Clipping:A proposal to widen fair territory rule
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| Date | Wednesday, September 12, 1888 |
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| Text | Manager Harry Wright is prolific in new ideas with a view to bringing about more batting without affecting the pitching and fielding departments of the game too seriously. His latest proposition is to change the foul lines. His idea is to start the foul lines from the home plate, as now, but instead of following the base paths, make them branch off independently, passing first and third bases say three fee away. This would not only increase the size of the fair ground territory, but also necessitate a slight change in the positions of the men. The first and third basemen would be required to play nearer their respective bases, and, as a natural consequence, many hits now handled by them would then be safe. Manager Wright will work this idea up during the fall, but he is likely to encounter considerable opposition. With the foul line so changed the fair foul hitting of old would again come into vogue and bring with it an added cause for endless dispute with the umpires. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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