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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