Clipping:Tips to umpires on overrunning first base
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| Date | Thursday, May 4, 1871 |
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| Text | Umpires must allow players running to first base the privilege of over-running the base without being put out, that being one of the new rules of the game. In observing this rule they must be guided by the following instructions: First.–The moment the player has over-run the first base he must promptly return and touch it before attempting to run to second base, or otherwise he forfeits the exemption the rule admits of. Second.–If a player in running to first base, turns on reaching the base and continues one, as in the case of making a home run, he does not over-run the base, as referred to in the rule in question, and therefore is as liable to be put out when off the base as he is at any other base. Third.–A player over-running first base can, of cours, continue on and go to second base, but by doing so he runs the risk of being put out in attempting to return to first base; that is, he forfeits the privilege of exemption from being put out after over-running the base, unless he promptly returns and touches first base after over-running it. He is not obliged to return and touch the base again, however, in over-running it, if he thinks he can get to second safely, but in such case the umpire must see that the player does not infringe the rule which prohibits the base runner from running out of the line of the bases to avoid the ball in the hands of the fielder. |
| Source | Evening City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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