Clipping:The AA new balk rule

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Date	Wednesday, December 17, 1884
Text	[reporting on the AA annual meeting 12/10-12/11] A very important change for base-runners was made in the balk rule, which now reads, as amended, as follows: Rule 25–A balk is (1) A motion made by the pitcher to deliver the ball to the bat without delivering it, and shall be held to include any and ever accustomed motion with the hands, arms or feet, or position of the body assumed by the pitcher in his delivery of the ball, except the ball be accidentally dropped. (2) The ball be held by the pitcher so long as to delay the game unnecessarily, or (3) Any motion to deliver the ball, or the delivering of the ball to the bat by the pitcher when any part of his person is upon ground outside the lines of his position. This shall include all preliminary motions with the hands, arms or feet. This amendment was drawn by ex-Secretary Williams after much study of the subject, and was adopted intact after prolonged debate and illustration.
Source	Sporting Life
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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