Clipping:Dissatisfaction with the rule making a runner liable on a foul ball
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Date | Sunday, October 30, 1881 |
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Text | About the only change of consequence in the playing rules likely to be made will be the abolition of the penalty for running on a foul-hit ball. This penalty was restored after several seasons of disuse, but it has not worked satisfactorily. It opened the door to aggravating complications growing out of the umpire's failure to promptly rule a ball to be foul, and it also hampered free batting to a noticeable extend, as the batsman, though desiring to help a runner who has started to steal a base, had constantly before him the danger of putting him out by hitting a foul close to the line. The runner should be entitled to return to his base, on a foul, as was the case previous to last season. |
Source | Chicago Tribune |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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