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|Year=1854 | |Year=1854 | ||
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|Text=<p>The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen | |Year Number=1 | ||
<p>The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules | |Headline=Three NY Clubs Meet: Agreed Rules Now Specify Pitching Distance "Not Less Than 15 Paces"" | ||
|Salience=1 | |||
|Tags=Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes, | |||
|Location=Greater New York City, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=40.7127753, -74.0059728 | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=NYC | |||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>[A] <strong>Concordance: </strong>The Knickerbocker, Eagle, and Gotham Club agree to somewhat expanded rules. Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. (Doc) Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBP."</p> | |||
<p>[B] <strong>Pitching:</strong> The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen paces."</p> | |||
<p>[C] <strong>The Ball:</strong> "The joint rules committee, convening at Smith's Tavern, New York, increased the weight of the ball to 5½ to 6 ounces and the diameter to 2¾ to 3½ inches, (corresponding to a circumference varying from 8 5/8 to 11 inches)."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>[A] John Thorn, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in the Garden of Eden</span> (Simon and Schuster, 2011), page 83.The rules standardization was announced in the <em>New York Sunday Mercury</em>, April 2, 1854.</p> | |||
<p>[B] The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules listed 14 rules] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</span> (University of Nebraska Press, 1995}, pp. 18-19.</p> | |||
<p>[C] Peverelly, 1866, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Book of American Pastimes</span>, pp. 346 - 348. Submitted by Rob Loeffler, 3/1/07. See "The Evolution of the Baseball Up to 1872," March 2007.</p> | |||
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|Query=<p>Do we know what pitching distances were used in games played before 1854?</p> | |||
<p>Is it seen as merely coincidental that the specifications of a base ball were so close to those of a cricket ball?</p> | |||
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|Submitted by=Rob Loeffler | |||
|Submission Note=March 1, 2007 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Text | [A] Concordance: The Knickerbocker, Eagle, and Gotham Club agree to somewhat expanded rules. Sullivan writes: "In 1854 a revised version of the original Knickerbocker rules was approved by a small committee of NY baseball officials, including Dr. (Doc) Adams. This document describes the first known meeting of baseball club representatives. Three years later, a much larger convention would result in the NABBP." [B] Pitching: The New York Game rules now specify the distance from the pitcher's point to home base as "not less than fifteen paces." [C] The Ball: "The joint rules committee, convening at Smith's Tavern, New York, increased the weight of the ball to 5½ to 6 ounces and the diameter to 2¾ to 3½ inches, (corresponding to a circumference varying from 8 5/8 to 11 inches)."
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Sources | [A] John Thorn, Baseball in the Garden of Eden (Simon and Schuster, 2011), page 83.The rules standardization was announced in the New York Sunday Mercury, April 2, 1854. [B] The 17 playing rules [the 1845 rules listed 14 rules] are reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 (University of Nebraska Press, 1995}, pp. 18-19. [C] Peverelly, 1866, Book of American Pastimes, pp. 346 - 348. Submitted by Rob Loeffler, 3/1/07. See "The Evolution of the Baseball Up to 1872," March 2007. |
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Submitted by | Rob Loeffler |
Submission Note | March 1, 2007 |
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