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|Text=<p>"The New York Game rules are modified by a group of 16 clubs who send representatives to meetings to discuss the conduct of the New York Game. The Knickerbocker Club recommends that a winner be declared after seven innings but nine innings are adopted instead upon the motion of Lewis F. Wadsworth. The base paths are fixed by D.L. Adams at 30 yards - the old rule had specified 30 paces and the pitching distance at 15 yards. Team size is set at nine players." The convention decided not to eliminate bound outs, but did give fly outs more weight by requiring runners to return to their bases after fly outs.</p>
|Text=<p>"The New York Game rules are modified by a group of 16 clubs who send representatives to meetings to discuss the conduct of the New York Game. The Knickerbocker Club recommends that a winner be declared after seven innings but nine innings are adopted instead upon the motion of Lewis F. Wadsworth. The base paths are fixed by D.L. Adams at 30 yards - the old rule had specified 30 paces and the pitching distance at 15 yards. Team size is set at nine players." The convention decided not to eliminate bound outs, but did give fly outs more weight by requiring runners to return to their bases after fly outs.</p>
<p>Roger Adams writes that the terms "runs" and "innings" first appear in the 1857 rules, as well as the first specifications of the size and weight of the base ball. R. Adams, "Nestor of Ball Players," found in typescript in the Chadwick Scrapbooks. (Facsimile contributed by Bill Ryczek, December 29, 2009.)</p>
<p>Roger Adams writes that the terms "runs" and "innings" first appear in the 1857 rules, as well as the first specifications of the size and weight of the base ball.</p>
<p>Follow-up meetings were held on January 28 and February 3 to finalize the rule changes.</p>
<p>Follow-up meetings were held on January 28 and February 3 to finalize the rule changes.</p>
|Sources=<p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Evening Express</span>, January 23, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Herald</span>, January 23, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Porter's Spirit of the Times</span>, January 31, February 28, March 7, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, January 31, 1857&nbsp;(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. 122-24).</p>
|Sources=<p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Evening Express</span>, January 23, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Herald</span>, January 23, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Porter's Spirit of the Times</span>, January 31, February 28, March 7, 1857;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Spirit of the Times</span>, January 31, 1857&nbsp;(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. 122-24).</p>
<p>For a full account of the convention, see Frederick Ivor-Campbell, "Knickerbocker Base Ball: The Birth and Infancy of the Modern Game," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, Volume 1, Number 2 (Fall 2007), pages 55-65.</p>
<p>For a full account of the convention, see Frederick Ivor-Campbell, "Knickerbocker Base Ball: The Birth and Infancy of the Modern Game," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span>, Volume 1, Number 2 (Fall 2007), pages 55-65.</p>
<p>See also Eric Miklich, "Nine Innings, Nine Players, Ninety Feet, and Other Changes: The Recodification of Baseball Rules in 1857," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span> Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2011 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 118-121.</p>
<p>See also Eric Miklich, "Nine Innings, Nine Players, Ninety Feet, and Other Changes: The Recodification of Baseball Rules in 1857," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Base Ball</span> Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2011 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 118-121.</p>
<p>R. Adams, "Nestor of Ball Players," found in typescript in the Chadwick Scrapbooks. (Facsimile contributed by Bill Ryczek, December 29, 2009.)</p>
|Comment=<p>In a systematic review of Games Tabulation data from the&nbsp;<em>New York Clipper</em>, the only exception to the use of a 9-player team for match games among senior clubs was a single 11-on-11 contest in Jersey City in 1855.</p>
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"The New York Game rules are modified by a group of 16 clubs who send representatives to meetings to discuss the conduct of the New York Game. The Knickerbocker Club recommends that a winner be declared after seven innings but nine innings are adopted instead upon the motion of Lewis F. Wadsworth. The base paths are fixed by D.L. Adams at 30 yards - the old rule had specified 30 paces and the pitching distance at 15 yards. Team size is set at nine players." The convention decided not to eliminate bound outs, but did give fly outs more weight by requiring runners to return to their bases after fly outs.

Roger Adams writes that the terms "runs" and "innings" first appear in the 1857 rules, as well as the first specifications of the size and weight of the base ball.

Follow-up meetings were held on January 28 and February 3 to finalize the rule changes.

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New York Evening Express, January 23, 1857; New York Herald, January 23, 1857; Porter's Spirit of the Times, January 31, February 28, March 7, 1857; Spirit of the Times, January 31, 1857 (Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], pp. 122-24).

For a full account of the convention, see Frederick Ivor-Campbell, "Knickerbocker Base Ball: The Birth and Infancy of the Modern Game," Base Ball, Volume 1, Number 2 (Fall 2007), pages 55-65.

See also Eric Miklich, "Nine Innings, Nine Players, Ninety Feet, and Other Changes: The Recodification of Baseball Rules in 1857," Base Ball Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2011 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 118-121.

R. Adams, "Nestor of Ball Players," found in typescript in the Chadwick Scrapbooks. (Facsimile contributed by Bill Ryczek, December 29, 2009.)

Comment

In a systematic review of Games Tabulation data from the New York Clipper, the only exception to the use of a 9-player team for match games among senior clubs was a single 11-on-11 contest in Jersey City in 1855.

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