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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1859
|Year Number=29
|Headline=Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros
|Headline=Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros
|Year=1859
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Text=<p>"Base Ball," <u>The New York</u> Clipper (March 26, 1859). The fly rule lost by a 32-30 vote, and the paper worried that easy fielding would "reduce the 'batting' part of the game to a nonentity.  Compensation for playing any game was outlawed.  The official ball shrunk slightly in weight and size.  Matches would be decided by single games.  Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. </p>
|Country=US
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball,
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>The fly rule lost by a 32-30 vote. Compensation for playing any game was outlawed. The official ball shrunk slightly in weight and size. Matches would be decided by single games.&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>"Base Ball,"&nbsp;<span>The New York</span>&nbsp;Clipper (March 26, 1859).&nbsp;</p>
|Comment=<p>The paper worried that easy fielding would "reduce the 'batting' part of the game to a nonentity</p>
|Submitted by=Craig Waff
|Submission Note=September 2008
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=29
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros

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The fly rule lost by a 32-30 vote. Compensation for playing any game was outlawed. The official ball shrunk slightly in weight and size. Matches would be decided by single games. 

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"Base Ball," The New York Clipper (March 26, 1859). 

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The paper worried that easy fielding would "reduce the 'batting' part of the game to a nonentity

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