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Show TLe Amcii:.",a l,"a;.LaH lerv 3 yes inaugurate! with a great :u:':!i cf tninx lut up to dato.it La3 failed to c;r:l it: cider rival, the National, in any respect. V.'e Co net f '3 vher:!n it,La3 beneStcd 1 he game to any great cite it. It was the American len --aa tLst brought about the foul-strike rule, which -s r.2ver given satisf action ac-tion to the public and which baa swell?! batticg averages av-erages at the expense of the pitchers. That rule has made baseball much tamer than of yore, and it ehould be repealed. The public likes to see the ball hit and likes to see men run bases.. The hitting and running, are curtailed by the foul-strike rule. . . Now the American comes along with a proposition proposi-tion that while It will benefit the batsman it will not put any more ginger into the game. Tie American proposes to amend the existing rule so that a fair ball shall be one which goes between hip and shoulder shoul-der Instead of between knee and shoulder as at present. pres-ent. Such a rule would work a greater hardship on the pitcher and would increase the number of bases on balls. It would injure the game and detract from the enjoyment of the sport It is to be hoped that the proposition will be 'turned down" so hard that it will never be heard of again. |