St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-26
BASE BALL RULES.
National League Committee
Reeommedsn Many I'm
portant Changes.
LARGER PITCHERS PLATE.
Quietus Put on Loud-Mouthed
Coacheps--Umpire's Pow
ers Enlarged.
CHAMPION BILLIARD PLAYER
Frank Maggioli. Of Louisiana,
Is Coming to This City
Soon.
LARGER PITCHERS PLATE.
CHAMPION BILLIARD PLAYER

NEW i ORk, FeU. co. uo lldllOidl
base ball league rules committee, con-
sisting of Edward Hanlon, of Baltimore :;
w. w. Kerr. .Pittsburg, and James A.
Hart, of Chicago, will meet at the Fifth
Avenue hotel this afternoon to suggest
changes in the rules.
The questions of noisy coaching. and
OF giving additional power to umpireS
10 discipline kickers, will come up tor
consideration, and it is likely that the
committee will suggest some important
changes to the league next Wednesday
1t is probable that the committee will
also make some suggestions on the adj
visibility of doing away with gloves
except in the cases of the catcher and
first baseman, and will recommend that
the pitchers box be made larger.
Follow ing IRE s IN of the changes
made in the rules, and which will be
voted on at the meeting of the league
Wednesday,:
Rule No. 8: To make the pitchers
plate 24X6 instead of 12X4.
Rule IA, section 2, is changed to read:
THE alternate bail delivered by the
pitcher may be discolored by him,
but by no other player In so doing
the pitcher shall resort to no other
means than rubbing the ball with his
hands or gloves"
Rule 10, section 2, is changed to read:
mo players except the catcher and
first baseman shall be permitted to
wear padded or lined gloves or mitts."
Rule 40 is thus defined: "a bunt hit is
a deliberate attempt on the part of
the batsman to bunt a ball slowly
wit hn in oil CT
felded by an in-felder in time to re-
tire the batsman."
Rule So is changed to read: 1.-THE
coachers shall be restricted to coaching
the base runner"
An amendment to rule 55. section SO,
reads: cit shall be the duty of an UNI
pire to enforce the rules regardless
Of a personal opinion as to their merits.
This shall apply especially to rule 90
and section of rule 81. In the event
of the umpires failure to enforce these
rules, he shall be fined so for each
offense upon the sworn statement of
1.-THE captain of the opposing team and
two reputable witnesses. which affi-
davit, however, must be forwarded to
the secretary of the league within
twenty-four hours of the time of the
offenSe"
Rule 56-The committee recommend
that the constitution be amended to
penalize this rule. as follows: Amy
player other than the captain leaving
1his position in the field or leaving the
bench to question a decision of the
umpire shall be fined SO by the umpire
for the first offense, and FOR a second
offense shall be removed from the
game and required to leave the game
forthwith. -
4 Rule co. sec. ), is amended to read:
/ "The umpire shall remove a player for
violation of section of this rule, and
1.-THE player so removed shall be in
eligible to play in a championship
game for the next three. succeeding
games.
I The bat can now be of any size or
length, but it must be round and made
of "solid hard wood
A most important change is with
reference to what constitutes a foul
ball. Hereafter any ball that goes on
to foul ground between the lines of
bases isIto be considered a foul wheth-
er it is batted directly to the ground
or in the air This does away with the
| old ten-foot rule.
The foul tip was set upon as follows:
ga ball tipped by the batsman and
caught by the catcher within the ten
foot line is a strike" This is a direct
concession to the pitchers, the only
| one made by the committee.
The regular schedule of the league
takes place at the Fifth Avenue hotel
tomorrow, when the rules committee