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Annual Meeting of NABBP Decides: Bound Rule, No Pros

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City/State/Country: NYC, NY, US
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Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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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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