Clipping:The rationale for the new rules
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| Date | Wednesday, February 9, 1887 |
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| Text | [from a column by Ward defending the new rules] The governing thought of that meeting was a desire to releive the umpire, and while the committee wdoes not, by any means, imagine it has made the position a sinecure, it does hope and believe that it has brought the permance of its duties within the bounds of ordinary human capacity. Looked at from the standpoint indicated the “new code” will be seen to be perfectly harmonious, from any other it would be a mass of contradicitons. Ambiguous rules are made definite and doubtful cases plain; further restrictions are placed upon players and captains; responsibility is removed from the umpire and placed upon other shoulders; abuses are corrected and others guarded against; questions of discretions are made dependent on positive rule, and, finally, certain changes are made which will render some cases less difficult of decision. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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