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|Title=debate over a dead or lively ball ...lly active in the effort to secure some change, either in the ball used or in the rules, that shall favor the batter.</p>

...whenever a ball should be batted over the fence, or out of certain bounds in any direction, the striker could take no more than two bases for the same.<

...ally in New York City on the streets where such fixtures as a fire hydrant or an abandoned car serve as bases."</p>

...pied either by an organized club of players or a party of chosen sides for a temporary game.</p>

|City=Troy ...g any street or alley in the first, second, third, or fourth wards of said city; and every person who shall violate either of the prohibitions . . . shall,

...which declared war to the knife of the Union Association. It was inserted in section 7, of article 3, and reads as follows:</p> ...ved player unreleased; or any club which belongs to any association where a club belonging to either of said associations is located.”</p>

|Title=talk of a player's union ..., Ryan, Devlin, McGeary, and other prominent professionals, are interested in this new move that will give the League more trouble than they anticipate.<

|Headline=Fitchburg Levies $1 fine for Striking balls with a bat-stick |City=Fitchburg

...ing ball. It is the player who by making the bold attempt and drawing out a fielder—it is he who should be encouraged. The Sporting Life August 25, ...tention to stolen bases and others do; therefore the base stealing record in that organization must of necessity be unreliable and unsatisfactory. The

|City=Newburyport ...ball or balls in any of the streets, lanes, or alleys of this town, . . ." a fine of 25 cents to one dollar was to be assessed.</p>

|Headline=The "Citty of New Yorke" Sets a Fine for Sunday "Gameing or Playing: Ten Guilders ...Person or Persons soe found drinkinge Gameing or Playing Either in Priuate or Publicke Shall forfeict Tenn Guildrs for Euery such offence." Note that bal

...f a violation of this by-law, the penalty may be recovered from the parent or guardian." The fine also applied to bowling, kite-flying, and hoops. <u>N

...s hit to the short stop. The short stop could easily retire the runner at first base, but instead tries to catch the man who is running for third, and fail ...ything else? Even if it was by slow fielding it cannot be called an error or base hit. The Sporting Life January 18, 1888</p>

|Name=Club of Glencoe, OR v Club of Cornelius on 4 July 1875 |State=OR

|Title=English Baseball in Norfolk on November 15 1862 ...n the game; so in their studies let them take care that whatever they took in hand they did it fairly and earnestly."</p>

|Headline=Baseball Arrives in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada ...ntil about 1840.' Whether of not this was actually the game of "Rounders" or "Town Ball" is debatable.</p>

|Name=in St. Louis in 1875 |City=St. Louis

|Headline=Baltimore MD Bans Ballplaying on Sundays and within City Limits ...n 7 covers Sabbath play, again including ball, and adding "pitching quoits or money." The penalty was $1.00. The ordinance is dated March 2, 1827.</p>

...the West. Whether any such concession will ever be made by the League is a matter of doubt, as the League has always maintained that the rate is only

...rties spoke in high praise of it, for it was apparent to all that they had a thoroughly fair and competent umpire for their game.</p>