Clipping:Foul ball dead balls
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| Date | Sunday, November 6, 1881 |
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| Text | About the only change of consequence in the playing rules likely to be made will be the abolition of the penalty for running on a foul-hit ball. This penalty was restored after several seasons of disuse, but it has not worked satisfactorily. It opened the door to aggravating complications growing out of the Umpire's failure to promptly rule a ball to be foul, and it also hampered free batting to a noticeable extent, as the batsman, though desiring to help a runner who has started to steal a base, had constantly before him the danger of putting him out by hitting a foul close to the line. The runner should be entitled to return to his base on a foul, as was the case previous to last season. Cincinnati Enquirer November 6, 1881 [reporting on the amended rules] The rule requiring base runners to get back to their bases at the risk of being put out in the case of a foul ball was rescinded. This will destroy many a double play which had previously been made by quick throws of catchers to first basemen on foul tips, as players as a rule will stand a short distance from a base, and are not liable to hear all tip. Cincinnati Enquirer December 9, 1881 |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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