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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>

...s which we played in Pittsburg and Cincinnati, while those played here and in Chicago were well patronized.</p>

...who earns a base for himself twice as often, and makes a weak hit or foul or strikes out when the bases are loaded.</p>

|Headline=John Oliver Plays Base Ball in Baltimore |City=

...gates in the National and Olympic games, was demanded. The subject led to a protracted discussion between the Internal Revenue officers and the mangers ...ration from such representations, plays, performances, exhibitions, shows, or musical performances.</p>

|Name=Club of Glencoe, OR |State=OR

|Name=Base in Cambridge in 1858 - 2 |City=Cambridge

|Headline=Rural Boys "Played Bass Ball" in Western Ohio ...en logs." Alice Carey, <u>Clovernook, or Recollections of Our Neighborhood in the West</u> (Redfield, Clinton Park, NY,, 1852), page 280. Provided by

|City=Middlebury ...version in or near the College-building." [A first offense brought a fine, a second offense brought suspension.]</p>

|Name=Club of Baker City |Club Name=Baker City

|Name=round or base ball in Barre in 1848 |City=Barre

...d for–and when the next third ball was pitched he would call “two balls.” In the meantime, he called every wide ball as soon as delivered, he not counti ...in over the home base and at the height called for. Philadelphia All-Day City Item April 5, 1874 [See also PSD 4/12/1874 below.]</p>

|Title=a proposal for interleague play ...on could continue its championship series. It is too late now to advocate a scheme of this kind, but it will receive attention before 1888.</p>

|City=Williamstown ...not be permitted to play at ball, or use any other sport or diversion, in or near the College Edifice, by which the same may be exposed to injury."</p>

|Headline=Manufacture of Base Balls Begins in NYC |Location=Greater New York City,

|Title=a hint that not every club will be allowed to enter the IA championship ...an ever they have done, for the utmost economy in this respect, as well as in their salary lists, will be absolutely necessary to carry them through.</p>

|Headline=Playing of Hole-less Two-Old-Cat in Providence RI |City=Providence

|Headline=Boys Are Attracted to Sports of "Playing Ball or Goal" in Bangor ME |City=Bangor

|Title=a discussion of underhand throwing ...om throwing to bases from it, it does not begin to pay as well as strategy in pitching. To be consistent, the next time Chapman set as umpire he should

...nd proceed to get there. And get there as quickly as possible, in any way or manner you like, by any means, so they are honest and fair, and by any rout

...e is the point on which it is to be decided whether a club is professional or amateur.</p> ...and the proceeds going to the club, being divided among the players of the first nine.</p>

|Headline=Ban in Richmond Threatens Fine, Whipping |City=Richmond

...erve rule. The rumor has not penetrated beyond the smoky confines of that city and has probably no foundation. The Arbitration Committee has provided to ...hat has reserved them or go to work at something else–cashier in a bank or a brick-yard. Let us organize, by all means.</p>

...ts in the middle of the season. We could not replenish the stock for love or money, and the bat-makers told us the above story and added that they had u

|Headline=In NC, Negroes Face 15 Lashes for Ballplaying |City=Fayetteville

|Title=rumor of a sale of the Metropolitans ...ed of money, notwithstanding its poor success last season, it having still a considerable amount to its credit standing over from 1882.</p>

...organization now located in Indiana. Denny will not be sold to Washington or any other club, but will remain just where he is.</p>

|Title=umpire not calling balls or strikes ...ouraging, we admit, but still, we think Dick [McBride] should have kept on in his usual way. It established the fact very clearly that Hall wanted his b

|City=Philadelphia ...d angering or humiliating the base players. It is almost impossible to put a player out who is determined to enforce this manner of avoiding the ball, u

...f the opposing nine, and, if persisted in, he should not be allowed to aid in captaining his team.</p>

|State=OR |City=Cornelius

|Name=In Boston in 1854 |City=Boston

...pped by the crowd, the ball cannot be used to put a player out until it is first held by the pitcher while he stands within the lines of his position.</p> |Source=Philadelphia City Item

|Title=a fight with a gambler ...ing to the contest gave it a variety and spice never before connected with a game on the Union Grounds, we believe.</p>

|City=Cleveland ...whereby the grass or grounds of any Pubic place or square shall be defaced or injured." (Fine is $5 plus costs of prosecution.)</p>

|Title=the new delivery; a proof of the curve ...fan the air in vain attempts to hit the ball, when it is delivered in such a deceptive manner.</p>

|Name=in Austin in February 1859 |City=Austin

|Title=a prize fight under cover of being baseball games ...portion of Brooklyn; but beyond their immediate circles nobody knew where or when they were going.</p>

...majority play spectators, it is not to be expected that either good order or any fair field will be shown the visiting club.</p>

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|Title=rumor of a players' association; labor versus management ...hat has reserved them or go to work at something else—cashier in a bank or a brick-yard. Let us organize, by all means. The Sporting Life July 15, 188

|Name=In Chicago in 1844 |City=Chicago

|Text=<p>In calling balls, under the code of playing rules for 1873, the Umpire must ob ...all delivered to each striker, as the first ball is dead as far as calling or counting it is concerned.</p>

|Title=a prohibition of collusion between the NL and AA New York Clubs ...eague or American nine to strengthen the other. In other words, the clubs in that metropolis, it having control of both nines, can not now, if it finds

...arned run? In order to define this important point, we will take it first in its simplest form:</p> <p>A clean home run is an earned run.</p>

...to join in the agreement. In the meantime President Hulbert is to perfect a plan of arranging salaries, and it is safe to say that it will take definit

|City=Portsmouth ...e: medium;">&rdquo; played in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was born in 1804. </span></span></p>

|Headline=<u>Boy&#39;s Book of Sports</u> Describes "Base Ball", "Base or Goal Ball" |City=New Haven

...incerity of the Judge. The talk about giving decisions in favor of runner or of ball, ahs long since gone out of fashion. Every Umpire makes mistakes� |Source=Philadelphia City Item

|Name=Dysodias Club of Eugene v Dysodias Club of Eugene in August 1867 |State=OR

...power of any more Sperings, or Concannons, or Hayhurts to steal either men or money. It took them only two years to do it, and it was thoroughly done.</

|Title=a call for minor league representation on the Board of Arbitration ...d beyond the possibility of destruction through ignorance, malice, caprice or selfishness.</p>

...nd the peculiar tactics of two or three members of the nine. The fact is, a new New York nine is wanted.</p>

...ball-player, but his conduct Saturday indicate that in private life he is a blustering bully., quoting the Cleveland Herald</p>

|Title=an experimental game in Cincinnati ...iness only two squares from the ball field, had heard nothing of the game, or the intention of the clubs to play, until about the middle of the eighth in

...out it. There should be no Al Wright in it, and no Spering, or Concannon, or Porter, at the head of it. The players are plenty, the grounds are good, th

|City=Camden ...tive, but hardly definitive.&nbsp; Some tracking down of old maps would be in order to pin this down.</div>

|Title=every pitch a ball or a strike; criticisms of this rule ...a ball pass after the first one, without it was called either “strike” or a “ball.”</p>

|City= ...the same boy mast take his chance again. Its great amusement was in being a trial of speed. Strutt says that it was known as early as the time of Edwar

...and that Toronto and Toledo will do likewise, keeps the old chain without a missing link.</p>

|Title=Kansas City's prospects of staying in the League ...as the franchise is the property of the League, and the longer it persists in its fruitless opposition to the will of the League just so much less chance

...such cities as Indianapolis, Detroit, Louisville, Kansas City, Minneapolis or even Milwaukee to draw upon.</p> ...l to that level we are sure the League would reduce itself for a season to a six-club basis.</p>

|Headline=Soldiers&#39; Christmas in Virginia - Ballplaying "on Many a Hillside" |City=Fredericksburg

|State=OR |City=Ashland

...will be only too happy, if this is done, and they would at once put clubs in two American Association cities.</p>

|Headline=Banned in Boston&#39;s Public Garden: "Games of Ball, Foot-ball" |City=Boston

|Headline=First Baseball Attendance of a Thousand or More |Tags=Ball in the Culture, Business of Baseball,

|City=Sacramento ...of the gentlemanly apothecary, who had not anticipated such unceremonious a carronade."</p>

...ground, cut off some fifteen feet from the left field in order to lay down a third track. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury April 7, 1872</p> ...ot even the directors of the visiting club or of the Boston Club. Evening City Item April 6, 1872</p>

...atch-game, such as was played last Thursday, between the Endeavors fo this city and the Americus of Newark, on the grounds of the latter, at Irvington. Ne ...rtainly the National Game is a profession, and nothing else! Philadelphia City Item October 3, 1868</p>

...eld hockey, in which players on two teams attempted to advance a ball with a club into the opposing team's goal.</p> ...NC banned the playing of bandy in the streets. In 1858 boys were arrested in DC for playing bandy on the streets (Washington Star, Nov. 27, 1858).</p>

|City=New Bedford ...challenge any of the other clubs in the city to a trial either of New York or Massachusetts game."</p>

|Name=Ballgame in Modlin on 30 May 1919 |City=Modlin

|Name=In Plymouth Circa 1855 |State=IN

|Title=Magazine Writer Bemoans Lack of "bass-ball" Venues in 1828 ...off in this particular. Where can they assemble for cricket, or trap-bat, or bass-ball?"</p>

...is the game in miniature complete, and as much interest can be centered in a contest between expert players on the board as between rival clubs on the g |Source=Philadelphia City Item

...o him to “get them down” or to “pitch lower,” should promptly call balls. In regard to strikes, more latitude is allowed, no strike being permitted to b |Source=Philadelphia City Item

...is over, when enough votes will be secured to reduce the percentage to 25 or less. It has been done before. Remember Detroit, 1887, and Boston's hog p

|City=Watlngton ...to argue that the lord of the manor, or some other landowner, should take a section of otherwise unusable land and create appropriate playing fields fo

|City=Sandusky ...y within a club. Their was a club in Sandusky and another nearby in Toledo in 1860."</p>

|Name=In Blountville Circa 1850 |City=Blountville