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Show NEW PLAYING RULES FOR BASEBALL GAME. Pitcher's Box Lowered and Uniform Foul Strike Rule Adopted. CHICAGO, Feb. M. Peace reigned supreme su-preme at the Joint meeting here of the American and National leagues, and the National Association of Minor Leagues. The purpose was to arrange playing rules and schedules. When the gathering ad-journeyed ad-journeyed last night a uniform foul strike rule has been adopted, a new section added add-ed to the rule regarding tha. make-up of the diamond and an agreement added to the balk rule. The foul strike rule as covered In the National league rules was adopted. A new section was added to rule 1. It will be -known as section 2, and reads as follows: "The pitcher's box shall be no more than fifteen inches higher than the base lines and home plate. - The base lines and home plate shall be perfectly level and ttie I slope from the pitcher's box toward the base lines and home plate shall be grad- ual." Rule S3, section S, was amended to read as follows: "A balk shall constitute any delivery of the ball to the batsman by the pitcher while either foot of the pitcher Is back of the plate." |