| Show FIRST RULES OF BASEBALL GAME Time When the tho Old Knickerbock Knickerbockers ors ers Played on the theDia Diamond Dia mon ci u PRINCIPLES ARE THE TUE SAME OW Timers llao iio lo to Work Voik to IU History III nn on Vu lu Commission ll Some time ago OFU It ft cn n propose Il th t 11 n lun bo o formed for the th of t compiling th farly of or J Among the Iho members elt c it this proposed com corn commission mission wen wem Iller Henry H nry K J Chadwick gop 1111 lly 1113 called tim tho rather father of Ot Mr dr Nicholas 11 1 the best ht known knowli ot of ull II iI II National Mr A 0 Q 1111 Van Vui Colt Cott ot of tho Iho J uw 11 York Yorks Albert J J nomo sorno ur o Ihl other oth old bo 1 who lu lit th development of Vt the tI same Although this commissIon e never neer camo Into life me tIM 1111 an o body hOd ni nj Individuals many man of Ot them havo haYI Ion ron to work to 10 t Rather nil they tho ancient Ilia hlo tory lory Sumo Somo of or the tho facts are arf Interesting to 10 a Tho Th gaio sal In Now to York ork In 1512 TIo pioneers 11 II lot lut lotof of If It gentlemen who s lo null nl l every ov ry tho Iho tl vacant lot lilt the famous Square Garden now The players had no tb n or but on thoc present prent ent and nil willing to tc make up lit the Iha th teams These Th so methods continued C until 1843 Then n Alexander J 3 proposed sd that an art org l b he formed d The Tl scheme w Ras taken up Immediately h anil In III June of or that year 3 tr tho baseball team was wall duly ul organized and played to 10 ether ther nil oIl eton jenson the tha beat beast he t picked teams tepI I they could find Ond to oppose thOrn them They took the of ot Knickerbockers l and nd under lt It Its kend lel nd the Ort first attempt was a made Inalle to t plat place baseball on OIL an 1111 or orp p tooting footing In the tM following year n 11 L team tarn ailing till N 0 u v York us put In III thu neld and It played the Iho lint first regular II came gania on record 1 between bel een two organized clubs club Tho ri contest took place Juno June Tun 19 and B as It was liB extensively noticed In the papers of time n a huge hu e crowd was In iii attendance Tho TIlO playing rules were er of course COllIS crude the principal om otie that the Ih club 11 rr I twenty ino me aces cc now nOSY know kilo aa nil runs Tins Wa the tho Tn this Ihl this contest the th New York ork ul the till Knickerbockers b them em In four I y 23 J 3 to 1 1 It may rny f or interest t to know that tho ht l f the tho eru rt In III those thORe days eon con I I ted of or blue hi III h trousers trou er white Linnel shirt and n II straw hit bat In lS i l u lIt hat and all u I halt bolt worn idd d to the Iho uniform which lie II Mm 83 until III dissolved In III t tt til 2 The Th rules ts 3 by b the were J The bues bace hull bo from Some to lOle second ba c r forty two pace picos om 01 sl to thud third base pa cc I The rhe g to 10 ron of counts or 01 fleer but hut at kt the tho conclusion an 1111 number of ot han must 1 le hO pl erl 3 Mil ball mutt be I e pitched not thrown for Iho tho bat bitt I 4 IA A b bil II knocked kno tho io or of or 01 hire lue Is ti foul V Jails nt ox litAnd And ll and the Inyl II one Is III I a 1 lI nd out If IC not Is l I considered and the bound lo to run rim Section S o 6 A iV being struck nr IW tipped and i oilier thor tir on n th the fly Oy or on onlIa ilic aho lIa hound Ii lg I it a i out t 7 A player cr the bases all bf b out If it the hull bull In I In the tue hands huida lit If It an adversary on oix the basen or tin the runner Is by hv It before ho makes hl hIli base It b ln lule loI however that In no Instance is u a bait to bo be thrown nt at him Section S SIt SIf tf two hands hand arc are already out a player running homo home at the tilt time lime a 11 hall ball In III i struck struel cannot make mako an on ace Ir If the tho striker I s caught out Three hands handa out exit nil all out Section 11 Players must take toko their strikes In III regular turn Section 11 N ate ACe or 0 basso hoso can cnn bo be 1 0 maa on ull a n foul toul strike Mrik Section IS IZ A runner cannot be put putout Putout out In III tine one biso baia bit 13 when a LL I balk Is lit made bv 1 1 the pitcher Section l in nut ono one IMS ha allowed II when th the ball hounds bounds out of oC the field nel J when truck struck ci reek These The wore wern the Ih rule rules that guided base baseball aso ball from fm Ht to 10 when whet tile the fleet first Or L mention of baseball dubs clubs WitS was v held and n a alliance was formed toe for ilir litti of the Iho for nil oil future |
