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|Headline=NY Rules Now Specify Pitching Distance "Not Less Than 15 yards" | |Headline=NY Rules Now Specify Pitching Distance "Not Less Than 15 yards" | ||
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|Text=<p>The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards."</p> | |Text=<p>The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards."</p> | ||
<p>The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules number 14] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <u>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</u> [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 18-19. Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. [Doc] Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBC." The point of the meeting was for the Knickerbockers, Gotham, and Eagle Clubs to use the same rules.</p> | <p>The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules number 14] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <u>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</u> [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 18-19. Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. [Doc] Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBC." The point of the meeting was for the Knickerbockers, Gotham, and Eagle Clubs to use the same rules.</p> | ||
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| Text | The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen yards." The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules number 14] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 18-19. Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. [Doc] Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBC." The point of the meeting was for the Knickerbockers, Gotham, and Eagle Clubs to use the same rules. |
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