The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-27
NEW RULES FOR BASE BALL
The Schedule Commission Of the
National League in Session.

Hour of Beginning the Game-When
New Ball Can Be Put in Play-sacri-
fee Hits-Ratters Hit By the Ball.
When a Strike is Foul Hit.
New York, Feb. 26.-The schedule
meeting OF the national base ball league
opened at noon to-day in the Fifth
Avenue hotel. President Young presided;
others present were: A. H. Soden and
". II. Conant Of Boston, Chris Won
Derahe Of St. Louis. W. W. Kerr Of Pitts
burg, II. r. Vanderhost of Baltimore, F.
B. Fl. Robinson Of Cleveland, George
Ruckstuhl of Louisville, A. J. Reach and
John l. Rogers Of Philadelphia, James A.
Hart of Chicago, T. II. Byrne and F. A.
Abel Of Brooklyn, John F. Betush of Gin
cinnati, Frank Elliott and George S.
Wagner Of Washington, and eX-POstmas-
ter Cornelius Van Cott and Eddie Talcott
Of New York city.
After the meeting had been called to
order by President Young, the regular
order OF business was suspended.
An amendment TO the league constitu-
ton was adopted providing that the regu-
lar hour of calling 4 cham pionShip game
could not be changed to exceed thirty
minutes. The amendment was made to
provide for q possible contingency like
that which arose between Yale and Har-
ward last year.
REVISION OF THE RULES.
The revision Of the playing rules was
then taken up. Rules two to eleven were
stricken out and new rules more accurate
ly defining the geometrical construction
of the diamond were adopted.
Section 2, rule IL was changed so that
when the ball strikes foul ground out of
sight Of the umpire, the new ball shall be
Immediately brought into play.
Section 4, rule u was amended so that
an umpire can put ball out of play when
the cover is ripped so that he can see the
interior. The old rule provided that the
umpire must be able to see the yarn in the
ball, but as balls are not always made Of
yarn now a-days they decided TO amend it.
An unimportant change was made in
the phraseoIogy of rule 20.
SACRIFICE BUNT HIT.
Rule 38, defining sacrifice bunt hit"
was changed to read as follows: "A sac
rihce bunt hit is ball batted by the bats
man, standing in his position, that falls
within fair ground before reaching the
lines between first and second bases, as
defined in rule &c, that is made for the
obvious purpose of advancing a runner
occupying a base, which results in putting
handled without error"
AS No 3S is is a new rule. All the rules
from that forward are advanced one in
numbering
Section was added to Rule Al, as fol-
lows: IA strike is a foul hit other than
base hit, made by the batsman while
attempting bunt sacrifice hit, as defined
in Rule 38, that falls or rolls upon foul
ground between home base and first base,
or home base and third base"
A section was added to rule 43 to stop
trapping a ball.
Section 4, rule A, was changed so that
the batsman becomes base runner it,
without making an attempt TO strike, the
ball comes in contact with his person.
Section was added to rule AZ, provid-
ing that the base runner shall return to
his base if, while attempting a strike, the
ball touches any part of the batsman's
person. The meeting was adjourned to
1880 O'Clock tomorrow, when the revis-
ion of the rules will be continued.