Clipping:How umpires should call strikes; batter calling for placement; high low zones
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| Date | Saturday, September 29, 1860 |
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| Text | Section 37 of the rules [allowing for called strikes] is a dead letter... Again, when a striker has stood at the home base long enough to allow a dozen balls, not plainly out of reach, to pass him, he should at once be made to declare where he wants a ball, and the first ball that comes within the distance pointed out, if not struck at, should be declared one strike, the second, two strikes, and the third, three. If this were done, a stop would at once be put to the unmanly and mean “waiting game” frequently played, and the cause of much unpleasantness removed. Out of all the matches we have reported this season we have yet to see the Umpire having moral courage enough to call strikes on a batsman who willfully breaks the 37th rule of the game. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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