Show Cm I ' -i.i- MANY CHANGES MADE IN BASEBALL RULES rientjr of changes were brought Into baseball during the season of 1880. Ia that year eight "called bolls" entitled the batter to first base. Sunday baseball was prohibited by law. The first professional ball park In New York was opened September 29. And the rule was Introduced declaring de-claring a baserunner out If hit by a batted ball. v Two years later the number of balls on which a batter was entitled to first base was reduced re-duced to seven. Another change was the adoption of the three-foot three-foot line beside he path to first base. |