Clipping:Foul bound out reinstated; arguments for and against

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Date	Saturday, April 5, 1879
Text	[reporting on the special meeting of the League held 3/24 - 3/25/1879]The reamendment of the rule prohibiting bound-catches of foul balls was then taken up, and Mr. Neff of the Cincinnati Club moved that the old rule of allowing batsmen to be put out on foul-bounds and three-strike bounds be adopted, and that the action at Cleveland doing away with all bounds be rescinded. He said that such a rule would have a tendency to lengthen the game, also to destroy many beautiful plays, and, the strongest argument of all, it compelled the catcher to be up behind the bat too much. The delegates of Boston, Providence and Syracuse were opposed to the return to the old style, and claimed that all talk about fine plays, etc., was bosh, and that with the new rule the game would be more exciting to spectators, as the batsmen would be less liable to be thrown out, and the batting would necessarily be freer. Mr. Neff’s motion was passed by a vote of 5 to 3.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
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