Clipping:More on calling balls

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Date	Sunday, July 29, 1866
Text	THE SIXTH RULE.–For the benefit of several correspondents who desire information on the subject of the proper definition of this rule, we have to state that the following is the duty of the umpire in observing this rule: When the striker goes to the bat, the umpire should require him at once to indicate to the pitcher where he is in the habit of striking the ball, and when this is done the umpire should call “ball to the bat”, or any similar words of warning; and after this is done, the third ball pitched out of the legitimate reach of the batsman, or not where he is in the habit of striking, should be called “one ball”, and the second after that “two balls”, and the third after that “three balls”. The umpire, however, cannot compel the pitcher to send balls just where the striker happens to want them for the time being, but only where he is in the habit of hitting them.
Source	New York Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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