The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-26
THEY FRAME RULES
COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE AT WORK.

Changes are Numerous and in the Interest
of Quiet Games and the Discourage
ment of the Kicker Wording of Rules
Two CoIOred Pugilists Bested by
Choynski and Ryan--other Pugi,istic
Eyents--RemarkabI Race of a Re
markably Long shot--sporting News.
washington, Feb. 25.-The rules COM
mite of the National Baseball league
met in this city today. The committee
made numerous changes which will be
voted on by the league at its meeting on
/ Wednesday, They recommended
among other thing that the pitchers
plate be enlarged, placed restrictions on
noisy coaching; gave 10 the umpires
| greater power Of discipline "kickers
and changed the wording or many rules
some of which were heretofore vague
and ambiguous. Among the changes
recommended are:
! RuleNo g. To make the pitchers plate
24x6 instead of 12x4.
Rule No. II, section ., is changed to
read: THE alternate ball delivered by
the pitcher may be discolored by MN
I
pitcher shall resort to no other means
than rubbing the ball with his hands or
gloves"
Rule No. 10, section 2, is changed to
read:''No player except the catcher ana
first baseman shall be permitted TO
wear padded or lined gloves or mltts.
Rule No. 20 is thus defined: "A bunt
hit is a deliberate attempt on the part
of the batsman to bunt ball Slowly
within the infield so that it cannot be
fielded by an infielder in time to retire
the batsman."
Rule No. 63 is changed to read: ''The
coachers shall be restricted TO coach
ing the base runner.
An amendment to rule So, section So,
reads: 1T shall be the duty of an UNI
pire TO force the rules regardless of a
personal opinion as to their merits.
This shall apply especially TO rule o3
and section of rule 81. In the event
OF the umpire's failure to enforce these
rules. he shall be fined SO for each Of
Tense upon the sworn statement OF the
captain OF the opposing team and TWO
reputable witnesses, which anuaVlt,
however, must be forwarded TO the
secretary of the league within twenty
four hours of the time of the ofenSe.
Rule Sc, the committee recommends
that the constitution be amended 10
penalize this rule as follows: ANY
player other than the captain IeaVlnS
his position in the field, or leaving the
bench to question the decision OF the
umpire, shall be fined SO by the UNI
pire for the first offense and for the
second offense shall be removed from
the game and required to leave the
game forthwith"
Rule co. section ), is amended to read:
1.-THE umpire shall remove player Tor
violation of section ] OF this rule ana the
PLAYER so removed shall be ineligible TO
play in a championship gam for the next
three succeeding gains"
Another most important change is one
which constitutes a foul ball. Hereafter
any ball that goes onto foul ground be,
tween the lines of bases is to be considered
foul whether it is batted directly to the
ground or in the air. This does away
with the old ten foot rule
The foul tip was sat upon as follows:
"a 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 meeting or the
league takes place at the Fifth Avenue
the report will be presented.