The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

teams as long ago az 1880. b guide Jells
Of q match between the Unions OF haoI-
riSania and the Yale College nine: IN ~ = ~
play for all they were worth TO win; 900 !
"A feature of the revised rules OF ICY.
sayg the guide for i8n, was the repeal OF
the ,~prohibitory clause agalnst PPtHryn~n5
baseball for money an Liob ba ars not de-
ivered with a straight arm swinging per-
pendicularly to the side OF the Pltoners
body" were regarded as foully dehvereo
balls, and IL the pitcher persisted IN oe.
Hvedng such balls the umpire. aiter =
warning, was to declare the game lot
felted, 0 to 0.
In ism SCORES showed not only batting
column. o6icial averages were not any.
thing like as complete in 1877 as they hGSo
batter Of 1871 was Meyerle. who played IN
twenty-six games. having an average pase
hit record Of ESQ. average, put out OF tISU.
and average assistance OF l.50., ine
season Of 1871 did not terminate until NO;
yember 1. but the amateur Slups oon'A maT
which for years past has been the Dali
players closing day" In the Louisiana
Baseball Association, says the Guide, tweiVe
clubs entered TO win the whip pennant'
whatever that was.
Among the professional players OF
not a few who are still enjoying base
ball were the following: Fisler and heton
Of the Athletics; .Zettlein, Start, PIKE sna
Pearoe Of the AtantioS; A nIiiisSS5 s GsSs
Wright, Leonard, Waterman and MONEY,
Cincinnati; Meyerle and Cuthbert, Chictgoi
Spalding, Branes, Foley and Addy, h9ck-
ford Forest Citys; Sutton and Jim WAITE,
Cleveland Forest Citys; MoGeary n
York, Haymakers; Hatfield and Egtler,
Mutuals; Matthews, Marylands;, Hpks,
Nationals; Force and Berthrong; Oympics;
Birdsall, Highsm and Bass, Unions.
Mines for 1872 find Arson playing mort
for the Athletics, also Remsen, Schater'
Nelson, Fulmer, Cummings n CrSver.
The last name brings to mind the u~nsdyory
quartet, Graver, Nichols, Hall and D,tvhn;
who were expelled for crooked worn and
never were ~reinstated; but this waf not
until the 'sos. .,
Cleveland convention the prohibition Of
delivering a ball to the bat by an under-
hand throw was done away with, a1d the
same paragraph says the curved hte de-
livery such as that which mar sCumnings's
OF an underhand wrist throw How times
have changed
Following are extracts from the intro
duction to the guide OF 1873:
Our American game OF baseball maybe said
10 have started on the voyag e OF its life In the
year 1880. for its existence before thak period
amounted to only a series OF trial trips, as 1t
were. In that year what we call amateur
baseball was in its glory.
In 1884. however. the great strugRk for the
s~o-called honors Of the championship OF the
baseball fraternity was in reality commenced.
In 1894 the system Of professional bal playing
began openly " manifest itself.
In 1854 was inaugurated the first d a series
Of important amendments TO the playing
rules OF the game, the result OF which has been
10 bring baseball nearer IN the poitt OF per-
lection than its best friends ever expected It
would reach.
In 1895 the rule dividing the ratsrnity into
professional and amateur players wts adopted
by a nearly unanimous vote Of the representa-
tives OF nearly two hundred club. and this
division will henceforth rule as anIunchange-
able law Of the game without a doubt.
Davy Force was the leading batter Of
1872, with an average Of 2.23 hit a game
pretty good batting. A rule OF that year
call nor count the first ball delivered to
each striker, the first ball beitg dead SO
far as calling or counting it ~wasconcerned.
There also was some vague ~distinotion
about pitched balls which shouldbe counted
but not called, which those 9ho framed
the rule could explain better thSn can those
who read it thirty-iive years laeer.
Rule H., section z, said that amy ball
sent to the bat from the pitoh4's position
which shall accidentally hit thektriker's bat
base shall be run or player pudout on such
ball" Nowadays such a bal is fair or
fou according to where 1t rolb, and bases
may be run and the batter put out il it
rolls fair.
Invasions Of foreign countries by ball
teams. the Bostons and TIE Athletics,
visited England that year aid played a
series of games. These teams were made
up as follows:
Boston-James White. Gather; A.. G..
Spalding, pitcher; James ORourke, first
base; Ross c. Barnes. second base: Henry
Shafer. third base; George Wright. shortstop:
Andy Leonard. Harry Wright tnd I. McVey,
outhelders; George w. Hall. Thomas l.. Beals
and Sam Wright, Jr.. substitutes.
Athletics -James T.. Clspp. catcher; James
D. Mcbride. pitcher: West 3. FISHER, first
base; Joseph Battin, second base; Edward
R. Sutton. third base; NJ. II. McGeary, short
stop; Albert w. Gedney. A.IC. Arson and
James +. McMullen. outheldes; A. j. Reach,
j. p. 'Sensenderfer and Thomas Thurman.
substitutes.
The preface to the guide for 1915 says:
Owing TO abuses which the professional
clubs have allowed to creep Into their circle
a certain prejudice has beenIcreated against
'hS VI 'hio ihp " jail pld
II should be borne in mind. however. that
while our game exists there viii always be a
professional class of its eXponents: and the
only question to be considered by a majority
Of the whole fraternity is whether this class
shall be encouraged by a liberal recognition
and a reputable patronage TO play the game
In its integrity. or shall by the very reverse
action be driven to indulge in the worst phases
OF professionalism, gambling, frauds and that
curse OF all sports. "hippodr oning."
Professional baseball is an honest sport
nowadays. 1t was purged Of any crooked
ness long ago, and, whatever else it's faults,
is on the level and appeals to reputable,
intelli gent people.
Perhaps nothing illustrates better how
the game has improved with scientific study
and development than 10 compare the
placing Of the ielders thirty years or
more ago and now. The ancient guides.
with their maps Of the field. show the first
baseman to be playing fairly deep, but
nearer TO the foul line than is the present
custom, The second baseman played much
further around to the left than now and
further baok-almost behind second base.
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