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|Year=1864 | |Year=1864 | ||
|Year Number=37 | |Year Number=37 | ||
|Headline=Buzz For Fly Game Begins | |Headline=Buzz For Fly Game Begins | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Newspaper Coverage, Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes, | |Tags=Newspaper Coverage, Post-Knickerbocker Rule Changes, | ||
|Location=Greater New York City, | |Location=Greater New York City, | ||
|Country=USA | |Country=USA | ||
|State=NY | |State=NY | ||
|City=NYC | |City=NYC | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |Game=Base Ball, | ||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>[A] "INSTRUCT YOUR DELEGATES. Every delegate to the ensuing National Convention of Base Ball Players is supposed to be there solely as the representative of the opinions of the majority of his club, and he votes or should vote according to express instructions-- as far, of course, as the knowledge of the matters likely to come up for action before the Convention will admit of such instruction; such, for instance, as the question of the adoption of the fly and bound rule. We hope every delegate will be instructed by the members of his club how he is to vote on this question, so that there shall be no instance of two delegates from one club voting on both sides."</p> | |Text=<p>[A] "INSTRUCT YOUR DELEGATES. Every delegate to the ensuing National Convention of Base Ball Players is supposed to be there solely as the representative of the opinions of the majority of his club, and he votes or should vote according to express instructions-- as far, of course, as the knowledge of the matters likely to come up for action before the Convention will admit of such instruction; such, for instance, as the question of the adoption of the fly and bound rule. We hope every delegate will be instructed by the members of his club how he is to vote on this question, so that there shall be no instance of two delegates from one club voting on both sides."</p> | ||
<p>[B] "AMENDING THE RULES.-- THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REGULATIONS,--...The fly rule was adopted by the Committee, and will be recommended in their report; it will thus be seen that the Committee this year have weeded out several errors from the rules and brought the game still nearer that desirable point of perfection it will eventually reach in time. There is not a solitary change made that is not absolutely needed, and not an amendment that will not greatly conduce to the advantage and welfare of the game."</p> | |||
<p>[C] "THE FLY VS. THE BOUND GAME.-- The prominent objections urged to the adoption of the flygame are twofold: first, that it lengthens the game; second, that it does away with the opportunity of making skillful bound catches...From reliable statistics, it can be shown that, taking the average of all the contests played under both rules, the advantage in regard to time will be found in favor of the fly rule...It can be easily proved that the large majority of well-taken bound catches are made on foul balls; and these come into play the same in the fly game as in that of the bound."</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>[A] <em>Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, </em>Nov. 19, 1864</p> | |Sources=<p>[A] <em>Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, </em>Nov. 19, 1864</p> | ||
<p>[B] <em>New York Sunday Mercury, </em>Dec. 4, 1864</p> | |||
<p>[C] <em>New York Sunday Mercury, </em>Dec. 11, 1864</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes | |Submitted by=Bob Tholkes | ||
|Submission Note=4/29/2014 | |Submission Note=4/29/2014 | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Text | [A] "INSTRUCT YOUR DELEGATES. Every delegate to the ensuing National Convention of Base Ball Players is supposed to be there solely as the representative of the opinions of the majority of his club, and he votes or should vote according to express instructions-- as far, of course, as the knowledge of the matters likely to come up for action before the Convention will admit of such instruction; such, for instance, as the question of the adoption of the fly and bound rule. We hope every delegate will be instructed by the members of his club how he is to vote on this question, so that there shall be no instance of two delegates from one club voting on both sides." [B] "AMENDING THE RULES.-- THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REGULATIONS,--...The fly rule was adopted by the Committee, and will be recommended in their report; it will thus be seen that the Committee this year have weeded out several errors from the rules and brought the game still nearer that desirable point of perfection it will eventually reach in time. There is not a solitary change made that is not absolutely needed, and not an amendment that will not greatly conduce to the advantage and welfare of the game." [C] "THE FLY VS. THE BOUND GAME.-- The prominent objections urged to the adoption of the flygame are twofold: first, that it lengthens the game; second, that it does away with the opportunity of making skillful bound catches...From reliable statistics, it can be shown that, taking the average of all the contests played under both rules, the advantage in regard to time will be found in favor of the fly rule...It can be easily proved that the large majority of well-taken bound catches are made on foul balls; and these come into play the same in the fly game as in that of the bound." |
Sources | [A] Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, Nov. 19, 1864 [B] New York Sunday Mercury, Dec. 4, 1864 [C] New York Sunday Mercury, Dec. 11, 1864 |
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Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
Submission Note | 4/29/2014 |
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