Clipping:Contracts in an amateur association; only one club per city
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| Date | Sunday, April 2, 1876 |
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| Text | The annual meeting of the New England Amateur Association was held at Boston, March 27. ... Prominent among the articles agreed on was one that only one club in a city shall belong to the association. Many of the better rules adopted by the National League were adopted, but in regard to the engaging of players the constitution prohibits any signing of contracts between a player in an association club and a manager in another club in the association before Nov. 1. New York Sunday Mercury April 2, 1876 rules amendments: number of called strikes; no putting runners out on uncaught foul balls, tagging up on foul flies; high and low strike zones There are but three changes worthy of notice in the playing rules lately adopted by the league and just now published. One of these relates to the manner of calling “strikes,” and the other two to bas-running on foul balls. “Strikes” one and two are called the same as previously. When two strikes have been called, should the batsman fail to strike at the next good ball, the umpire does not call ‘three strikes,” as before, but warns the batsman by saying “good ball.” If the next good ball which goes by is not struck at, he calls “three strikes.” This rule only gives the batsman an additional chance. The rules relative to foul balls give base runners the following new privileges: When a foul ball is knocked and not caught on the fly, players running bases may return without being put out. When a foul is caught on the fly players may run to bases under the same restrictions as when fair balls are caught on the fly. This does not do away with the necessity of returning a foul knocked ball into the pitcher’s hands to get it into play again, but it prevents any harm coming to base runners by reason of such foul balls. Section 5 of the rules says that a batsman is privileged to call for a “high ball,” a “low ball,” or “fair ball.” “Fair ball” in this connection is a new term, and means a ball delivered within the range of the shoulder and one foot above the ground, that is, includes both “high” and “low” balls. New York Sunday Mercury April 2, 1876 This, of course, does away with any chance of the umpire being partial in calling fouls, for it will matter nothing whether he calls a foul early or late. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury March 5, 1876 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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