Clipping:Interpreting the new fair-foul rule

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Date	Saturday, April 14, 1877
Text	[St. Louis vs. Indianapolis 4/2/1877] ...the Browns objected to the decision of the umpire in the third inning on a ball declared fair, which they claimed to be foul because it did not go more than ten feet from the batter. So long as a ball from the bat does not go from fair ground to foul before passing first or third base, it is fair, even if it first strikes the ground foul, and then rolls forward towards the infield in front of home-base. If it strikes fair, too, and only rolls forward a foot, it is a fair ball. Blocked balls are not done away with under the new rules; only such balls as hit the ground fair, and then rebound to foul ground before passing in front of first or third base.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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