher to work first, and keép him in at least three in- nings, even if he be hit away from the start; for it will require that time to ullow your opponents to become accustomed to the range of the balls, and therefore they will be more likely to strike too quick for a slower delivery when a change is made. In reference to a change of pitching we pre-suppose a proper support of the pitching in the field ; should the pi'cher not be supported well, however, no change is likely to be of benelit, especially one of from swift to slow pirching, the e& fectiveness of slow pitching depending greatly upon the 5J.i)l displayed by the field in making catches. Supposing. how- ever, that with good support in the field the swift pitchiog is being easily punished, and runs are being made too fast, if your pitcher is one who can not drop his pace well withoat giving more chances at the bat, you should at once bring in your slow or medium-paced pitcher, and at the same time paren your field for catches by placing your basemen out furthe ‘et
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. & ‘ ting the short-stop nearly cover second base, and the secona baseman play at right short well out, and extending your out- fielders about ten yards or so. Your slow pitcher shou!d be an active fielder, as he will haveto cover the in-field well, for the basemen will have to lay out well for high balls between the in-field and the oui-field. If your change-pitcher can now and then send in a hut one without any apparent change of delivery, his pitching will be all the more cflective; when he does so, however, he should draw in his basemen closer by & private signa). The pitcher should always have an under- Standing with your two sets of fielders in regard to private signals, so as to be able to call them in closer, or place them out further, or nearer the foul-b#ll lines, as occasion muy re- quire, without giving notice to your adversaries. Warn. your Out-fielders also to watch well the batsman, so as to be ready to move in the direction he faces for batting. Thus, if the leit fielder is in his regular position, and he sees the batsman facing for a hit close to the first base, let him go nearer to the center field, and the center fielder nearer to right, and the Jat- ter fielder close to if not beyond the foul-ball line. When you find that your adversaries have in their nine two or three men fond of making showy hits, or of hiiting at the first ball that Comes close to them us hard as they can, Jay your out-field in readiness for long fly-balls, extend your basemen for high bails short of the cut-field, and then tell your pitcher to send him in & nice one where he wants it, and in nine cases out of ten, if your men are well trained, the “ splendidly hit ball” will be held as nicely as you want it. Be careful, however, that you are not tempted to draw in your men too much for low hits; you shonld consult with your pitcher every inning so as to huve the nine work according to his pitching. In fact, the pitcher should be allowed to place his men if he have any special ob- ject in view, or desires to play any particular points. It is in paying particular attentions to the strategical points of a game that victories are achieved, and not in depending solely on the trength of your nine either at the bat or in the field. The Positions in the Field. The players of a nine in Base-Ball may be divided into two Classes, in‘fielders and out-fielders, and these are subdivided Into five other classes, viz.: catchers, pitchers, base-pluy ers, short-stops, and out fielders, euch class requiring different de- grees of skill in their positions, though each must necessarily Possess certain attributes alike. The class we shail first com- Ment upon will be the base-players; and in referring tu these important membe's of a nine, we propose giving a lew hinis On the base-play of professional players. Exch buse requires its occupant to be well drilled in the peculiarities of the posi- tion, for it is mow well known that each base presents different
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co} DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. epportuuities for players to exhibit their skill. For instanea, the first-baseman must be a sure catch and a man fearless in facing the swiftest thrown balls; but special activity in fielding is less requisite at this position than at the other bases. At the second buse, however, activity is the first requisite, while at the third base the most judgmint in catching high foul-balJs and the swifiest and longest throwing done in the in-field are the lea ling features of the play in that position. Another differ- ence, too, is, that while at the first base the primary object of the player is to hold the ball while on the base, at the second and third bases activity in touching players is the feature. In appealing for judgment, base-players frequently make im- portant errors. For instance, they should never make two movements to put a player out. by touching bim when offa base, unless they failed in the first movement; as, should they bave put him out by the first moyement, and palpably have failed to do so in their second attempt, the umpire will natur- ally conclude that their second movement was made in conse- quence of the failure of the first attempt, and decide the player not out when he really was. Appealing for judgment, too, when base- players know that they have not put the player out, is poor policy, and for this reason, that when umpires know that a player is up to this tricky, unfair dodge, they are very apt to doubt the fairness of all appeals made by such players, unless it is plainly upparent that the man was putout. All base-pliyers require their wits about them, and their eyes open «ail the time, so as to be ready for points of play, for it is in this tbat much of the success of a pine depends. Birat. egy will frequently offset the results of good batting. he pos‘uon of sbort-stop is the most important of any in the in-field ; and it is one requiring an exceedingly active play- er to discharge its duties properly, as it is especially incum- bent on this fielder to back up all the positions in the field. The out-fielders, one and all, require to be preity good judges of high balls, sure catchers, and long throwers, There is no difference in the ability each position requires, except in in- stances where the ground is less favorable for fielding in one of the out-field positions, than it is in another, in which case the most active man is required in the poorest part of the field. Ix loeating themselves in the out-field, these players should rather stand out too far than too close in, for they can beticr run in to catch a shot high ball, than to back eut for a Jong high one overhead. The out-fielders should always have an understanding with the pitcher or catcher, so as to be able to move to any particular position by private signal. On the Use of Ardent Spirits in Training, Any man now desirous of using his physical and mental ‘ powers to their utmost advantage, must iguore first, intempe
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. St tance in eating, and second, refuse to allow a drop of alcohcl- ic liquor, whether in the form of spirits, wine, or beer, to pass down his throut. Weare not preaching “ temperance” to the fraternity, but telling them facis, hard, incontrovertible facts, which experience is gradually proving to those who have charge of the training of athletes for teats of physical skill or endurance. That able American essayist, Mr. James Parton, had an ar- ticle in the Allantic Monthly for August, 1868, which is one of the most convincing essays on the evils of liquor drinking we have ever read. In fact, if any man can read it attentively, and not be thoroughly convinced of tue injurious effects of al- coholic drinks on the healthy system, he must be either too weak to escape the rule of prejudice, or too much the slave of “ppetite to allow reason to hayesway. Our object, in referring to the article in question, is to call the attention of those who train for athleric feats in general, and of the ball-playing fra- ternity in particular, to the worse than useless effects of alco- holic drinks—whether in the form of spirits, wine, or beer— in training, or as an incentive to extra exertion iu any contest in which physical skill or physical endurance is to be tried. Mr. Parton brings strong testimony to bear upen the point of the alleged invigorating qualities of alcoholic drinks, On this branch of his topic he says: “ Eyery man that ever trained for & Supreme exertion of strength knows that Tom Sayers spoke the truth when he said: ‘I’m no teeiotaler; but when I’ve uny business to do, there’s nothing like water and the dumb- bells’ Richard Cobden, whose powers were subjected to a lar seyerer tiial than a pugilist evcr dreamed of, whose labors by uight and day, during the corn-law struggle, were exces- sive and continuous beyond those of any other member of the House of Commons, bears similar testimony: ‘The more work I have to do, the more | bave resorted to the pump or the tea- pot!’ On this branch of the subject all une testimony is against alcoholic drinks. Whenever the point bas been tested—and it has often been tested—the truth has been confirmed, that he who would do his very best and most, whether in rowing, lift. ing, running, speaking or writing, must not admit into his sys tem one drop of alcohol. Trainers used to allow their men a pint of beer per day, and sévere trainers half a pint; but now the knowing ones haye cut off even that moderate allowance, and brought their men down to cold water, and not too much of that, the soundest digesters requiring litile liquid of any kind. Mr. Bigelow, by his happy publication lately of the cor- rect version of Franklin's autobiography, has called to mind the famous beer passage in that immortal woik: ‘1 drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great guzzlers of beer. On one occasion 1 cariied up and down. stairs u large form of types in each hand, when otLers carried
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38 DIME’ BASE-BALL PLAYUR. but one in both nanas.’ Mhavea long list of references on this nt; but in these boat-racing, prize-fighting days, the fact as become too familiar to require proof. One morning Horace Greeley, teetotaler, came to his office after an absence of ceveral i, and found letters and arrears of work that would have been appalling toany man but him. Ile shut him- self in at 10 A. M., and wrote steadily, without leaving te room, till 11 Pp. w.—thirteen hours. When he had finished he hed some difficulty in getting downstairs, owing to the stiff: ness of his joints, caused by the long inaction; but he was as fresh and smiling the next morning es though he bad done nothing extraordinary, Are any of us drinkers of wine und | beer capadle of such a feat? Then} during the war, w e wus writing his history, he performed every day fér two years, two days’ work—one from uine to four, on his book ; the other, from seven to eleven, on the 7rijune ; and, in xd dition, he did more than would tire an ordinary man in the way of correspondence and public speaking. 1 may also re- | mind the reader that Mr, Beecher, who, of all others in the United States, expends most vitally, both with tongue and pen and who does his work with least fatigue and must gayety of heart, is another uf Franklin's ‘water Americans’ How many ball-players tuere are who, at match after match, are deluded to the notion that by drinking whisky in the midst of their game, they thereby impart new vigor to their bodics, clear thew judgment and sight, and inspirit them to greater endurance, When the undeniable fact is, tuat the liquor they drink does the very reverse of all these things, as it nei- ther nourishes the system nor clears the sight; on the contrary, inflames the stoms.vh, Clouds the brain, and actually weakens the whole man. Rules for Averages. Phe following are a series of excellent rules laid down by Mr: H, A. Dobson, of Washington, for making outa fair analy- sis of each player’s skill at the bat in base-ball contests. Mr. Dobson in his argument in behal! of the plan of batting aver- ages which he advocates, says: “ Averages of players for a sea- sun were formerly determined by taking as a basis the number of Outs and runs—be who ‘had the Jeast outs and most runs was Considered the best player. The average was made ap by dividtug the total number of outs and runs by the number ot games played. But, as the game progressed scientifica!ly, it was soon found that taking the ouls and runs asa standard was not the true way, as mary circumstances combined tw ive a player his run by making his base by a scratch while be who made his base on a safe hit might be batted out by a poor batter, who would thus gain a run at bis brother's ex- pevse. The basis of outs and runs was thus dropped, and
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 88 * times first base on clean hits” substituted; this is the correct basis from which to work a batting average, as he who makes his first base by safe hitting does more to win a game than he who makes his score by ascratch. This is evident. But yet the averages are not properly arrived at, as the total of first- base hits is still divided by the number of games played. This does very well if the only object be to average each man’s hits to a game; but if it be desired to compare the average ot numbers of the same nine, or to compare the average of any member of one club with that of another, itis all wrong. In the first place, it is wrong, from the fact that members of the Same nine do not have the same or equal chance to run up a good score. In the second place, it is wrong, when comparing averages of players of different nines, as the clubs seldom play &n equal number of games. It is the wish of every club so to arrange its players as to bring its best batters oftenest at the bat; therefore, as a gene- ral rule, the best batsmen head the list. . The effect of this ar- Tangement is to give the three players heading the list a better chance than those below them; for, if the club play ten games, he who heads the list will probably come to the bat ten more times than he who is at the foot of the list, and will therefore have ten more chances to make his average than the last se ei _ According toa man’s chance, so should his record be very time he goes to the bat he either has an out, a run, or is left on his base. If he does not go out he makes his base, either by his own merit or by an error of some fielder. Now his merit column is found in “ times first base on clean hits,” and his average is found by dividing his total “times first base on clean hits” by his total number of times he went to the bat. Then what is true of one player is true of all, no matter what the striking order, for if a man go to the bat twenty times ina game, and makes his first base ten times, then 10+20—0.50— that is, fifty per cent. of his chances yielded him first-base hits. If another man go to the bat in the same game eighteen limes, and makes his first base nine times, his average is the Same—that is, fifty per eent. of his chances are first-base hits, By the old way the first player would. be ranked as the better tan, while the fact is they are equals. . Inthis way, and in no Other, can the average of players be compared; whether of the Same or contesting nines. To show the working of this system, I will illustrate by sup- Posing a case. In the first place, it must be remembered that the chances or times at the bat must equal the total number of Outs, runs, and left on bases; this must not be forgotten, else an error may be committed such as was committed by the scorers of the Athletic and Atlantic clubs in their elaborately-prepared average sheets fur 1869, where, in every case, the players are on record as having been at the bat lese times than they have outs and runs. 9
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® DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. © Smith is the first and Jones the ninth striker of the cham- pion nine. The club plays fifty matches during the season, each man taking part in eyery game. The scorer makes up the average the “old way,” and Smith is awarded the prize bat which had been offered for the best average of “ times first base on hits.” Injustice has been done, for Jones should have the bat. It is found that Smith had just fifty more chances than Jones to increase his average, yet, by the “old way,” this was not taaen into consideration, as will be seen below: Games, Ist B. Lert, Tiwes at Bat. Smiths wvintiermores2 00 150 20 360 : JONES, ws... 4500 140 5 310 The average (old way) he obtained by dividing these totals py fifty, the number of figures played, and is carried out de- cimally: lst. B. T. B. Satleh A 62 0 tsa. 5g led «wit és. sane 8.00 6.00 Fonese. 30.1 dta GD. dedi. bes demand < 2.80 5.60 This makes Smith the best man, counting first-base hits, Now take the new way. Dividethe totals by the number of times at the bat, and the average stands decimally as follows: lst B. T. B. Sinthie 2: ee. oe De PAR. SATE & 416 833 FOE Ee, PFI ERUR A BV 451 .800 It will be seen that Jones is actually ahead, for 45 per cent. of his chances gaye him first base on hits, while only 41 per cent. of Smith’s chances gave first-base hits. If you will make Jones’ chances equal Smith’s, then by pro- portion the score would have been Games. ist. Tota. Baszs. Leer. Tres ar Bat. Smith. ...50 bee 800 20 360 Jones....50 825 6 360 Then (the men having now equal chances at the bat) the average, the “ old way,” would place Jones ahead, and it would stand : 1st. B. T.B. PR So ic sa is Wari tiwoiewdicivc Kreg v0 = ue 3.00 6.00 GOMES ii6n' Cawaiat eld eer ve eee <q wo edok 6.50 The averages by the new way would be the same as in the third table. : It is more trouble to make up an average this way thar make it up the other way. One is erroneous, one is right.
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 41 The. Rule of Pitching. The now established rules governing the delivery of the ball to the bat allows the pitcher either to toss the ball to tne bat, 10 pitch it, to send it ui with asharp jerk, or give it uti addi- tional impetus ia speed “by (he peculiar action of the wrist or elouW, knowt as au underhand tarow. In doing this his arm must sug nearly perpendicularly at the side of the body, for, if he extends it from his side, so taat the hand holding the ball is r.ised above the hip, it becomes “a roudd arm” delivery, and that is prohibited. lu u match gume between the Mutuals and Cleveland nines, some years ago, James White was sent in to pitch in place ot) — ratt; but, although his style of delivery did not in reality differ from that of either of the regular swift pitchers of the clubs of the season, his speed was so. great that the umpire de- cided his delivery to be that of an underhand throw. This fact made it evident tbat, with the rule worded as it was, a power for partial decisions was given to the umpire which would act greatly to the detriment of the game. Besides which, knowin that wrist and elbow throwing 4 an underhand delivery had been practically in vogue since Creighton’s days, we thought it time to rid the code of this dead-letter law. Hence the amendment introduced and adopted in 1872. Umpires must, therefore, remember that they can not this season, rule out an style of delivery save that of an overhand throw or a round- arm delivery, as in bowling or cricket. There is one important fact which the fraternity must not lose sight of in considering the question of how the ball shall be delivered to the bat, and that is that the degree of speed with which it is sent in must always be limited by the ability of the player who occupies the position of the catcher to catch and stop the ball, This is a fixed rule in base-ball, and it can not be varied without weakening the plan of operations of the attack- in party, or fielding side, in a match game. — ‘AL er rule, equally as invariable, is that which makes it imperative for the style of delivery to be marked by accuracy aim and a thorough command of the ball. It follows, there- ore, that no matter what style of ag the rales admit of, these two laws must, in reality, govern the delivery of the ball. Without going further back than the seasons of 1870 and ’71, we can find in the experience of that time ample evidence of the fact that the acme of speed has been reached already, and that even if the swiftest style of delivery Were allowed, viz.: that of overhand throwing, whatever advantages might accrue from itin causing batsmen to “strike” or to “ tip” out, they would be more than nullified by the inability of the catcher to hold the swifily thrown ball, to say nothing of the impossibili*: of his halding it so as to throw to bases in time, or even to cat the ball. In wording the sections of the rule governing the
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42 DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. pitching, therefore, the point aimed at was to make it as clear as possible what constituted a legitimate delivery, and what style it was that was not allowable. The rule in vogue in 1871 was as follows: “ All balls thrown or jerked to the bat, or which are not delivered with a straight arm, swinging perpendicularly at the side of the pitcher’s body, shall be regarded as foully delivered balls, and all such balls shall be called and bases shall be taken on them, as in the case of unfair balls, and in the order of their delivery. If the pitcher persists in delivering such balls, the umpire, after warning him of the penalty, shall declare the game forfeited by a score of 9 to 0. This strictly prohibited every species of throwing, and ad- mitted only of the ball being “pitched” —or tossed in swiftly —to the bat. Since the days of Creighton, however, swift pitchers, (so called) have sent the ball in by a wrist and elbow underhand throw, it being simply impossible to give the ball the great speed imparted to it by the style of delivery hitherto in yogue, except through the medium of that quick, jerking and whip- like movement of the lower arm, which constitutes an under- hand throw. This being the fact, the question in amending was ren ge one involving the introduction of just such a rule as would not be regarded as a dead-letter law, as has been the case in regard to the rules hitherto governing the delivery of the ball to the bat; hence the prohibition only of actual overhand throwing, and that style of delivery known in cricket as “round arm bowling.” . In regard to a clause prohibiting a heh it was regarded - as simply unnecessary, as it can be easily shown that no man can obtain the requisite command of the ball by a jerk suffi- cient to escape the penalty for delivering “ unfair ge those sent in out of the legitimate reach of the bat. ides which, even supposing that a player might be found who could jerk the ball accurately to the bat, most assuredly such a me- thod of delivery could never exceed in s the underhand throwing style, and therefore there would be no motive to adopt it; and were it allowed, the simple fact that it would never be indulged in except at too heavy a cost of called and passed balls, to say nothing of the facility of punishing such a delivery which the absence of the command of the ball would necessarily lead to, it would contain in itself its own prohibi- tion. Throwing a Base-Ball. At the base-ball tournament in October, 1872, on the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, a throwing match took place, which resulted in a noteworthy exhibition of throwing. The entries included Hatfield aid Boyd, of the Mutuals; Geo. Wright and of the Bostons, and Fisler and Anson, of the Athletics. Two
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 48 stakes were driven into the ground near the pagoda, 110 yards distant from the home-plate, with a rope stretched across, from which the ball was thrown up toward the catcher’s position. Each competitor was allowed three throws, and the rules governing the contest required that the ball be dropped within two large bags placed on a line with the home-plate and about sixty feet apart. The measurement was from the home plate. Hatfield was ahead in each trial, and in the last throw he eclipsed his previous unequaled throw of 132 yards at Cincin- nati, Ohio, in 1868, by sending the ball away up near the cateher’s fence, clearing one hundred and thirty three yards, one foot, seven and one-half inches. The following table shows the best throw by each man: Hatfield, 183 yards, 1 foot, 7% inches; Leonard, 119 yards, 1 foot, 10 inches; Wright, 117 yards, 1 foot, 1 inch; Boyd, 115 yards, 1 foot, 7 inches; Fisler, 112 yards, 6 inches; Anson, 110 yards, 6 inches. Professionals and Amateurs. The time bas arrived when a more distinct definition of the term “amateur” should be made. The rule dividing the two classes is simply that of receiving pecuniary compensation for services. No matter in what form such compensation may be given, whether by a regular salary, by a share of the gate- money, by a position in office, or by a present at the close of the season, the mere acceptance of pecuniary compensation in any form for services on the ball-field or in a base-ball nine, makes & man a professional. No amateur club can share gate-re- ceipts in any way without becoming a professional organiza- tion. It is timethat the mean business of sharing in the profits of gate-money receipts while claiming to be ‘amateurs should be stopped. ) The Bane of Professionalism. wike th e system of professional ball-playing, as‘ practiced in 1872, shall be among the things that were, on its tombstone —if it have any—will be found the inscription, “ Died of Pool Selling’? When professional playing was first inaugurated, the first obstacle encountered in its slow pro, toa reputa- ble popularity was ‘‘revolving.” This evil, however, soon disappeared when the system was governed by official au- thority emanating from a regular organization of professional clubs. In its place, however, an evil of far greater magnitude has sprung up, and the past season's experience stands forth as affording unmistakable evidence of the fact that the great est evil the system of professional ball-playing ever encoun tered, or is likely to encounter, is that arising from the pool- selling business inaugurated in 1871. The cause of its intro- duction was the existence of a very loose system of arranging wagers on the games, there being constant disputes arising
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44 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER from the want of some reliable !epository of the stakes of the betting class. To remedy this, the pool-selling system was in- troduced; with the sole view of putting an end to the quarrel- ing and bickering incident to the “betting exchange ” busi- ness which had previously prevailed. Unfortunately for the professionals, this pool-selling innovation bas proved more damaging in its results than any one dreamed of, the evils be- fore existing in connection with the betting mart being trifling in comparison. Before pools were sold on games it was only by a rough and unreliable estimate that any idea of the amount bet on a match could be ascertained, except in such cases of individual investments where a man would bet $1,000 or more in place of $25 or $50 on a match. But now the amount of money pending a contest on which pools have been suld can be known by the interested few to a dollar, and hence, the temptation to fraudulent arrangements for losing matches for betting purposes becomes so great as almost to be irresistible. Since the introduction of pool-selling at base-ball matches, pools amounting to over $8,000 have been known to have been Bold on a single match; aud it has been in the power of par- lies knowing the aggregate amount of money invisied, and who also kaew whicu club the larger amount was invested on, to so manipulate things as to make the contest terminate just as the special “ring” of the day desired it shonid. What benefit, therefore, poul-selling yielded in supplying a regular responsibility in the payment of beisin the place of the pre- vious loose way of siaking money, was more thau offset by the great temptations to fraud the knowledge of the amounts in- vested on the favorite club afforded which tLe pool businc-s admitted of. But aside from the special evil of the sysiem referred to, the very existence of the betting mart on the ball field has been found to be demoralizing in the extreme. Where this system of regular open betting exists, it is characterized by a suspicion of foul play by the contesting nines, whenever either aaring srs or one-sided scores mark the playing of the game, ides, during the contest, the class of fcllows who patronize the game simply to pick up dollars by it, in- dulge in the vilest obscenity and profanity in their comments on those errors of the play which damage the chances of win- ning their bets or pools. In fuct, in every way likely to affect the interests of professional ball-playing is the pocl-scliing business an evil, and one, wo, that has done more Ww iower the status of professional Lail-playing and to bring inte question the honesty of the professional class than half a doz a such «x posures of fraud as the Wansley case of 1865. ,
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 45 V The New Game, The base-ball arena of 1874 was marked by an improved rule of playing the game, viz.: that of playing ten men on the field, and making ten innings the full game instead of nine. This is just such an improvement in the playing rues of the gume as occurred ten years ago, when the “ fly game” super- seded ihe old rule of the bound-catch of fair balls. Ten years ago we inaugurated a series of prize games on the old Star grounds and the Capitoline and Union grounds for the purpose ot practically illustrating the then new rule of the “ fly game.” n these games we had ten men on each side, the tenth man playing at “right short.” The result of the experiment was fine displays of fielding, shorter games and smaller scores than had previously been known jn the history of the game. At the next convention, the ‘‘ fly game” was adopted. We did not present the ten men improvement at that time, as we were c on- lent with getting the fly rule passed. The time has arrived, however, when the improvement we practically tested ten years ago can be advantageously introduced, especislly in regard to giving an additional attraction to the professional campaign of 1875. The base-ball field, as at present placed, is what sailors would call * lobsided ;’ the position of “ short-siop” giving One man more to the left side of the field than the right side has. Ori+ ginally the short stop was introduced more as an assistant to the pitcher than any thing else, but the pe tion has grown to be one of the most important of the infield. In the early years of the game, before any thing like scientific batting camé into vogue, the hitting was more to the left field than the right, but since skill and judgment have been brought to bear on the bat- ling, those handling the ash skillfully have not been slow in discovering the open space between first und second basis, and the result has been a decided increase in the average of his to the right field, until now the hitting in that Gircctiom in first- class matches is equal to that to the left. To guard this weak point of late seasons it has ‘been custo- mary tor Captains of nines to place their infield in such posi- tions as to cover ‘right short” more than was previously done ; but in doing this the Captains have had to withdraw their men more from the left than is safe,and the result has been an in- crease in chances for fair bits to the left, and especislly over Second base, so that what hus been gained at right short has been lost by the openings necessurily given in other portions of the infield. — * : Moreover, the new style of scientific batting known as “ fair foul” hitting, has developed an open space for safe hits even more important to guard against, in order to save runs, than the opening at right short.
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3 46 DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. It is in regard to this — point that the new rule of ten men comes into play with excellent effect, for with a “ right short” added to the infield, the second baseman is not only enabled to cover his own position and part of short stop’s, but the latter can play up nearer to third, and thereby allow the third-base- man to cover the very space which is now open to fair foul hitting. The ten men rule is, therefore, the only one which af- fords the field an opportunity to cover this new feature of bat- ting. There is, however, a new point which the ten men rule af- fords an opportunity of developing, and that is, that when oc- easion requires, the tenth man can be brought round to sup- port the catcher, as a sort of long stop, whereby long foul balls on the fly or bound can be attended to, as well as passed balls, while the catcher proper is employed in looking out for sharp tips and throws to the bases. Tue fact is, the improvement is one which in every way commends itself for adoption, while rate is not a reasonable objection that can be brought against t. In regard to ten innings, there is but little doubt of the fact that the introduction of ten men will so lessen the time occu- pied in play, that ten innings will actually be played ina shorter time than nine now are. It may be said that runs will be so hard to get, that much of the interest. in getting them will be lost. The very reverse, however, will be actual result, for so much interest will be developed by the very difficulty in obtaining runs, that the ex- citement incident to a first-class contest will be doubled, and instead of having such deeply interesting contests as the At- lantic and Philadelphia fourteen inning game occurring but once in a season, we shall be likely to see them marking the contests in the professional arena every week. The past sea- son’s experience has shown without doubt, that to the patrons of professional contests the most closely contested games, and those marked by the smallest scores, have been the most at- tractive and exciting, and any rule which will tend to increase the number of such games, must greatly advance the pecuniary interests of the professional fraternity. As a sample of the games played under the new rule during 1874, we give below the scores of three contests in which ten men on each side played. The first was played at Chicago, July 29, between the Atlan- tic and Chicago nines, for the benefit of Jimmy Wood. Not less than 8,000 spectators were present, and the amount realized gersoe very acceptable tothe disabled and deserving recipient. many respects the contest was the best ever witnessed in that vicinity, each nine batting and fielding remarkably well, while but few errors occurred upon either side. Eleven in- nings had to be played. The score is subjoined :
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. i. a CHICAGO. R. 1B. PO, A. E. ATLANTIC. R. 1B. Po. A, E. Cuthbert, |. f....1 1 3 0 OjPearce,l.s......0 00 7 0 Force, 3d b..... 1. 2 =f SS 1 Booths fo. 5..2 6-2: 3" 0 1 Malone, c.......0 2 4 0 1/Chapman,r.f...1 0 8 0 1 Meyerle, 2d b...2 2 5 3 8/Fleet, 2db......1 0 2 5 0 Hines, c. f...... L + - SAGO Bond, pe is <te3 0-21 5158 36 Treacy, r. f..... 0. 1 8 -0- O\Perguson, 1. 8... 1:04 1:9. 6 Glenn, Ist b.....0 215 0 1/Dehlman,istb..1 014 0 1 Peters, ].s...... C- - tO TiGack, 0.4.8 45 00500 Collins, r.s..... 0 1 0 2 O}Knowdell,c.....0 0 38 01 Zettlein, p...... 0 0 0 0 O Devlin, 8db....0 1 101 Totals........5 18 83 15 "| Totals....;...4 6 8817 5 New Yors. 1B. Po. A, E BROOKLYN. R. 1b, PO. ALE. Laughlin, 2d b..0 1 8 8 0)West, 2d, b..... Op. 6. Cid 3s lh ae 1 2 0 O OjDunn,r. f......0 0 0 0 0 Ledwith, c...... 0 0 7 2 ifDodge, ist b....0 013 0 0 J. Fa.lon, p.....1 1.0 0 0/Doesher, 8db...0 0 2 8 0 C Fallon, s.s...0 1 0 6 O0jPike,c. f....... 0038 01 Malone, r. s.....0 1°0 1 1/Grierson,c......0 1 4 0 4 Crane, ist b.....1 2 9 0 O|/Brett,p.........0 0 01 8 Gallagher, r.f£..0 0 1 0 0/Bunce,rs......0 0 0 2 1 Nichols, 3d b...1 1 4 2 0/Koehler,s.s....0 0 1.6 0 McCracker, r.f..0 0 1 0 O|Clare, I. f....... O40 17-820 1A 2) Totals), :....+< 0 2 80 18 11 Totals........4 9 80 Runs earned—New Y The third game was c rk, 1. Time, th. 55m. layed at the Capitoline grounds Oct. ono 5, between amateurs of the two cities, the score being as follows: R. 1B. PO. A. E. New York. RB. lp. PO. A. FB. Smith, 2db..... 0 1.1 1 2iCrane, 2d b..--. 2 2 6 18 Wilson, c. f..... 0 1 8 O O/McLaughlinjss.1 1 1 2 0 Rogers, |. f. 1 Peck .0: di Powerste...5.- O24) SG lare, r.s....... 1 01 1 O/McDermott,cf.11 8 1 0 Rule,.p....0...0 1 8 1..1/Bleming, p..... 1 Aa en a ecker, ¢ ...0 112 1 5\Jackson,s.s ae es ER Dover, 3d b.....0 1 3 1 0|Ducharme,istb.0 1.9 1 0 co 2) ane 0 0 0 0 1/\Conlon,38db....1 0 2 8 8 Rosburn, r.f....0 0 2 0 1/McCabe,r.f.....0 0 1 1 0 Dodge, Ist b....1 1 4 0 1/Taylor,lf...... 0020 °0 Totals... 25.8: '% 80 5 12| Totals........ 5 8 30 14 13 First base by errors—New York, 2; Brooklyn, 1. Runs earned—New York, 0; Brooklyn, 0. Umpire, Mr. Shevlin of the Confidence Club of New Rochelle. Time, 1h: 50m.
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48 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD FOR 1874. The professional championship season of 1874 was opened on April 16, when‘the Athletic and Philadelphia Clubs began play jn the championship arena, the result being the snecess of the Athletics by a score of 44 to 5. On April 22 the Philadel- hians revenged themselves on the Baltimore nine by defeat- ing them at Baltimore by 13 to 0. In return, the Baltimores, on April 30, took the Athletics into camp by a score of 9 to 8, these three games being all that were piayed in the arena during April. The average of the winning nines was only 12, and for the losing side but 4. The record of games played each month, with the general average of play, together with scores of winning nines marked by double and single figures, from April to November, is given below: MONTHLY RECORD. Games Double Single Played. ~ Average. Figures. Figures. 8 12 and 4 2 1 43 8 and 4 21 22 48 9 and 5 30 18 34 9 and 4 18 16 17 9 and 4 6 11 40 9 and 4 15 25 47 9 and 4 21 26 232 113 T19 A summary of the averages gives the following result : AVERAGES. In April, for winners...... 12 to 0 for losers...... 4to 7 In May, for winners...... 8 38 for losers...... 4. 23 In June, for winners..,....9 47 for losers .....5 8 In July, | for winners...... 9 29 for losers... ... 4 21 In August, for winners...... 9 10 for losers...... 4 10 In Sept., for winners....,. 9 6 for losers... ... 4 2 In Oct., for winmers...... 9... ,16_for losers...... 4 7 The record of championship games played by each of the contesting nines up to Nov. 1, inclusive, is as follows: >
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cs o DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. SEEEEEEREEEESEE =|ste/s|Sl=lS/S18|S1815/8/81E B|>/2/8|5/2|2)3/8/2/8|5|2/6/8 Slalo|slfiel|: om 3 PP liar |: |: |ARSlSZ ela . - bBhe Je SIslClSi aici : ib sede the |S) E/=| 2/8 el (i ak kal mg oad pie a tape ai: (2 1218 Cus. ce a ry} Boston........---- 9! 9] 6| 7| 8| 8 5)..\52|70] 0 1 0) 10148 Mutual........ g| 8| 7/9] 1) 4)..| 5:42)65, 5: 0! Ol 9/84 ies... a}: .| | Bl 9! O| 6 2183)96|14) 0) 1| 481 Philadelphia. ..... 4| 4! 6 7| 0} 1] 5) 2\29158}..| 0) 0) 5/25 DiCagO.... .. +0: 9| 4) 4} 0] 3| 4| 1) 3)28\A9!11| 0 Oj10)19 Muanue..- 2... 3] 5| O| 3] 3) 1) 8 Aaasaie 1) 0) 4)19 Hartford... “lglof a] £| 4] 8) 2] 1/1754]16) 0) O}-5)14 altimore......... | of 2} 1} 1) 1) 2) 1 : cdi 0| 0/47| 0 Games Los'........ || 38'32/38l31 '29193 23118 By the above record it will be seen that of the full series of 280 games, but 232 have been played, and of these, 47 have n thrown out as games not to be counted, leavin, 185 games as legal contests on which toaward the pennant. Of these, the contesting clubs have won and lost the following number. We give the clubs in the order of won games: < Games Won. Games Lost. To Play. So eS ele apa re a eee 43 17 0 ae oor 34 22 4 AM sri csstieei recs: 31 21 8 Pande phiaz =2 2225 28s 28s 25 : 28 7 Chicago. 2.6.66. 6 see cece: 19 30 10 RUAN. Sorc eee Oe T TS 19 82 9 Prarifurds 2.53 s0 cote oe eee 14 35 8 The record of games won and lost in the championship arena in 1874 with the total scores made by the three cading nines, is as follows: 4 VICTORIES. Boston ys. Baltimore, 9 victories. «ss..+++++¢++++ .. +116 to 84 Boston vs. Hartford, 9 Victories.......++er erst eres 1145. 48 Boston ys. Athletic, 8 victories. ...- ees ES 81. 44 Boston ys. Philadelphia, 8 victories...-..-++-- «7% BO Boston vs. Chicago, 7 victories....+-- g. paeuns {ak we Qhioi dd Boston ys. Atlantic, 6 victories... .++++++ gabalzas .. 86 16 Boston vs, Mutual, 5 victories. ..-.++s+) ++ eeeeeers 61 34 otalecc<oscscoystrerrravcnadoncensscssnccssess OnibicQAl
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Mutual vs. Chicago, 9 victories........ Mutnal vs. Hartford, 8 victories Mutual vs. Baltimore, 8 victories.................... 88 Mutual vs. Atlantic, 7 victories..................... Mutual vs. Boston, 4 victories. .................2... Mutual vs. Athletic, 4 victories........5.........7.. 26 Mutual vs. Philadelphia, 1 victory.................. 12 9 Aig TREE OE et Pee ee eee oe ee ee 380 160 Athletic vs. Philadelphia, 9 victories. ............... 91” 50 Athletic vs. Mutual, 6 victories...................4. 76 33 Athletic vs. Atlantic, 6 victories.................0.5 47 16 Athletic vs. Hartford, 5 victories.................... 53-29 Athletic vs. Obicigo, 3 victories...............25.22 29 «69 Athletic vs. Boston, 2 viciories.............:.2222... 12 9 Athletic vs. Baltimore, 2 victories................054 21 S CP GHEB Ls Oe a aw sep aw en paltindt dioss nepnsa ween see 329 154 DEFEATS. Boston vs. Mutual, 5 defeats..................0...2- 29 to 45 Boston vs. Atlantic, 4 defeats... . 2... 2.0... eeewe ees 22. 35 Buston ys. Chicago, 3 defeats............6.s...000-- 19 35 Boston vs. Philadelphia, 2 defeats... .....- 2.2.0.0. 10 15 Boston vs. Atbletic, 2 defeats, .............0..0e0eus 9 12 Boston vs. Baltimure, 1 defeat... 2... ..5 0... 20. cece 12. AT Boston vs. Hartford, 1 defeat..........cc.cceeeceees Lis 3
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The record of the other five clubs is as follows: Victories. Scores. Clubs. ' Philadelphia vs. Chicago...... 7 Philadelphia vs. Atlantic...... 6 Philadelphia vs. Mutual....... 5 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore.... 4 Philadelphia vs. Harttord..... 4 Philadelphia vs. Boston....... 2 Puiladelphia vs. Athletic...... 1 : 29 Chicago vs. Baltimore: .:...... 9 Chicago vs. Hartford... .. 4 Chicago vs. Atlantic... 4 Cuicago vs. Athletic. .. .4 Chicazo vs. Boston....... TES Chicago vs. Philadelphia... .. 3 Chiczgo vs. Mutual..........+ 1 28 Atlantic vs. Hartford......... 5 Atlantic vs. Boston........... 4 Allantic ys. Bultimore........ 3 Atlantic vs. Philadelphia... ... 3 Atlantic vs. Chicago.......... 3 Atlantic ys. Mutual........... 3 Aulantic vs. Athletic.......... L 22 Hartford vs. Philadelphia..... 4 Hartford vs. Baltimore........ 3 Hartford vs. Atlantic.......-. 3 Hartford ys. Athletic......... Bi Hartford ys, Mutual........... 2 Hartford vs. Boston.........- | Hartford vs, Chicago...-..--- 1 17 Baltimore vs, Hartford.......- 2 Baltimore vs. Athletic......-- 2 Baltimore ys. Boston......-.+- 1 Baltimore vs. Atlantic. ...-..- 1 Baltimore vs. Pailadelphia.... 1 Baltimore vs. Chicago.....--- iL: Baltimore ys. Mutual........- 1 % 81 to 36 96. 35 76 33 59 ~~. 20 41 21 15 =«:10 12 3 380 158 86 46 51. 22 45 17 25° 17 35 «19 28 17 ee 275 142 84 21 385 22 37 8 25. 13 24 13 17 4 4 2 176 «683 38 13 St + 12 44 20 29. 12 23 11 7 11 7 5 209 84 18 11 16 14 17 12 7 5 a eae 4 3 72 46 51 Defeats. Scores. . i) 2» 31 mommowe Sl pocaanwnm 2] erpanaw & P Sarezedcotsi Sil oom Heed 17 to 28 18), 25 9: 12 eee 13 38 30 «76 5091 133. 275 1 5 5 7 13. 24 9 29 40 91 36 ©=«81 31 (96 135 333 20 44 16 8&6 5 7 85 96 17 «45 19 «+43 16 47 128 368 210° 41 11 18 21 «34 29 «83 23-75 43 115 22 «51 170 387 12.51 8 21 84 116 8 387 20 59 48 86 26 «88
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Ys 52, DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. The Best Games of 1874 The following is the record of the best-played games of the season in the professional championship arena, the limit being left at five runs for the winning nines: TWO RUNS. Mutual-vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn... 0.2.2... e+-e0.50- 2to 0 Philadelphia vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia.............. 2 0 THREE RUNS. Mutual vs. Athletic, at-Brooklyn.............0s+e.00 3 0 Chicago vs. Philadelphia, at Chicago..........-...... Opt Atlantic vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn..............++-+2. 3,2 Mutual vs. Chicago, at Chicago......---.-.ere+++- eens 3. 2 Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia............. 3.2 Boston vs. Baltimore, at SS TS Saree separ’ 3.2 Boston vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn........-.--+++ ER 5. 3 Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn. oe Chicago vs. Mutual, at Chicago 5 4 Boxon vs. Athletic, at Philudelphia..........0.....04. 5 4
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 53 OA Of the secores of championship matches in which the win- ning nines scored 9 runs to a Match, and not less than 6, the following is the record: , sIX RUNS. Boston vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn........- 0 -..+-e eee. 6 to 2 Atlantic vs. Boston, at Boston... 6... sees eres eee ee eee 6 2 Ailantic vs. Hartford, at Hartford..........--+-.-.6.--- 6 2 Philadelphia vs. Chicago, at Chicago.......-.-..+----- ee Mutual vs. Chicago, at Chicago........-+-+-2+eeeee eee 62 Chicago ys. Baltimore, at Chicago. ..-.-++---++++s+++- 6 2 Mutual ys. Chicago, at: Brooklyn......--.-+--+-1eees 6° 2 Puiladelphia vs. Hartfuid, at Hartford.............+.. 6° 2 Hartford vs. Philadelphia, at Hartford. .........--.+-. 6 3 Mautual-vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn... . i... 6... se reese ee 6 3 Philadelphia vs. Hartford, at Philadelphia........-.--. 6 4 Athletic vs. Boston, at Philadelphia. .......:.-..+++-- 6 4 Athletic vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia.........-.-.+++-- 6 4 Athletie vs, Atlantic, at Philadelphia...........-.---+. 6 4 Bo-ton ys. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia.......... ee ae Philadelphia vs. Hartford, at Hartford .........--.++- 6° 5 Athletic ys. Boston, at Boston. ... 00.6.6: ese scree eres 6 5 SEVEN RUNS. Athletic ys. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia .........-.- bem | Athletic vs. Chiengo, at Chicago .......:-.-+-25+ 0555: Loe: Philadelphia vs. Chicago, at Ohicago. .........++:++++- Te Mutual vs. Hartford, at Brooklyn Slog eget a aE: cnyromt Mutual ys. Hartford, at Hartford... renay utual vs. Hartford, at Hartford... ... J ume, Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. oe Mutual vs. Chicago, at Chicago...... ‘ZrT 4 ston vs. Hartford, at Harttord..... erie tae Boston ys. Baltimore, at Baltimore.......+-.-+ Sai & Baltimore vs. Atlantic, at Baltimore.....+.+--++-+- YS Hartford ys. Chicago, at Hartford.........- pt anak <a Gait Bultimore vs. Athletic, at Baltimore........ gisesmun cin, & Boston ys, Athletic, at Boston......... ete BO Ae) Puiludelphia vs. Chicago, at Philadelphia.......-. @ sHaihe “8 Chicago ys, Athletic, at Philadelphia......-.++++- +04 a Busion vs. Hartford, at Hariford...-... A aareee'ee as Re 7 6 EIGHT RUNS, Boston ys. Philadelphia, at Boston......++-+++0++++ + 80 ston ys, Hartford, at Hartford. .....---++-+-+eee ees 8 1 Mutual ys. Baltimore, at Baltimore. .....----++-+++s5+++ seer Hariford ys. Atlantic, at Brooklyn......+-.-+-++++++-- (ee Boston vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn...----+++++s-eeese 5: 8°" 2 Mutual vs. Cuicago, at Brooklyn. ..+.++ ++ sees eee teres 8-2 Auantic ys. Baliimore, at Biooklyn 8 8 Chicago vs. Boston, at Chicago......-.+++++ 0+ AN eS 8 8 Mutual vs. Baltimore, ut Baltimore. 8 4
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54 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, «Beton vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia............. 8 Mutual ys. Baltimore, at Brooklyn..............+..+.. 8 Mutual vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn..................0-- 8 Mutual vs. Boston, at Boston..............0..00-eeeee 8 Philadelphia vs. Chicago, at Philadelpbia............. 8 8 8 8 8 U8 2 SS OF ONT ha Atlantic vs. Boston, at Brooklyn. ..............2..+++ Boston ys. Chicago, at Boston... .... 0... 2... cece ecw ee Philadelphia vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn.......... Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia NINE RUNS. Boston vs. Baltimore, at Bultimore.................... Athletic vs. Atlantic, at Philadelphia.................. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Hartford vs. Philadelphia, at Hartford................ 9 Boston vs. Mutual, at, Boston. «53 <:-.+ <inscisesss 0's quick vie 9 Philadelphia vs. Baltimore, at Bultimore.............. 9 Atlantic vs. Philadelphia, st Brooklyn................ 9 Mutual vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn............2.. %.... 9 Atlantic vs. Hartford, at Brooklyn.............. 9 Baltimore vs. Hartford, at Baltimore ........ 2 on Baltimore vs. Athletic, at Baltimore.................. 9 Atlantic vs. Boston, at Boston...............00eeee eee 9 Atlantic vs. Hartford, at Brooklyn...............2.205 9 Boston vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn... .......0e:.cesee eens 9 The highest score made. by a winning nine was by the Mu- tual nine on June 18, when they gave the Chicugos a Waterloo | defeat by 38 to 1. The next to this was the Chic-go defeat given the Atlantics Oct. 1 by the Bostons 29 to 0. Double fi- gures were scored by losing ni..es but once in May, eight times in June, twice in. July, three times in Angust, only once in September, and but twice in October. The only tie game of the season was the Atlantic and Boston match of Oct. 7,3 to 3. In one game twelve innings were played, and in eight ten in- nings, and two games were forfeited by 9 to 0. “ CHICAGO” GAMES. The contests in the championship arena in 1874 in which the losing nines made no runs were as follows: DDD DW 99 SS? Ot St OT Hm Oo 0 HW May 30, Mutual vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn............ 2100 June 4, Philadelphia vs. Mutual, at Philadelphia.... 2 Oct. 6, Mutual vs. Athletic, at Brooklyn............ 3 May 13, Chicago vs. Athletic, at Chicago............ 4 Aug. 29, Chi ys. Baltimore, at Chicago.......... 4 Avg. 31, Mutual vs, Atlantic, at Brooklyn............ 4 ececeo id
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& DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Oct. 20, Atlantic vs, Mutual, at Brooklyn............ 5 0 May 29, Boston vs Philadelphia, at Boston........... as, 0 June 1, Philadelphia vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn........ 10 0 Sept. 14, Chicago ys. Boston, at Boston.............. 10 0 April 22, Philadelphia vs. Baltimore, at Baltimore....13 . 0 Muy 8, Boston vs. Baltimore, at Boston....... Estas. 14 0 July 9, Boston ys. Atlantic, at Boston............... if 0 Sept. 1, Mutual vs. Hartford, at Hartford....... een 8 14.0 Oct. 1, Boston vs. Atlantic, at Boston...:....0... 2. 29 0 i hat every nine in the arena, except the Chi- fied s ts n< Ohieagoed” The Bostons took the lead, the Muwual being second and Philadelphia third in this class of victories. E i ‘The Championship season of 1874 closed with the success of the Boston nine as winners of the pennant which tag haye the right to fly during the entire season of 1875. ‘Their success was & triumph ot good training, excellent discipline, and earnest and united efforts to win, over untrained teams in which neither discipline nor harmony prevailed. For the first time in the history of the Professional Association champion- ship, the Mutuals occupied a second position in the race for the pennant at the Close of the season, the Athletics, tor the second time, being third. The Philadelphians, instead of being sec- ond, were iourth; and the Chicago Wuite Stockings declined the fifth position. So much tor eng: ing players who can- not work together harmoniously, and for presenting nines in the field containing some unreliable men. The Harifords opened brilliantly and finished up well, but they were lacking in some of the essentials of a well-organized team. The Atian- tics were the unluckiest nine in the arena, Want of strength in two of their most important positions leading to a succession of defeats, which more than offset. their brilliant victories. The Baltimores, too, were in the same boat, and before the season. ended they were driven on a leeshore and wrecked. Some rather questionable games were played during the sea- son; but, on the whole, “jockeying” prevailed only to a limited extent, and it met with its just reward in the falling- off of patronage which it led to. ‘This evil will continue to exist just so long as club-managers continue to re-engage or hire players whose record is suspicious. When honest play- ing and a record for reliable service is placed foremost as the main essential in a professional player's chagacter, then may we look for some improvement in this respect; but when men are engaged by club-managers simply for their playing skill, without reference to character, it. is impossible to expect any other result than a yielding to temptation when it is offered them. , The clubs entering for the pennant in 1874 were the Athle- tics, Atlantics, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Mutual °
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Ph . DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. and Philadelphia, and their nines included the following players in May 1874: ATHLETIC.—Clapp, c.; McBride, p.; Fisler, 1st b.; Battin, 2d b.; Sutton, 8d b.; McGeary, s. s.; Gedney, 1. f.; McMullin, c. f.; Anson, r. f. ATLANTIC.—Farrow,c.; Bond, p.; Dehiman, 1st b. ; Hodes, 2d b.; Ferguson, 81 b.; Pearce, s. s.; Booth, 1. f.; Clinton, ce. f.; Chapman, r. f. Battimore.—Snyder, c.; Brainard, p.; Gould, ist b-; Sweasy, 2d b.; Wurren; 8d b.; Manning, s. s.; Dean, 1. f£.; Ryan, c. f.; Bielaski, r. f. Boston.—McVey,c. ; Spalding, p.; O'Rourke, ist b. ; Barnes, 2d b.; Schafer, 38d b.; G. Wright, s. s.; Leonard, 1. f.; H. Wrizht, c.f; White, r. f Cuicaco.—Malone, c.; Zettlin, p.; Devlin, Ist b.; Wood, 2d b.; Meyerle, 3d b.; Force, s.s.; Cuthbert, 1. fig Treacy, ce. f.; Glenn, r. f. Hartrorp.— Hastings, c.; Fisher, p.; Mills, Ist b.; Addy, 2d b.; Boyd, 3d b.; Barlow, s. s.; Tipper, 1. f.; Pike, cf; Stearns, r. f. Morvat.—Allison, c.; Mathews, p.; Start, Ist b.; Nelson, 2d b.; Burdock, 3d b.; Carey, s. s.; Hatfield, 1. f ; Remsen, ce. f.; Higham, r. f. ParLaperPruta.—Hicks, c.; Cummings, p.; Mack, Ist b.; Craver, 2d b.; Holdsworth, 3d b.; Fulmer, s. s.; York, 1. f; Eggler, c. f.; Bechtel, r. f. Base Ball in England. THE TOUR OF THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONS. Our American field game or Base Ball may be said to have “arrived at years of discretion” in 1874, having emerged from its boyhood days during the summer of this year. In other _ words, base ball “has received an English indorsement, and henceforth will be known the world over as the “ national g»me of America,” without a question of the legitimacy of the well earned title The indorsement we refer to is that of the London Field, the model sporting paper ef the world. This paper is the representative newspaper of English country gen- tlemen. Itis devoted entirely to recreation and pastimes, and to the study of those natural objects which contribute to ercate them. Above all, however, it is a paper which discourages and discards all impurities of thought and conduct, and incul- cates in its readers a love for that only which is rational and elevating. With this preface, we will briefly quote from a eolumn anda half article descriptive and explanatoryof oar American game, which was contained in the Field of July 23th, 1874. We will simply add that the Fé-ld is a weekly paper published at sixpence sterling a number, ay yet it contains no
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 57 less than fifty-six pages of reading matter, chiefly in small type. In the article in question, the writer in the Field goes on to Say that “base ball is a scientific game, more difficult ihan many, who are in the habit of judgiog hastily from the out- ward semblance, can possibly imagine. Itis,in tact, the cricket of the American continent, considerably altered since its first origin, as hus been cricket, by the yeuly recourse to the im- provements necessitated by the experiences of each season. In the cricket field there is at times a wearisome monotony that is uiterly unknown in base ball. To watch it played is most interesting, as the attention is concentrated but for a short time and not allowed to succumb to undue pressure of pro- longed suspense. The broad principles of base ball are not by any means difficult of comprehension. The theory of the game is not unlike that of ‘Rounders,’ in that bases have to be run ; but the details are in every way dissimilar.” (After this let. us not bear any more about .base ball being eens more than our English game of Rounders, you now.” After a lengthy and clearly written description of how the game is played, the writer in the Field goes on to say: “To play base ball requires judgment, courage, presence of mind, and the possession of much the same qualities as at cricket. To see it played by experts will astonish those who only Know it by written descriptions, for it is a fast game, full ur ebange and excitement, and not in the least degree weari- some, To see the best players field, even, is a sight that ought to do a cricketer’s heart good, the agility, dash and xccuracy es a and catching possessed by the Americans being won- erful.” _ This is warm praise of our American game, especialiy com- ing from such an influential source, and it will no doubt have the effect of making base ball respected in quarters where it has + agai been held in lower estimation than its merits de- served. ‘The Base Ball Tour and its Results, The visit of the American base ball players to England, and the success they met with there, not only in popularizing the: American national game, but in their matches at cricket with | the leading cricket clubs in England, did more for the best in- terests of base ball than anything that has occurred since the first tour through the country of the noted Excelsior club of Brooklyn in 1860. 1n the first place, the visit in question Was resulted in setting at rest forever, the much-debated question as to whether we had a national game or not, the English press, with rare unanimiiy, candidly acknowledging that the “ new game of base ball” is unquestionably the American national game. Secondly, the splendid dispiay of fielding exhibited
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iY 58 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. by the American ball-players has opened the eyes of English cricketers to the important fact that in their efforts to equalize the attack and defense in their national game of cricket, in which they have looked only to certain modifications of the | rules governing bowling and batting, they have entirely ignored the important elemerit of the game, viz.: pees and that this element is so important is a fact that has been fully proved by the brilliant success of the American base-bal] players in cricket, a game in which the majority of them were mere no- vices, and yet by their ability as fielders in keeping down thcir adversaries’ scores they fully demonstrated that skill in field- ing is as great an element of success in cricket as bowling or batting, if it be not * ay and also that the principle of sav- ing runs by sharp fielding is as sound as that of making runs, by skillful batting. But, moreover, they lave shown by this selfsame fielding skill that the game of base-ball is a better school for fielding than cricket, the peculiarity of the play in the-former game requiring a prompter return of the ball cio the ont-fielt, awifter and more accurate throwing, and surer ae ag the ordinary practice of cricket would seem to need. Another result of the tour has been to show our English cousins the great contrast between the character and habits of our American base-ball professionals and those of the English rofessional cricketers, taking them as a class. One ot the ondon peas warmly complimented the American players on their fine physique as athletes, and especially commented on their abstemiots habits in contrast, as the paper stated “with our beer-drinking English professional cricketers.” In fact, the visit of the base-ball players has opened old John Bull's eyes to the fact that we are not as neglectful of athletic sports as he thought we were, for one thing, and in our Ameri- can base-ball represertitatives we presented a corps of fielders the equal of which in brilliancy of play England has never seen even among the most expert of her best-trained cricketers. So much for our national game of base-ball as a school for fielding in cricket. We sent these ball-players out to show Englishmen how we played ball, but with no idea of their be- ing able to accomplish much at cricket ; but toour most - able surprise, they defeated every club they played with at cricket, and Bell's Life does the American team the justice to say that “an eleven could no doubt be selected trom the American ball-players which would trouble some of our best elevens to defeat.’ The telegrams from England in every instance referred to the = played as between twenty-two Americans and eleven nglish. But when the regular reports were received by mail, it was found that it was eighteen aguinst twelve, quite a difference as regards the odds of side against side. The first dispatch also a woes
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 59 referred to the “ weak team presented against the Americans,” but the score when received showed that the eighteen had against them in their first match six of the crack team which cawe over here in 1872, together with two professionals and four of the strongest of the ise lebone club players. The fact was, the English clubs did not dream that the base-ball novices could have made such a good show in the game, and knowing nothing of their great ability as fielders, they thought it would be an easy task to defeat even double theirown number. The defeat of the celebrated Surrey and Prince’s club twelves in one inning, and of the strong teams. of Sheffield, Manchester and Dublin by large scores, opened their eyes to their mistake, and yery nuturally they began to hold the game that could yield such players in great respect. _ Worthy of praise as the success of our base-ball representa- tives in England is, the fact of their admirable deportment and gen‘lemanly conduct, on and off the field, is one which com- nends itself even more to the praise of our home people. That es were invited to so many high places and held intercourse with so many of ihe best people, fully shows that their beha- vior was commendablein theextreme. Considering, therefore, the brilliant success of the tour, and the credit done the Ameri- can nameby these base-ball representutives, it was proper that their reception on their reappearance in our midst should be commensurate with their high deserts, for in every respect did they do credit to themselves and our American game of base-ball. And their reception on their arrival in Philadelphia in September was quite an ovation.
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© ‘DIME BASE BALL PLAYER THE BEST AMATEUR GAMES OF 1874. The games marked by the smallest scores—ergo, the best fielding games—of the season of 1874, as played in the amateur arena, were made noteworthy by two remarkable scores, viz ; the eontest in New Haven in June, in which the Nightingales defeated the Ru-sell Students by 10 to 8, in a game of no less than seventeen innings, and the contest at Burlington, N. J., in Augus , in which the White Stockings defeated the Haymakers | by 1 tu 0, a score previously unequaled in the annals of the | game. In both these games did the amateurs excel the pro- | fessional club records, as fourteen innings had not been ex- ceeded before, while the smallest score by professionals stood 2100. Next to these games comes the match between the Zina and Winona Clubs, at Brooklyn, with a score of 2 to 1, together with the game Monticello vs. Wanderer, 2 to 0, and also the Monticello and Stonewall match, at Georgetown, D. C.,2-to 1.° Next, the Rob'. E. Lee and Lone Star game, at New Orleans, won by he former by 3 to 0, the best game ever played in the South. Then follows the game at Brooklyn be- tween the Clhelseas and the Easton Cinb, with a score of 8 to 2. Below will be found the record of games won by scores of from 4 to 9 runs for the winning nines: FOUR RUNS. Easton vs. Flyaway, at Brooklyn................-..... 4to0d Yale vs. Hurvard, at Saratoga. «2.5... ..cce cece ee eeaee 4 New York vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn (ten men and ten oe te RPE ee CER cee ee eee 4 6 Staten Island ys. Reliance, at Brooklyn................ 4 1 Commercial vs. Pastime, at Baliimore................ = | Una vs. Star, at Northampton, Mass.................-. 4.2 Grafton vs. Clipper, at Webster, Muss................. 4:2 Eagle vs. Rosedale, at Washington, D. C............. wa **8 Evanston: vs. Racine, at: Racine, ....... ....sewewessceeee 4 3 Tecumseh, First Nine vs. Second, at Londen, Can...... 4 3 Pastime vs, Tuttle & Bailey, at Brooklyn............... 4 3 FIVE RUNS. Chatham vs. Flyaway, at Melrose...................... 5to2 Muple Leaf vs. Tecumseh, at London, Canada.......... 5 2 Mystic vs. Blue Stocking, at Brooklyn................. 5 2
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 61 Eagle vs. Western, at Lousville..........-.....e0ee0ee Bug Washington ys. Monitor, at Brooklyn.................- ae New York vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn, (ten men and ten Miniigs). Poe RP PR COCO SD La
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62 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Kenyon College vs. Clinton, at Gambier, Ohio. ......... 7~ 5 Red Stocking vs. Empire, at St. Louis.................4 75 Nassau ys. Frontier, at Brooklyn.....-.../..0...0. 22504 77:8 Staten Island vs. Nassau, at Brooklyn........ Wo as Cet 7 6 Yale ’75 vs. Yale 77, at New Haven................... F206 Chapman vs. Atlanta, at Baltimore,.................0. 7 6 Western vs. Empire, at St. Louis, ..........s.0000-00.5 7 6 Amity vs. Nassau, at Brooklyn............00+eeeeeeees 7 6 Pacific vs. Modoc, at Philadelphia..................2.. 7 18 EIGHT RUNS. Princeton vs. Germantown, at Germantown............ 8 tol Empire vs. Red Stocking, at St. Louis. ..............0.. Brix Excelsior vs. White Stocking, at Philadelphia.......... 8 2 Providence vs. Woonsocket, at Woonsocket............ 8 2 Crescent vs. Victory, at Brooklyn. .... ar dusions In 80 SY 8 2 Metacomet vs. Independent, at Taunton...........0.... 8.2 Leader vs. Nassau, at Central Park. ..............0...- 8 8 Arlington vs. Montague, at Brooklyn.................. 8 4 Confidence vs. Staten Island, at Staten Island.......... 8 4 Thomas vs. West Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. ........ 8 5 Nassau vs. Kuklux, at Oneida, N. Y....,......00. 005. 8 5 Nassau vs. Chelsea, at Oneida, N. Y..... 000. 0......00. 8° 5 Clipper vs. Lowell, at Webster, Mass...............0.. 8 5 Alert vs. Arlington, at Orange, N. J......... ...2.22.02 8 6 Clipper vs. Live Oak, at Lynn. .......0.02....0.. 000.008 8 6 Rothschild ys. Field, at Hoboken. ..................005 8 7 Flyaway vs. Olympic, at Melrose. ...............6.000. B1-F Collins vs. Hartville, at Philadelphia. .........2....0.... Gu 7% Byfield vs. Emmet, at Providence... ..........0.0...04. Bhs Staten Island vs. Eagle, at Louisville. ............2.... 8.7 Grafton vs. Howard, at Boston .co.....cesccccccceces a7 Pacific ys. Keystone, at Philudelphia................... 8 7 Eagle vs. Staten Island, at Lonisville.................. 8 7 Reliance vs. Newark, at Newark...................... 8 7% Nameless vs. Concord, at Brooklyn............ ye 8 8 NINE RUNS. Star vs. Clipper, at Webster, Mass...............2...6. 9tol Western vs. Empire, at Keokuk.,..............2..205 9 2 Empire vs. Niagara, at St. Louis... .......6..0.0.000.000. 9 32 ‘Tuttle & Bailey vs. Marion, at Brooklyn. ............... 9 2 Howard, ys. Star, atBrocto myn a2 ocd oad ete ees 9 4 Nassau vs. Chelsea, at Brooklyn..... Sa ee 9 5 Nameless vs. Arlington, at Brooklyn... ............0.0. 9 5 Yule vs. Knickerbocker, at New Hayem ............... g 3 Pacific vs. Collins, at Philadelphia. .......... 0.0020... o--5 Anagram vs. Hoboken College, at Hoboken............ 9 5 Olympic vs. Aldine, at Philadelphia. .............2.... 9 5 Pacific vs. W. B. Collins, at Puiladelphia. ........22.0.. 9 5
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* DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. Frontier vs. Columbia, at Brooklyn................++- Riverton vs. Arlington, at Riverton.................... Baltimore vs. Athletic, at Melrose.................000. Star vs. Chelsea, at Newark: .........+0----seeeeceeeee Excelsior vs. Arctic, at Watertown, N:X............+.. Neshannock vs. Mercer, at Newcastle, Pa.... Active ys. Riverside, at Memphis... ......- Creighton vs. National, at Washington......... Solar vs. Ratters, at Central Park. ......+....+.seeeee-- Star vs. Excelsior, at Boston. ........-+ceeeeeeeeeeeeees Frontier vs. Mystic, at Brooklyn.......+.+++ Wales <sige.s Frontier vs, Franklin, at Brooklyn. ......+-.++++++ee+++ 9 Mystic ys. Frontier, at Brooklyn.......... dstin vst. oi 8 DODO HHAIAAAMWAH
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J 64 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. PROFESSIONAL CLUB AVERAGES FOR 1874. Below we give the professional club averages as made out by Mr. H. L. Wright, the scorer of the Philadelphia Athletics, who made out all except those of the Boston Club, the ave- rages of which are based on “times at the bat” instead of games played. Only club scorers can give the “times at the bat” data, and hence the other averages—except the Athlet- ics—are based on the number of games played in. ATHLETIC. FA é = ) s| 3 =| 2 2/5 ¢ oe = z A oi . aj) il. 2 =| ef¢e | fi el) =|S) 216) 2 E| £16] ¢ ore — = z= om | = e co > s D D Bie) a a4 i] al a Mediating. 3)/169 46, 56/331): 43149, 2 CPaT TS alee ee Sees ae 54/235|46, 76.8271.40167 4 Weta «9» <p atte eras 51/228/40, 62/271 1.21 134 140 McBride........ ee ae. 55/268/30 72268 1.30 21, 58 WGC cn «ok. oldies «ote Celene ee 4! 16| 1) 8)5002.00) 21; 2 WUAPORD A. cine «io(u 9-0 (aoe aie +. {21| 84/11) 21/250 1.00; 35) 10 Sensenderfer........+.0+eeeeees 4) 16, 3) 042501.00 5) 0 Ry Sia: ..|17! 53) 7| 09'169 0.52 23) 6
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BASE-BALL PLAYER, 69 THE PLAYING RULES OF BASE-BALL FoR 1875, | area RULE FIRST.—Txe Marertars or rae Gaur. THE BALL, . Secrion 1.—The ball must weigh not less than five, nor more than five and one-quarter ounces avoirdupois.- It must measure not less than, nine, nor more than nine and one- narter inches in circumference. . It must be composed of In- tn rubber and woolen yarn, and be covered with leather. The uantity of rubber used in the ball shall be one ounce, and the rubber used shall be vulcanized and in mould form, FURNISHING THE BALL. Src. 2—In all games of a series the ball shall be furnished by the visiting club, but when single games only are played the ball shail he furnished by the home club. In all cases the bail played with shall become the property of the winning club as a trophy of viciory. A LEGAL BALL, Sec. 8—No ball shall be played with in any regular match game unless it be of the regulation size and weigit, and also have the name ofits maker, and the figures indicating its weight and circumference, plainly stamped on its cover. CHANGING THE BALL. Sec. 4—When the ball gets out of shape or becomes ripped or cnt so as to expose the worsted, the umpire—should either — geet abel Ganges a new ee at the end of an even inning, and the same sha urnished by the club sup- plying the first ball used in the pany a f THE BAT. Sec. 5.—The bat must be round, and must not exceed two and a-half inches in diameter in the thickest part. It must be made wholly of wood, and shall not exceed forty-two inches in length. THE BASES. Src. 6.—The bases must be four in number, and they must § : ced and securely fastened upon each corner of a square be pla ides are respectively thirty yards. The bases must be whose $ cted and placed as to be ‘istinctly seen by the um- so or ust cover a Space equal to one square foot of surfuce, pire, an m ‘ond and third bases shall be canvas bags, painted The ee ed with some soft material; the home base shall white, of hite marble or stone, so fixed in the ground as to. race ly with the surface, and with one rorner of it facing the e vs sion, said corner to touch the foul-ball lines. where ay shape the home-base ‘corner, ~ ls
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70 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. / POSITION OF THE BASES. Src. 7.—The base from which the ball is struck shall bedes- ignated the home base, and must be directly opposite to the second base; the first base must always be that upon the right hand, and the third base that upon the left hand side of the striker, when occupying his position, at the home base. And in all match games, a line connecting the home and first base and the home and third base, as also the Jines of the striker’s and _pitcher’s positions, shall be marked by the use of chalk, or other suitable material, so as to be distinctly seen by the um- pire. The base bag’ shall be considered the base, and not the t to which it is, or should, be fastened. The line of the ome base shall extend four feet from each side corner of the base, and it shall be drawn parallel toa line extending from first to third base. RULE SECOND.—Tue Game. THE INNINGS. Srcrion 1—The game shall consist of nine innings to each ‘side; when, at the close of such number of innings, should the number of runs be equal, the play shall be continued until a pe | of rans, upon an equal number of innings, shall be declared, which shall conclude the game. All innings must be concluded at the time the third hand is put out. NO GAME. Sec. 2.—Under no circumstances shall a game be consid- ered as played, or a ball be claimed or delivered as the trophy of victory, unless five innings on each side shall have been layed to a close. And-should darkness or rain intervene be- fore the third hand is put out in the closing part of the fifth inning of a game, the umpire shall declare “no game.” DRAWN GAMES, Sec. 8.—Whenever a gaine of five or more innings on each side‘is stopped by darkness, rain, or other such causes, and the score’at the time isequal on the even innings played, then the game shall be declared drawn; but under no other circum- stances shall a drawn game be declared. a IRREGULAR GAMES, Src. 4—No ball shall be claimed Or delivered (exceptas otherwise provided in these rules) unless it be won in a regular match game; and no match game shall be considered regular if any of the rules of the game be violated by either of the contesting nines, whether by mutual consent or otherwise. FORFEITED GAMES. Seo, 5—Whenever a match shall have been determined upon between two clubs, play shull be called at the exact hour appointed; and should either party fail w produce their play- ers within thirty minutes thereufier, the party so failing shall admit a defeat, and shall forfeit the ball to the ciub having their nine players on the giound ready tu play, aud the game
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r DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. pt so forfeited shall be considered as won, and so counted in the list of matches; and the winning club shall be entitled to a score of niue runs to none for any game so forfeited. Should the delinquent club, however, fail to play on account: of the recent death of one of its active members, or from an unuvoid- able accident, no such forfviture shall be declared. NO PLAY IN RAIN. Section 6—Should rain commence to fall during the progress of a match game, the umpire shail promp!ly note te time it began to rain, and should rain continue for five min- utes, he shall, at the request of either captain, suspend play: and sucli suspended e shall not be resumed until, in the opinion of the umpire, the ground is in fit condition for fair fielding CALLING “PLAY” AND “ TIME.” Sec. 7.— When the umpire calls “ play,” the game must at once be proceeded with, and the party failing to take their appoint- ed positions in the game within five minutes thereafier shall for- feit the game. All such forfeited games shall be ree »rded as won by » score of nine runs to none, and the gumeso won shall be placed to the credit of the nine ready to continue the game. When the umpire calls “time,” play shall be suspended until he calls “ pluy ” again, and during the interim no player shall be put out, base be run or run be scored, SUSPENDING PLAY Src. 8—The umpire in any match stall determine when play sball be suspended; and, if the game can net be fairly con- cluded, it shall be decided by the scure of the last equal in- nings played; unless one nine shall have completed tbeir in- nings, and the other nineshall have exceeded the score of their oP ee in their incompleted innings, in which case, the ee re ox te Pete eS ee the winners; als simil € tol obtain shall be recorded as the score of the yume. pe - ‘ ENDING A GAME.) : Size. 9. —When the umpire “calls” a game it shall end; but when he merely suspends play for any stated period, it may be resumed at the point at which it was suspended, provided such does not extend beyond the day of the match. RULE THIRD.—Txe Prayers. ELIGIBLE eee ae , f = _In playing matches, nine players from each of % SEOTION: be athbs yall constitute a full field; and these i Se cat regular members of the club they represent. 4 ay ages ust algo not have been members of any other club bo- lomo to the Professional Association for sixiy days prior to rains of the matelt they play in; except the club they were revionsty members of siiall have been disbanded, and their suspension
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f od DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. writien engagement with such club shall have been duly can- celed, The sixty days, however, shall not date back prior to April 1 of the season they play in. eae PLAYING IN A REGULAR MATCH, Src. 2.—Every player taking part in a regular match game, no matter what number of innings be played, or whether he be an actual member or not, shall be regarded as a member of _ the club he plays with; and all match games shall be consid- ered “regular,” in the meaning of this rule, in which nines of two contesting clubs of the Professional Association take purt. INELIGIBLE PLAYERS. Src. 3.—No person who shall have been legally expelled from another club for dishonorable conduct shall be competent to take part in any match game until reinstated by the Judici- > ary Committee. PLAYERS VIOLATING CONTRACTS, Szc. 4—No player who is under an existing and valid con- tract to play base-ball with any club belonging to the Profes- sional Association shall be allowed to play in the nine of any other club of the Association in any regular match game until such contract has been duly canceled. And any player who shall, while a legal member of a Professional Association club, bind himself wi hout the written consent of said club, to serve as a player in any other professional organization—whether belonging to this Association or not—before Nov. Ist of the sume year in which his contract expires, shal! forfeit the amount of his salary due, and be liable to expulsion from the Asso- ciation, at the option of the Association Judiciary Commiitee, before whom the case shall be heard. AGREEMENTS TO BE IN WRITING. Src. 5.--No contract between club and player shall be deemed valid, except it be signed by the player who is engaged and the President or Manager of theclub which engages bim ; and except, also, it be signed by two witnesses, one for eaci: Pasty: : ; ALL BETTING BY PLAYERS PROUIBITED. Sec. 6.—Any player who shall be in any way interested in any bet or wager on the game in which he takes part, either as player, umpire or scorer, or who shall either purchase, or have purchased fur him, any“ pool” or chance—sold or given away—on the game he plays in, shall be dishonorably expelled beth from the club of which he isa member and from the “National Association of Professional Players.” And any player who shall in any way be similarly interested in any regular match game between ‘two clubs of the Association, shall be suspended from legal service as a member of any Pro- f-ssional Association club for the season during which he shall Luye violated ihis rule,
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DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. 38 THE COURT OF ADJUDICATION. r Sze. 7.—All decisions rendered by clubs in accordance with this third role of the playing code of tne Professional Associ- avon shall be open to an appeal tothe Judiciary Commitice of the Professional Association, whose decision shall be final. POSITIONS OF PLAYERS. pte? Sec. 8.—Positions of players and choice ¢ f first innings shall be determined by captains previously appointed for that purpose by the two contesting cluts. ‘Phe nine fielders of each contest- ing club shall be privileged totake any position in the field their captain may choose to assigu them, with the exception of the player who acts as the pitcher, who must occupy his appvinied ti a ae SUBSTITUTES, Src. 9.—No player, not in position on the field, or ready to take bis turn at the bat, alter theclose of the third innings, and befure the commencement of the fourth innings, shall be sub- stituted for any other player, or take part in the game except as provided in Section 15 of Rule VL RULE FOURTH.—Tue Prrentne DEPARTMENT. THE PITCHER'S POSITION. Suction. 1—The pitcher’s position shall be within a space of ground six feet square, the front line of which shall be dis- tunt forty-five feet from the center of the home base; and the center of the square shall be equi-distant from the first and the ~ third bases. Each corner of the square shall be marked by a fiat iron plate or stone six inches square, fixed in the ground even with the surface. DELIVERING THE BALL, Sxc. 2.—The player who delivers the ball to the bat must do so while within the lines of the pitcher’s position, and he must remain within them until the ball has leit his hand; and he shall not make any motion to deliver the ball to the bat while uny part of his person is outside the lines of the pitcher’s posi-_ tion, The ball must be delivered to the bat with the arm swinging nearly perpendicular at the side of the body, and the _ hand swinging forward must not be raised higher than the hip. A FOUL DELIVERY. : _Should the pitcher deliver the ball by an overhand throw, a foul balk shall be declared. Any outward swing of tiie arm—as’ that of round-arm bowling in cricket--or any “thar swing save that of the perpendicular movement referred to in section 2 of the rule, shall be considered an overhand = i — rena 3 ‘pall fairly delivered and sent in to the bat iaees = terre and wt the hight called for by the batsman, shall b: considered # ‘-fair:ball. Sec. 3.
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UY DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. CALLED BALLS. _ Sec. 5.—All balls delivered to the bat which are not sent in over the home base, or at the hight from the ground called for by the ba:'sman, shall be called in tue order ot every third consecu- tive bali tuus unfairly delivered ; and when three such bails shail have been culled, the striker shull take his first base, and «loo every player occupying a base who is thereby forced toleave said base shailalso ia such case tuke one base. No “ ball” shall, how- ever, be culled, until the ball has passed the line of the howe base. BALKING. Sec. 6.—Should the pitcher muke any motion to deliver the ball to the bat and fail so to deliver it—except the ball be acci- dentally dropped—the umpire shall call a balk, and players occupying bases shail then take one base, as in the case o! called balls. FOUL BALKS. Src. 7.—When a foul balk is called, the umpire shall warn the pitcher of the penalty incurred for such untair delivery; and should such delivery be continued until three or four balks have been called in one inning, the umpire shall declare the game forfeited by a score of ten runs to none. , HITTING AT CALLED BALLS. Src. 8.—Should the ba'sman strike at a ball on which a “wide” or “ bali” shall have been culled, such cull shall be considered void, and the bail be regurded as fairly delivered. DEAD BALLS. -Sxc. 9.—Atl balls delivered to the bat which shall either touch the striker’s bat, wiihout being struck al, or bit the bats- man’s person while standing in his position, or whicu shall bit the person of the umpire—aunless it be a passed ball—shall be considered as dead balls, and shall be so called by the umpire, and no players shall be put out, base be run, or run be scored oii any such ball. ~ RULE FIFTH.—Tur Bartixa Department. ¢ THE BATSMAN’S POSITION, Srcrron 1—The batsmun’s or striker’s position shall be within a space of ground—located on either side of the home base—six feet long by three feet wide, extending two feet in front and four feet behind of the live of the home base, and with its nearest line distant one foot from the home base. 4 A FAIR STRIKE, Src. 2.—The ba‘eman, when in the act of striking at the bail, must stand within the lines of his position. A FOUL STRIKE. _ Sec. 8.—Should the batsman, when in the act of striking at the bail, step outside the lines of his position, the umpire must
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 75 t/ call “ foul strike,” and two such foul strikes shall put the batsman Out. it a ballon which such strike is called be bit aud caught, either fuir or foul, the striker shail be declared out. No bse shall be run, or player running the bass be put ou’, on such a sirke; but any player ruvning bases shail _ be allowed to return to the base he has left without being put out. TIE ORDER OF STRIKING. |, Src. 4—The batsmen must take their positions in the order in wisich they are named on the score-book ; and alicr the tuird man is Out in any inning, the first striker in the succeed- ing inning shall be that batsman whose name follows that of the third man out in the previous inning. _ FAILING TO TAKE POSITION, Src. 5—Any batsman failing to take his position at the bat in his order of striking, unless the error be discovered betore a fair ball be struck or a striker put out—unless by reason of' jll- ness or injury, or by consent of the captains of the coutesting nines—shull be declared out. REFUSING TO STRIKE. Sec. 6.—Any batsmin refusing to take his position at the bat wi lun three minutes after the umpire has culled for the siriker shill be declared out. SPECIFYING BALLS. Sec. 7—The batsman shall be privileged to require the bali to be delivered by the pitcher “high” or “ low,” in which Case the umpire shall notify the pitcher to deliver the ball at the bight called tor. A ‘“high bili” shall be one sent in by the pi-cier above the waist of the butsman, but not higher than his shoulder; and a ‘low ball” shall be one sent in below the batsman’s waist, but not lower than within one foot of the ground and over the home base... ;' FAILING TO CALL. : Sec. 8.—Should the batsman tail io call for either a high or a low ball, in such case all balls sent in over the home base, and not higher than the batsman’s shoulder, nor lower than ove foot from the ground, shall be considered fair balls on which to call “strkes,” wh n the batsman fails to strike at them as referred to in section 7 of this rule. FAILING TO STRIKE AT FAIR BALLS, Sre. 9.—S sould the batsman fail to suike ata ball sent in by tae piteuer over the home base, and within the specified reach of the bat, the umpire shall a “one strike ;” and when 3 jes have been called, the batsman must run to sender oo jn the case of hitting a fair bail. But no suca ike Ni be called on any ball not sent in at the hight cailed = 2S - sent in over the home base. But should neitier a ur, oF Te be called fur, in such case every ball sen: in high ot jem aul shall be regarded asa fairly delivered bail, J
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7" DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. THE FOUL BALL LINES. Src. 10.—The foul bal! lines shall be unlimited in length, and shalbrun from the front corner of the home base through the cen- ter of the first and the third base tothe fou! ball posts, which shall be loeated at the boundary of the ficid, and within the range of home and first base, and home and third base. Said Jires shall be marked from base to buse with chalk, or some other white Substance, so as tu be plainly seen by the umpire. : . A FAIR-NIT BALL. Src. 11.—If the ball, from a fairstroke of the bat first touches the ground, the person of a player or any other object, either in front of, or on, the foul ball lines, it shall be considered fair. A FOUL-HIT BALL. Seo. 12.—lf the ball from a fair stroke of the bat first touches _ the ground, the person of a player, or any other object behind . the foul ball lines, it shall be declared foul; and the bali so hit shall be called foul by the umpire even befure touching the ground, if it be seen falling fuul. : HITTING UNFAIR BALLS. Sxro, 13.—Should the batsman strike at or hit any ball on wi-ich a “‘ball” has been called, the umpire shall disregard the eall of such “ball,” and render his decision simply on the suike or hit made. : HOW BATSMEN ARE PUT OUT. » $c. 14.—The batsman shall be declared. out by the umpire as follows : : If a fair ball be caught before touching the ground, no matter bow held by the fielder catching: it, or whether the ball first touches the person of another fielder or not, provided it be not caught by the cap. : If a foul ball be similarly held, or if it beso held after touch- ing the ground but once. “= « it a fair ball be securely beld by a fielder while touching the first base with any part of his person before the base-runner touches said base’after hitting a fair ball. If the batsman, after striking three times at the ball and failing to hit it, and, running to first base, fails to touch that base before the ball is legally held there. If, after the batsman bas similarly failed to hit the ball, it be caught either before touching the ground, or after touching the ground but once. if the batsman willfully strikes at the ball to hinder the ball from being canght. 7 . If the batsman makes two foul strikes, as defined in Rule V. WHEN BATSMEN BECOME BASE-RUNNERS. Src. 15.—When the batsman has frirly struck a fatr’ball, he shail vacate his position, and he shajl then be considered a Lase- runner until le is put out or scores bis ran.
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DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. J t/, RULE SIXTH.—Runnixe THE Bases. ORDER OF MAKING BASES: Section 1.—The order in which pluyers shall run bases shall be the same as that observed in going to the bat, and after the ball has been hit fairly the bases shall be run in the following order, viz : from honie to first base, thence to secopd and third bases, to the home base. : VACATING BASES. j Src. 2.—-No player running the bases shall be forced to va- cate the base he vecupies; ‘unless by the act of the batsman in striking a fair ball) Should the first base be occupied by a base- ranner when @ fair’ ball: isistrack, the moment such ball is struck the base-runner shall cease to be entitled to hold said base until the player running to first base shall be put out. The same rule shall also wpply in the case of the occupancy of the other bases under similar circumstances. ~ But no-base-runner shall be forced to vacate the base he occupies, if the base run- ner succeeding him is not thus obliged to vacate his base. PUT OUT WHEN FORCED OFP. Sec. 3.—Players forced to vacate their bases may be put out by any fielders in the same manner as when running to first bise. But the moment a player running the bases is put out, that moment the base-runner preceding him shall cease to be forced to vacate a base. OVERRUNNING FIRST BASE. Src.4—The player running to first base shall be privileged to oyerrur said base without his being put out for being off the base after first touching it—proyvided that in so overrunning the base he make no attempt to run to second base ; but if, in so overrunning first base he also attempts to run to second base, he shall forfeit such exemption from being put out, After ovyerrunning such base, the base-runner must at once return and retouch said base, and after re-touching he can be put out as at apy other base. ek shy aie rex at - Pi raphe Eee ee Rig cre of pie Seo, 5.—Players running bases must to . eac cin re- Pe order, vizZ.: first, second, third, and home base; and when oblized to retura to bases they have occupied, they must re- touch them in the reverse order, No base shall be considered as having been occupied or held until it has been touch«d. RUNNING OUT OF THE LINE OF BASES. yer, running a base who shall run beyond he panne ae nes jo. arte to avoid 4 the ball in the hands of a fie der, shall be being smochen fs umpire with or without appeal: but unless he so run to avoid the pall, he shall not-be decided out. WHEN A RUN I8 SCORED. / Sec 7.—One run shall be scored every time a base-runner,
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58 DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. é after having regularly touched all the bases, shall touch the home base. But no such run shall be scored unless the home base be so touched before three players ure putout. If the third player is put out before reaching first base the run saall not be scored. TAKING BASES ON BALKS. SEc. 8—When a “balk” is called by the umpire, every player running the bases shall take one base without being put out. : TAKING BASES ON CALLED BALLS. Src. 9.—When three “ called ” balls bave been called by the umpire, the batsman shall take one base without being put out; and should any base-runner thereby he forced to va- cute his base, he also shall take one base; and each base-runner thus given a base shall be at liberty to run to other bases besides the base given, but only at the risk of being put out in so run- ning. 2 HOLDING A BASE. Src. 10.—A player running the bases shall be considered as helcing a base—viz.: entitled to occupy it—until he shall have regularly touched the next base in order. “RUNNING BASES ON FAIR-FLY BALLS. Src. 11.—No base shail be run, or run scored, when a fair bali has been caught, or momentarily held before touching the ground, unless the base beld when the bail was hit is retouched by the base-ruaner after the ball has been so caught or held by the fielder. But after the ball has been so caught or held, the base-runner shall be privileged to attempt to make a base or a score run. He shall not, however, be entitled to any base touched after the ball has been hit and before the catch is mude. RUNNING ON FOUL BALLS. : Src. 12.—No run or base can be made upon a foul ball. Such a ball shall be considered dead, and not in play, until it shall first have been setiled in the hands of the pitcher, in any part of the field he may happen to be. r PUT OUT IN RETURNING TO BASES. Sro. 18. Any player running bases on foul balls, or on fair balls caught before touching the ground, shull be obliged to re- turn to the base he occupied when the ball was struck, and re- touch such base before attempting to make another base, or score a run; and said player shall ve liable 10 be put ont in so returning, asin the case of running to first base when a fair ball is Lit and not caught flying. In the case of a foul bai— not caught before touching the ground—the base runuer, re- turning to tonch the base, must remain on it until the bull is lield by the pitcher : OBSTRUCTING BASE-RUNNERS. Seo. 14—If the player running the bases is prevented from
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DIME BASE-BALL FLAYER. “299. making a base by the obstruction of an adversary, he sha'l entitled to that base, and sbail not be put out. Avy obstruc- uon that could readily have been avoided shall be considered as intentional. y SUBSTITUTES IN RUNNING BASES. _ Sec. 15.—-No player shall be allowed a substitute in running the bases, except for illness or injury, unless by sp cial conseut of the captain of the opposing nine; and in such Cuse, the lat- ter shall select the player to ran as substitute. The substitute in question shall take bis position so as to cross the batsman’s position, and in front of the home base, and he shall not start to run until the ball is struck at or hit. Tue substitate shall be lhe player running the biases. > | ; HOW BASE-RUNNERS ARE PUT OUT. Sec. 16.—Any player supping the bases shall be declared out if at any time, while the ball is in play, he be touched by a fielder with the ball in hand, without some part of his person is touching a base; and should the sail tielder, while in the act of touching the base-ranner, have the bull knocked out of his hand, the player so touched shall be declared out. If tue ball ba held by a fielder on the first buse before the base-runner, after hitting a fair ball, touches that base, he shail be declared out; but it tue ball be held by a fielder while touch- ing Girst base at the same time the base ruaner touches it, the laiter shalt not be declared vut. Any base-runuer failing 10 touch the base he runs for shall be declared ouvif the ball be held by a fielder, while touching said buse, before the base-runner returns and toncbes ir, Any base-runner who:shall in any way interfere with or ob- struct a fielder while atiempting to caich a fair fly-ball, or a foul ball, shall be declared out by the umpire, with or without appeal. Ifhe willfully obstruct a fielder from fielding a ball, he shall be similarly declared out; and if he intentionally kick or let the ball strike him, he shall be declared out. . , RULE SEVENTH.—Tae Umeree anv ais Duties. . SELRCTING AN UMPIR&S. nih Section 1.—In selecting, an umpire fora match game, the visiting club shall submit the names of five persons Compelent to act, who are not members of the visiting Club, From this list the local club shall select two or more names, aud answer x later than the following day, if witvin five days of ihe day | oe . me. Should the visiting club be unable to secure the : ince uf either of Lhe two spersons seleeed, then two more ei a ll be submitted to the local club, 10 complete the list Dayjrs she eet trom as hereinbetore vawed. In case of toe Pn ae jocal club to seleet two of the five names withia Seneeekt hours after suit names have been telegraphed by tne Salingcieb-al within five days of the aay of the game—inen |
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ae) DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. the visiting club shail be empowered to select oné of the five names sent, who shall act as umpire. All correspondence in relation to the above shall be by telegraph. THE UMPIRE THE SOLE JUDGE. Src. 2.—The umpire in a matcli shall be the sole judge of fairand unfair play, und there shall be no appeal from his de- cisions except through the Judiciary Committee of the National Association of Professional Players. CHANGING AN UMPIRE. Src. 3.—The umpire shall not be changed during the pro- gress of a match unless for reasons of illness or injury, er by the consent of the captuins of the two contesting ninrs; end, in the latter case, noteven then, unless he shall have will- fully violated the written rules of the game. THE UMPIRE’S SPECIAL DUTIES. Src 4:—BPefore the commencement of a match, the umpire shall see that the rules governing the materials of the game, and also those applicable to the positions of batsman and pitcher, are strictly observed; and also that the fence in the rear of the catcher’s position is distant notless than ninety feet from the home base, except it mark the boundary line of the field, in which casethe umpire, for every ball passing the catcher and touching the fence, shall give each base-runner one base without his being put out. tie? He shall also require the ball to be supplied by the visiting club, and see that it have the figures indicating its size and weight, as also the name of the maker starnped upon it. Betore calling ‘‘ play,” the umpire shall ask the captain of Ahe players on whose ground’ thé match is.played whether or not there are any special ground rules to be enforced, and if there are, he shall take note of such rules and see that they are duly enforced, provided they do not conflict with any regular rules of the game. ; Should the umpire not be so notified of the existence of any special ground rules, then such rules shal] not be enforced. CALLING “PLAY” AND “TIME.” Sec. 5.—When the umpire calls “play,” the game must at once be proceeded with ; and when. he calls “time,” all play shail be suspended, and the ball shall be considered dead unt? he calls “ play” again, and either side causing intentional delay shall forfeit the game by a score of 9 to 0. CALLING A GAME. Src. 6.—When the umpire “calls” a game, it shall end ; but when he simply suspends play for a stated period, the game can be resumed at tue point at which it was su=pended, pro- vided such suspension does not extend beyond the day ofthe match. : SUSPENDING PLAY. Src. 7.—The umpire shall dete:mine when the play shall be
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER, 81 Pi suspended ; and, if the game can not be fairly concluded, it sball be decided by the score of the last equal re pe played; unless one nine shall haye completed ‘their innings, and the other nine shail have exceeded or equaled the score of their opponents in their incomplete innings, in which case the nine haying the hizber score shall be declared the winners; also, in all games terminating similarly, the total score obtained shall be recorded us the score of the game. | f REVERSING DECISIONS. . Sec. 8—No decision rendered by the umpire on any point of play in base-running shall be reversed upon the testimony of any of the players. But if it shall be shown by the two captains of the contesting clubs that the umpire has palpably misinterpreted the rules, or given an erroneous decision, he shail be privileged to reverse said decision. DECISIONS ON CATCHES. Src. 9.—Should the umpire be unable to see whether a eaten has been fairly made or not, he shall be privileged to ap- peal tothe bystanders, and to render lis decision according to the fairest testimony at command. . INTERFERING WITH THE UMPIRE: Sec. 10.—No person not engaged in the game shall be per- mitted to oceapy any position within the lines of the field of con- test.orinany way interrupt the umpire during the progress of the game; and no player shall be permiited to converse with the ump're during any part of the contest, except to make a legal appeal for his decision in giving a player out. . ° ~. APPEALING TO. THE UMPIRE. Ssc. 11.—The umpire shall render no decision in the game ex- cept when appealed to by a player, unless expressly required oie: ERR EAMG SesDeMlling sisep..,", halle,’ v See, 12 The umpite abl na ea bala . gc. 12.— all not ca s until the. passed Ure batsman. He shall eall all foul bai ae hmeencset they are seen to be falling outside of the foul-ball lines. But jue shall call no fuir ball unless appealed to for a decision. sul amlegare: ree ae wee _—The umpire sball require the players on the attin 1 ee not at the bat, nor ei the. bases, to keep at a. distance of not less than fifiy feet from the line of home and first base and home and third base, or farther off if the umpire so decides, except the captain and one assistant only to be per- milinihto approach the foul ball lines not nearer tlian fifieen feet to coseh:the players running the bases; and no player of that che aaa engaged at the bat or in running the bases, shall be per- mi ted to enter "le infield, except in cases of illness or injury. Either side persisting 12 infringing this rule shall suffer the penalty of a foriciure of the gume,
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DIME BASE-BALL-PLAYER UNFAIR FIELDING. Src. 14.—Should any fielder stop or catch the hall with his hat, cap, or any other part of his dress, the umij ire sh«ll call “ dead ball,” and such bail shall uot be alive or in pluy apain uniil the umpire shall call “ball in p'ay.” Bat any player runni.gea ba-e at the time said ball was so stopped or catigit, siall be entitied to the base he is running for. Stiould the ball be willfully stopped by any outside person not engaged in the game, the umpire shall call “ dead ball,” and the ball shall be ieg rded as dead until settled in the hands of the pitcher, while sianding within the timits of his position, and play ers running bases at the time shall be entivled to the buses they were run- nivg for. 2 FORFEITED GAMES Src. 15.—Any match-game in which the umpire shall declare any section ot this code of rules to have been willfully vi lated shall at once be declared, by the umpire, to have been foricited by the club so violating the rules; and all such games, as also all furizited games, shall be declared by the umpire as furleited by a score of nine runs to none. ff COMPENSATING THE UMPIRE. Sec. 16.—The umpire in «a match-game shall be privileged to accep’ such compens ition for his services as the contesting clubs shall deem advisable, provided he receives from caca club the same amount of compensation, but pot otherwise. MISINTERPRETING THE RULES. Src. 17 —Shouid the umpire retuse to enforce any special section of this code of rules, or should he interpret the same except by the express letter of the rele, he shall cease to be eligible to act in the position, and shall at once be dismissed. “THE CHAMPIONSHIP CODE. RULE TI. . LEGAL CuNTESTANTS. Sxcrion 1.—All club contestants for the championship pen- nant of the National Association of Professional Ba-e- Ball Players shall be regulerly enroiled members of the said Asso- cia.ion; and before being eligible to enter the lists in the Cham- pionship arena, they must have paid the entry fees as herein- aficr provided, ENTRY FEE. Src. 2.—Each contesting club in the championship arena of the Prot-ssional Associ vion shall pay to une Sceretary of said Association the sum of ten dollars entry fee, the same to be paid on or belore the first day of May of the championship BCusen.
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 83 ef THE EMBLEM OF CHAMPIONSHIP. Src. 3—The amount rec-ived tor entry fees, a8 referred to in See. 2 of this code, shull be expended in the purchase cfa flig and pennant, on the former of which the word “Champions,” and the name of the winning club, and the year lor which they hold the championsbip, stall be inscribed. THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. Sec 4—The championship seasoushall extend from the first day of March to the first- day of November of each yeur, and no game shall count ia the championship series unless played Withiu the above-named period. “RULE II. "REGULAR MATCHES. ; Sectrox 1.—No match-game shall be considered legal, or shall count in the series of championship contests, unless the- coutesting clubs shall previously have duly paid their entry fees. . THE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. Src. 2.—The regular series of championship contests shall consist of ten games, and each club entering the lists shall play ten games with every other club contesting for the champion- ship pennant, FIVE GAMES TO BE PLAYED. Sec. 3.—No game played between two contesting clubs in the championship arena shal] count as a regular match in the championship series, when the total games won are counted ai the close of the season, unless each of such contesting clubs shall have played not less than six games with every other contesting club in the arena. Z NO EXUIBITION GAMES. Src. 4—No contesting club in the championship arena shall play avy exhibition ” or tournament” game wiih sny other of said contestants, within the United Stites, until said ciub has finished its regular series of ten championship games. RULE Hf. - . WINNING THE PENNANT. , Section 1.—The club which shell wia the greatest number lar games in tue championship arena shall be declared of regu: ron club for the season in which such games are 5 er moreover, such club shall be entitled to fly the ployed; ane, ve nnant until the close of the ensuing season. cuumpionship Pe A TIE RECORD. of a tie record of won games between two SEc. Brn re contesting clubs in the arena, the Judiciary or more of TM) decile which club shali be entitled to the Committee sha aeceeding season = hip for the § = - champions PRESENTING THE EMBLEM. Sze. 3.—The cuumpionsuip penvant and gold medal shall
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DIME BASE BALL PLAYER. \ be presented to the club declared champions by a majority vote of the Championship Committee, within thirty days trom the date of the close of the championship season. RULE IV. AWARDING THE PENNANT. Section 1.—At the close of the championship season, each + contesting club in tbe arena shall send in to the Championsl.ip Committee a full record of the championship gamcs played, won and lost by such club during the season; and said com- mitiee shall then examine the several records, and compare the same, and afterward award the pennant in accordance with the code of championship rules. No record shall be received by said committee unless sent in within twenty days afier the close of the champ:onship season, and no award of the pen- nant shall be mide except upon the basis of such legal records of the contesting clubs. ILLEGAL GAMES. Sec. 2.—The Championship Committee shall count no game as a championship contest in which any section of the playin code of rules, or of the championship code of the Professiona Association, shall have been willfully violated. CHARGES OF VIOLATING THE RULES. Src. 3.—No charge of fraudulent play, or of any violation of the Rules of the Professional Association, shail be enter- tained or acted upon by the Championship Commitiec, unless the same shall first have been fully investigated and~ passed upon by the Judiciary Committee of said Association. ; PRESENTATION OF CHARGES. Src. 4—No charge of violating the rules of the Profession- al Associatiin shall be adjudicated upon by either the Judi- ciury or the Championship Committees of the said Association, wnléss the same shall have been presented in writing to the Judiciary Committee on or before the 15th day of November. And no charge whatever shall be acted upon by either commit- tee unless duly presented in writing to one or other of the mem- bersof the Jadiciary Committee of the Professional Association, which committce shall be the sole judges of the Jaw and the testimony in the case; and from their decision there shall be no appeal. RULE V. FORFEITED GAMES. Srction 1.—Should either of two clubs fail to meet a regu- lar engagement to play, mutually agreed upon—except on account of the death or severe illness of one of its players, or on account of stormy weattrer—the club thus failing to play Bhuli fo: feit the game to the clubhaving its ‘men on the Geld ready to play at tlie time appointed; and such forfeited oante
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DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER. 85, wy shal! count in the series of championship contests as a game won by @ score of nine runs to none. - CHAMPIONSHIP ENGAGEMENTS. Sec. 2.—Afier any two contesting clubs shall have mutually agreed upon which ground the first game of the series between them shall be pinvedt the succeeding games of the series shall & ages played off the grounds of each of the contesting ubs. TIE GAMES. — Src. 3.—In case of a tie game ending in a draw match in any series of championship contests between two clubs, said tie or draw-game shall not count on the record of either club, if there be not due time to play such gameover befure the close of the season. And no tie or drawn game shall be played over again until af er the full series of ten games have been played, including such drawn matches. NO POOL-SELLING. Src. 4—No champions!ip game shall be played on any ball ground on which any pool-sel.ing is allowed.
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Ps ws DINE BASE BALL PLAYER. PITCHING AVERAGES FOR 1874. Below will be found a table of the average of earned runs, prepared by Mr. A. H. Wrizht, the scorer of the Athletic Cinb of Puiladeiphia. Also a table of base-bit averages. By there _ fivnres McBride tukes the lead in haying the fewest runs earned off his pitching, and the fewest base-hiis scored; Bund being second, Spalding third and Matthews fourth : AVERAGE EARNED RUNS PER GAME DURING 1874. s-fee poh pk ot beds ai> Sleep Ss sakiSerhade : | s\ 2iZifi8 (Flo sia] alete/3)/2)/3s/2}2/3 di4¢4teasAa!/o.e | 24 \é = oe oe a I -— Athletic... ..{10.28/13.00/11.70,11.28|12.59,18 30,12.60)12.52 ‘Atlantic.| 6.14)... .|13.00, 8.54/12.00| 9.83, 6.70, 9.77) 8.83 Baltve. .{10.25| 4.83]... uo: 7.40 12.50) 6.62) 9.75, 8.72 Boston..|11.70]12.29/16.50)... . .|15.57/14.00 13.10 13.11/13.54 Chicago| 9.00) 9.60,11.8013.43).... ./13.88) 9.12/10.11 10.63 Hartt'rd.| 9.44] 8.88 14.75)11.71/10.66..... 9.40 12.12 10.75 Mutual.,| 9.90} 8.10 13.12 11.20113.1211.70|...../11-1611.03 Phila....| 7.70]14.68 15.00, 9 44)14-1110.30|14.00). ... 11-7 ——— —— 9.91/10.47 14.05 10.72 12.47. 11.88,10.24 11.88
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West hp WEB BELTS. no other house. This Classof Goods is sold by All of the above styles are copyrighted. For prices see first cover page of this book.
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No. 155. No. 156 PECK & SNYDER Manufacturers, 126 Nassau Street, New York. No. 164. No. 165. For prices of the above styles see first cover page of this book,
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PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, {26 Nassau Street, New York. No. 167 No. 166 For Prices of the above Styles, ‘ goe first cover page of this book.
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No, 2:9 ¢%,) re ty agann 69444) veges ie :S > » te 06404 AD 44 VOO$ woo AbDeees Oe ¢ ONres $ sets aay Ad tf é a Ss? ae “lee SSS . : y zs PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, 126 Nassau Street, New York. Enclose 10 Cents for our new Encyclopredia, containing 500 Colorea Mustrations.
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1875 PECK & SNYDER’S 1875 “MODEL” REGULATION BASE BALL BATS. Our assortment of the above is the largest in the country. Clubs, in or- dering selected Bats from the following styles, can depend on getting the . best in the market. In ordering, order by numbers, Also, state what lengths are required. Men’s, or Regulation Bats, are 36, 38, or 40 inches long. Boys’ Bats are from 26 to 34 inches long. Per Doz. Each. No. 256. Men’s Selected Ash, Bass, Spruce or Am. Willow Bats.. $3 00 30e. As above, not selected .... ..--.erseeeeereeeeeeseensaes cas nts 25c. Boys’ Ash Bats, 26 to 34 inch........+++- aluate renee $1 50and 2 00 1l5c and 2%c, No, 257. Light Am. Willow, Half Polished, per doz... $5.00. Each, 50c. No. 261. American Willow, Full French Polishing, per doz.,...... $8.00. Each, 75¢ No. 262. American Willow, Loaded at Handle with Ash—the strongest light Bat made—per doz., $8.00, Each, Tie No. 263 Lyman’s Patent Self-adjusting Loaded ‘Ash Bat, per doz , $8.00. Each, T5e. 2" Clubs or Dealers ordering one doz. assorted Bats at one time are entitled to our doz. prices. Bats by express, C. 0, D., or on receipt of price Address, PECK & SNYDER, 126 Nassau St,, N, ¥,
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1s75. NOTICE TO BASE BALL PLAYERS. We would call the attention of Clubs and Dealers to the fact that our Professional Dead Ball, as branded in the cut below, reached the sale of 1,000 doz. in 1874. Their still increasing popularity is owing to their hold- ing out just as we represent them, being made of 1 oz, moulded. rubber and the finest of yarn, and covered in the best manner, and sewed with the improved lock safety stitch, which effectually prevents the ball from ripping until worn out. They are equaled by none. The genuine are stamped as below, ; 5ff OUNCE ! | eEcK & aie DER’s » og ESSIONAL DEAD py, < se Pat, Aug. 30th, 1870. ay Per Dor. By Mai, Each. P, & §, Professional Dead Red Balls, for Match Games, $15.00 $1.50. Cf ee “ “ White “ “ “ “ 15,00 : 1.50, “ ‘Dead Red or White Balls, for Practice Games, 12.00 1.25. <‘ubs or Dealers ordering one half a doz. Balls at one time are entitled to our doz. rates. We shall send by express, C. O. D., or to distant locali- ties. The New Postal Law enables us to send Balls, post-paid, for 50c. per doz. extra, on receipt of price. Address, - PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, 126 Nassau St., N. ¥,