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NABBP Refines Rules on the Ball
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Equipment, Post-Knickerbocker Rule ChangesEquipment, Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes |
| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, US |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | For the third year, the Convention put the elimination of the bound rule to a vote, and again the bound rule won, 55-37. The Association's own Rules and Regulations Committee, chaired by Doc Adams, had favored a move to the fly rule for fair balls. Membership had reached nearly 80 clubs from as far away as Michigan. New York Herald, 3/18/1860. The National Association of Baseball Players rules now specify that "The ball must weigh not less than five and three-fourths, nor more than six ounces avoirdupois. It must measure not less than nine and three-fourths, nor more than ten inches in circumference. It must be composed of India rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the winning club, as a trophy of victory." (1860 National Association of Baseball Players, Rules and Regulations Adopted by the National Association of Baseball Players - New York, March 14th 1860.)
1860.22 - Routledge's "Ball Games" Depicts Simplified Form of Stoolball
"This is an old English sport, mentioned by Gower and Chaucer, and was at one period common to women as well as men. In the Northern parts of England, particularly in Yorkshire, it is practiced in the following manner: - A stool being set upon the ground, one of the players takes his place before it, while his antagonist, standing at a distance, tosses a ball, with the intention of striking the stool. It is the former player's business to prevent this, by striking it away with the hand, reckoning one to the game for every stroke of the ball; if, on the contrary, it should be missed by the hand, and hit the stool, the players change places. The conqueror of the game is he who strikes the ball most times before it touches the stool." Ball Games [George Routledge, New York, ], pp 61-62. The copy of this book at MCC is annotated "c1860" in hand. Note: This game, having only two players, no bat, no running, is highly simplified. It does not appear to reflect knowledge of the more evolved Sussex play at about this period. A cursory Google search reveals no stoolball reference in Geoffrey Chaucer or his contemporary John Gower; but then, spelling is a big issue, right? |
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1860.21 NABBP Refines Rules on the Ball"
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